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Subject:Re: Techie First or Writer? From:Nancy Paisner <nancy -at- HI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Oct 1996 10:48:09 -0400
Mike,
While I agree with you that much of the work of modern technical
writing involves skills other than language skills, I take exception
to one of your categories:
> Designing the document (or parts of the document) for reuse - Still no
> language skills involved. This is a 'must' skill' for O-O
> documentation.
As far as I'm concerned, this task is inextricably connected with
organizing the information in the first place, and that skill, I
maintain, is a critical part of the writing function itself.
