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From: "John Posada" <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: September 17, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: RE: Refining My "Cutting Edge" Technical Writing Skills Post
>
> >No, not quite. <g> The more complex the subject, the
> >more time should be spent to make sure the
> >documentation makes sense.
>
> I don't know...
>
> If I have a real complex subject, I'll spend a great deal of time learning
> about it...it's now not complex to me.
Complexity is a permanent property, and it does not disappear because you
understand the subject.
Which means, I should be able to
> pound out the document pretty fast,
If the subject is complex, your documentation should be created with great
care.
which makes it proportionally smaller
> against the learning time than a subject that is relatively simple, but I
> know very little about it, which means I've spent more tome on the document
> against the time I spent on the learning.
>
Sorry, but I 'm not following you, John.
> Let's say I take 3 weeks to learn something complex, and a week to write
> about it. The writing is 33% of the learning. On the toaster, I spend a day
> writing, but only a day learning. The writing is now 100% of the learning.
>
In this scenario, I tend to agree with you.
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