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Subject:Re: If you are not a tech writer... From:Vicki Rosenzweig <murphy!acmcr!vr -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 3 May 1993 11:05:31 EDT
Well, Peter isn't the only non-tech writer here, so I'll give
this one a try. I am a copy editor on a computer-related magazine.
Many of our authors are trained in computing but not writing; some
are not native speakers of English. I thus find some of the ideas
on how to "translate" between tech and non-tech people useful.
(I'm also wondering if I might want to look into a career in
technical writing, in part because it seems to allow more geographical
options than editorial work.)
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr%acmcr -dot- uucp -at- murphy -dot- com
