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Subject:Am I slow or what? From:John Nesbit <janesbit -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:49:57 PST
Sending this on behalf of a fellow worker, who just got a new project
assignment. If you want to write a private email to her, send it to:
gjudge -at- aries -dot- net Otherwise, I'll forward list mail to her.
I'm writing a manual to accompany a piece of software.
This is the first time I've done software documentation style writing.
I feel like I know what I'm doing and enjoy the job. I am having no
difficulty understanding the software.
The writing process though, feels very slow! The more I write, the more
I realize needs written explanation.
Is this a common feeling among novice software manual writers?
Will I always feel "slow"?
Do I need to get "faster" to survive in this field?
