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Subject:Technical writing vs. technical editing? From:"Geoff Hart (by way of \"Eric J. Ray\" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>)" <ght -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:29:53 -0700
Harvey Jordan is <<...curious to know: what is the difference
between "technical writing" and "technical editing"?>>
About $10K per year? <g> Actually, the difference is as simple as
you probably expected it to be: the writers create what the editors
edit. In reality, editors often end up creating content too, and
writers often end up editing their own work or that of others, so the
categories blur somewhat.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
