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Subject:Re: SC Chapter of STC Sponsors Minimalism Seminar From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:23:12 -0600
John Ahlstrom wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any references (URLs, articles or books)
> on the minimalist technique?
H. van der Meij and J. Carroll's "Principles and Heuristics for
Designing Minimalist Instruction" (Technical Communication 42:243-61)
provides a helpful discussion of minimalist writing and a fairly lengthy
bibliography.
Good luck,
Steve
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