Thanks Joe! Unfortunately the attachment was stripped off... here's the link to the pdf in question on my website. www.jazz-planet.com/miriam/techwriting.htm It doesn't give much of a cost breakdown though - quite high level, but generally reassuring :-) Another good spot for info is the techwriter site and specifically this page: www.techwriter.com.au/candidates/beawriter.htm Cheese Miriam > > From: jzolin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: atw: Re: Potted skills summary > Date: 02/10/2003 11:52:38 > To: "austechwriter @ freelists . org" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Heya Chris... > Here's something my sister wrote (yeah I come from a family of technical > writers!!) > > Note the copyright, but nevertheless it should help your thoughts if you want > to > write your own version... > > Good luck with your re-education of the client! > > JoeZ > > > > > > > Christine Birtley-Kent <birtley_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello All > > > > I am talking to a potential client at the moment who thinks tech > > writer and > > instructional designers are intelligent typists - so what's new? Has > > anyone > > come across a potted summary of what we do, the real time it takes > > and the > > value we add? We need something that can be used with 'virgin' > > clients who > > may have a modicum of inherent intelligence but who have no > > understanding of > > what is involved, are horrified by the cost, and are scared witless > > of being > > fleeced. > > > > If a good one does not already exist, I will write one myself and put > > it on > > the wiki (if that happens) - so please - all the assistance you can > > give > > will be appreciated and shared. > > > > Regards, Christine > > > > Ph: +61 7 4958 3107 > > Mobile: 0407 604010 > > > > > > ************************************************** > > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to > > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject > > field. > > > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************************************************** > > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: application/pdf > -- File: techwriters.pdf > > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************