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At SAS Institute Inc., a leading software development
corporation, the Documentation Development Division
maintains separate staffs for writing and editing. Working as
an editor and working as a writer require distinctly different
skills in developing user documentation. In this paper, we
discuss our experience making the transition from editing to
writing: the differences between the jobs, the similarities, and
how working as editors has benefited us as writers.
We direct this paper to anyone interested in making the
change, in either direction. While your situation may differ, we
hope you find our experience informative.
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From Editing to Writing: Learning the Write Stuff
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG7072.PDF
Restivo, Kathryn A. and Philip R. Shelton
STC Proceedings
1994
Abstract: At SAS Institute Inc., a leading software development
corporation, the Documentation Development Division
maintains separate staffs for writing and editing. Working as
an editor and working as a writer require distinctly different
skills in developing user documentation. In this paper, we
discuss our experience making the transition from editing to
writing: the differences between the jobs, the similarities, and
how working as editors has benefited us as writers.
We direct this paper to anyone interested in making the
change, in either direction. While your situation may differ, we
hope you find our experience informative.
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