RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter?

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

Keeping that language, once again, is like saying a physician is someone who
makes people healthy, or that a cook is someone who prepares jaw-dropplingly
delicious meals. That's inaccurate and does not fulfill the needs of the
audience, which wants to know what a <whatever youcall it> *does,* not hear
a lot of self-congratulatory back-slapping.

I think Lauren's definition is best, but I would change "specific audiences"
to "technical audiences.

Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 

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> Hi,
> 
> Tautologous ... but what if they are not done? What if 
> somebody writes something that doesn't have those tautologous 
> thingies?
> 
> If somebody writes something but doesn't use the tautologous 
> things, are they technical writers? If you think they are, 
> then omit the restriction. Otherwise, keep the restriction. No?
> 
 


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