Sunday, January 24, 2010
Chapter 3
This chapter terrified me. I am so computer illiterate and words like "flow chart" and "database" were horrifying me. Even after reading the chapter, I am still not exactly confident in my ability to grasp all of these contacts. It was interesting to learn all of the different levels that a writer can get, ranging from a simple content writer to a project manager. I guess I never really thought that the person writing content could actually manage the project as well. For some reason, in my mind, a project manager was someone who had a business degree and not an English degree. It's refreshing (and a bit scary) to know that, as a person with an English degree, I will have a lot of room to advance in my career, should I decide to work with websites or technical writing in any way.
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Wow, I didn’t even look at your post before I wrote mine and you mentioned a lot of the same things. That chapter made me a bit worried too, like if I settle for just being a writer, and not learn 5 other jobs so that I can be versatile in the work place, I’d be a failure or something.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't think that we'd need to learn 5 other jobs so much as have a working knowledge of the other roles. Networking would be important here too.
ReplyDeleteIf you need some advice about a part of the project and your specialist isn't around, you could go to a writer-friend who's more of a jack of that trade, so to speak, than you are...me with acting/voice, someone else as a subject matter expert (or, at least, more expert than you), maybe someone with some programming knowledge than you to offer some words of wisdom or to ask who you could go to for some help. I really think that's what chapter 4 should come down to - networking rather than learning it all in case someone craps out on a future project.
thanks for sharing your thoughts, stef. i acknowledge your apprehensions (and paul's too) as i think you are right to some extent. but i do agree with tracie's response -- the point is to know at least what these roles are so that we can navigate more effectively in the production team if we find ourselves in that position as interactive writers. of course, the idea is if we are aware of each member's function, we can push our writing to its maximum potential.
ReplyDeletekeep reading and hang in there! =)
hi steff,
ReplyDeletei missed your voice this week. hope to hear more of you next week. keep blogging! =)