Comments on: will the call for feedback end? not likely. http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/ not gracefully Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: winrit http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-798 winrit Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:47 +0000 http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-798 I don't believe you should lose the spirit of your personal writing when doing technical writing. I mean there has to be plenty of boring academic writings out there already, right? Have you found authors you like in the technical field that have a similar writing style to yours? As for topics, I'm sure I don't have anything too original to offer, but what about looking at a trend. Like in my neighborhood there used to be ornate, two-flat brownstones with big front porches. Now they are tearing them down and putting up bland condos with no front porches. Something like that. I don’t believe you should lose the spirit of your personal writing when doing technical writing. I mean there has to be plenty of boring academic writings out there already, right? Have you found authors you like in the technical field that have a similar writing style to yours?

As for topics, I’m sure I don’t have anything too original to offer, but what about looking at a trend. Like in my neighborhood there used to be ornate, two-flat brownstones with big front porches. Now they are tearing them down and putting up bland condos with no front porches. Something like that.

]]> By: saltine http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-802 saltine Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:55:55 +0000 http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-802 Alex, ask yourself, "What do I want to say?" Once you have that answered, finding a topic to express your concept should be easier. Anyone can tell a story. When you write for publication, you should be attempting to do more than that. If you're uneasy about big picture ideas or issues, try thinking more in terms of your point of view, then look for the way that fits into big picture ideas. From there you have a springboard to a topic because the topic is simply a means to an end, that end being getting your idea out there. If, as winrit writes, there is a writer you admire, you would do yourself a service by collecting and analyzing why and how he writes. Once you hit on his/her technique, it's easy to emulate that style in your own writing. At least, it's a starting point for developing your style and voice. Alex, ask yourself, “What do I want to say?” Once you have that answered, finding a topic to express your concept should be easier. Anyone can tell a story. When you write for publication, you should be attempting to do more than that.
If you’re uneasy about big picture ideas or issues, try thinking more in terms of your point of view, then look for the way that fits into big picture ideas. From there you have a springboard to a topic because the topic is simply a means to an end, that end being getting your idea out there.

If, as winrit writes, there is a writer you admire, you would do yourself a service by collecting and analyzing why and how he writes. Once you hit on his/her technique, it’s easy to emulate that style in your own writing. At least, it’s a starting point for developing your style and voice.

]]> By: MagnusFromBerlin http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-804 MagnusFromBerlin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:14:58 +0000 http://www.baldingangrily.com/2007/04/25/will-the-call-for-feedback-end-not-likely/#comment-804 I haven't got a clue what the content of a Society of Architects newsletter is supposed to be... do you guys have like building horoscopes and stuff?? <i>(you're building on sand, because Mars is in the second house...)</i> Oh, i know, an architectural analysis of the Art Deco Streamline Moderne Xanadu Roller Disco... in fact make it a whole series. Buildings of my movie watching past in structural analysis with a personal touch... you can mock me now. I haven’t got a clue what the content of a Society of Architects newsletter is supposed to be… do you guys have like building horoscopes and stuff?? (you’re building on sand, because Mars is in the second house…)

Oh, i know, an architectural analysis of the Art Deco Streamline Moderne Xanadu Roller Disco… in fact make it a whole series. Buildings of my movie watching past in structural analysis with a personal touch… you can mock me now.

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