Re: Tech Writing Curriculum

["Michael Maclean" <michael -dot- maclean -at- alcatel -dot- com>]

That was the approach that I took in interviews when I moved into tech writing
shortly after coming out of business school. Through university, I had written
business plans, proposals, financial analyses, marketing materials and case studies
in my business courses alone. I also minored in Poli Sci and Economics, in which
each required different sets of jargon, audience considerations, and writng styles.
Therefore, I came out of university well aware of the first rule of tech writing:
Know Thy Audience (and adjust thy style and voice appropriately).

walden miller wrote:

>
> I often had an argument in grad school concerning the nature of tech
> writing.  I contended (and still do) that composition, journalism, academic
> writing, scientific writing, etc. are all forms of tech writing. The only
> forms of writing that I excluded (and I am treading on thin ice here) is
> fiction, poetry, and private journaling.
>
> Its just a matter of audience, voice, and situational rhetoric (redundant
> redundancy, I know).
>

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