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Subject:Re: Engineers and Writers From:Paula Puffer <techwrtr -at- CEI -dot- NET> Date:Sat, 15 Mar 1997 14:19:56 -0600
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Mike and Mike wrote:
>
>> Writing for us is functional, not artistic. The artistic side to
>> writing may be more suitable for other fields of writing.
>
>I don't think you can separate the two. There are plenty of rule-book
>toting dillettantes around who think they can write. Good writing,
>technical or otherwise, always has an artistic side to it.
I agree with Mike Dannenberg when he states that you can't seperate the two.
ON the flip side of what he said, good writing, technical or otherwise also
has a technical side to it. It has to or it wouldn't be believable.
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