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From: "Goober Writer" <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: September 16, 2003 03:47 PM
Subject: Re: Refining My "Cutting Edge" Technical Writing Skills Post
>
> > A cutting edge technical writer considers tools a
> > very small aspect of his/her job.
>
> Right!
>
> > The best writers spend the overwhelming majority
> > (75% or more) of their time acquiring intimate,
> > expert-level knowledge of the technologies they
> > document. These writers
> > document from experience and insight. They don't
> > just "pretty up" somebody
> > else's work using way-cool tools and formats.
>
> I would agree with "majority of their time" but
> disagree with throwing a number out, for various
> reasons. ;)
>
Yeah, like having your supervisor say, "Why'd it take you so long to learn how
to document that? You're being paid to write, so 80% of your time should be
writing, not fiddling with the software. If it takes you so long to learn this
technology that you're writing less than a quarter of the time, perhaps you're
not up to the task of quickly absorbing the technology and writing about it."
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