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Subject:Re: Creativity From:dagmar -at- INFORAMP -dot- NET Date:Mon, 21 Nov 1994 09:02:15 -0500
Folks,
Since everyone else is putting there opinion in I'll join.
I see the difference between creative and technical writing
being like the differenece between driving two type of guitars.
Basically all the parts are the same but there is subtle
differences between them.
About creativity in the work place, take that chance, I do all
the time. It makes manual writing much more interesting.
Mark Bell
Pen Tech. Canada.
barb -dot- philbrick -at- pcohio -dot- com (Barb Philbrick) wrote:
>Paul Race said:
>RP>couple of years, I come up with some brilliant new
>way of doing my RP>job or producing or delivering or
>formatting our output, which I RP>"propose" to my
>manager (several managers in succession, by now), and
>RP>I always get this "dumb look" like "What were you
>smoking when you came
>RP>up with THIS?" This ticks me off, and I go back to
>the "worker bee" RP>syndrome for about two years until
>things get intolerable, and I RP>can't HELP but stick
>my neck out again with another new idea. I even
>RP>used to keep a file to record these things, called
>"Sticking my neck RP>out." So, do any other
>"hyper-creative" people out there have this
>RP>problem?
>Yes. However, I'm stubborn and inclined to believe I'm
>right, so I'll push an idea until someone accepts it or
>gives me a really good reason for not trying it ("But
>we tried that once back in the 50's and it didn't work"
>doesn't cut it). Sometimes it requires a lot of work on
>my part.
>Anecdote time: At one of the companies I worked
>full-time at, I was appalled that they didn't do press
>releases - heck, free advertising, and I thought we had
>some great products to promote. I pushed to get someone
>to do them, but you all know what pushing on a rope is
>like. You can guess who wound up doing them. I gathered
>the information, created a database of magazines and
>editors, and started doing them. All of them got
>published in at least two or three major industry
>magazines. I did manage to get some help stuffing
>envelopes and sticking address labels on envelopes.
>I was also appalled at the sales literature - it was
>usually incredibly inaccurate and they used black and
>white photographs on a bright blue background (maybe
>you'd have to see it - but trust me, it looked
>hideous). No one would OK changing the style, so I went
>to the graphic artist and worked with him to create a
>new style. Bingo. Once I showed the mock-up to the
>sales manager (one of the ones who originally didn't
>want to change), he liked it. They're still using this
>new style, five years later.
>If there's a will, there's a way. However, the problem
>with coming up with good ideas is that they usually
>mean more work for you!
>Barb
>barb -dot- philbrick -at- pcohio -dot- com
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