RE: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

I will not be silenced! <g> Legal writing is a form of technical writing.
Please see http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/FAQ/TW.htm.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 

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> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:14 PM
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> Subject: RE: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken
> > A technical writer without the requisite legal education 
> may miss this 
> > distinction.  Legal writing is a different animal from technical 
> > writing.
> 
> Any technical writer/editor who "miss(es) this distinction" 
> and needa a "legal education" to disambiguate that list is a 
> pi**-poor technical writer/editor. 
> 
> Now, can we call off the debate over how many definitions of 
> "technical"
> can dance on the head of a pin, and just agree to disagree? :-)
> 
> Richard 


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