Showing posts with label writer's responsibilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writer's responsibilities. Show all posts

April 21, 2014

Here is a quick way to understand the writer's responsibilities pre and post computer invention

Revolution is a process that affects perspectives, perceptions, practices, and hence the outcome. When that actually occurs, the duty of turning it for betterment lies in the hands of people who go through it at personal front.

One such revolution that made ‘the writers’ in the corporate world carry forward the legacy of organizational writing and at the same time swiftly embrace new technologies, practise new methodologies, take up new challenges, and cut short the time they would spend on drafting, developing and publishing the communication materials is the invention of computer.

The invention has changed his role from mere a language expert to an 2.0 or 3.0 technology savvy. It has forced the otherwise soft soul, creative and facetious writer, to become a suave technology expert-learning new tools of the trade and aligning them with proven old methodologies and procedures-while spreading the message with utmost lucidity.

Depicted and mentioned here is a comparison between some of the tools and responsibilities between writers of pre- and post-technology era: symbolized are the icons and logos of renowned software applications and tools a writer is expected to have a freehand on and composed are the duties a writer shall take care of.


http://visual.ly/writer-then-and-now

Irrespective of the era or field, he is in, idea, research, data and exceptional command over the language and deeper understanding of target audience are considered to be a few must-possess prerequisites for any kind of a writer.