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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2006-08-26 07:39 pm
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Another way to explain my work

I'm chatting with [livejournal.com profile] livredor about the difficulties of explaining what each of us does professionally. In my case, part of the problem is that people don't see why it's difficult enough to be necessary, but I've hit a thought that might be useful, so I'm recording it here:

My job is to be the person who asks the writer questions, because once it's in print the reader doesn't really have the chance.:

[identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com 2006-08-27 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
That is the trouble with print.

On the other hand, the trouble with the Internet is that things change without notice.

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