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Subject:RE: Is tech writing for me? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 May 2002 11:50:56 -0700 (PDT)
> The problem with this scenario is that it ignores one of the most
> important skills in tech writing: getting that information. Don't
> feel too bad, however, because most college writing classes I've
> taken usually have students write about something they're already
> familiar with for their assignments, losing the same research
> experience.
For a 101 level class on technical writing, for the end of year
project, the instructor made us pick a topic that we didn't know. My
project was an instruction manual on "How to Make Homebrewed Beer".
Now, THAT research was fun.
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