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Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing

Subject: Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:01:31 -0700

"I write those instructions people never read before they decide their new (insert today's hottest tech here) is a piece of junk because they can't figure out how to use it."

Gene Kim-Eng


On 7/3/2012 3:31 AM, Lane, Sion wrote:

My wife insists on telling everyone that I am a writer, this leads to a lot
of disappointed people when they are eventually introduced to me.

I don't tend to use my proper title unless the person I'm talking to seems
likely to know what a Technical Writer is, I go straight to "I write user
guides for computer software".


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