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RE: Retaining author's voice, was How to Use English Punctuation Correctly - wikiHow
Subject:RE: Retaining author's voice, was How to Use English Punctuation Correctly - wikiHow From:"Sandra Carden, Carden Works, LLC" <src -at- cardenworks -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:13:20 -0400
Lauren asks if any writers on this forum identify with Louis
Menand's comments (in his review of Eats, Shoots, & Leaves) about
authors' concern regarding their voice being retained in their writings.
I'm a technical editor (not a writer) of long documents written by
civil, mechanical, and structural engineers, and while the authors may
not be concerned about it, I do work to retain the author's voice in
each report. I have the idea that it's one of the things about my work
that they appreciate, even if they don't specifically identify it.
Sandra Carden http://www.CardenWorks.com
Technical editing, layout, and design
src -at- cardenworks -dot- com
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