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RE: Article: The Secret Of Impressive Writing? Keep It PlainAndSimple
Subject:RE: Article: The Secret Of Impressive Writing? Keep It PlainAndSimple From:"Keith Hansen" <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:47:13 -0500
Peter wrote:
<<Readers may have noticed for decades or centuries that STYLE can mask
the absence of content.>>
Remember what Oscar Wilde once said: "In matters of grave importance,
style, not sincerity, is the vital thing."
This presumably does not apply to tech writing, however!
Keith
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