Anyone know off the top of the head, if you buy a book and review it, if that can be counted as a business deduction?
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Ginger - Jun 06, 2011 3:54:36 pm PDT #76 of 1416
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§ ita § - Jun 06, 2011 5:59:19 pm PDT #77 of 1416
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, I found when I'm looking for a job, people ask me for examples of work product. As a project manager, most of my work product is property of my prior employers. And I'd think it's a really bad idea to show a potential employer/customer someone else's stuff, because it could be them you're robbing next.
Do you guys have a stack of sample docs, if you're in a field like mine? Project docs? Sample project plans are easy enough to come by--they just have to be a list of milestones of varying levels of granularity, but communication plans and requirements analyses, etc, what do you do for that shit?
I can never even find good templates (my current job doesn't have a standard) for most project deliverables.
Dana - Jun 06, 2011 6:24:27 pm PDT #78 of 1416
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
As a tech writer, I had trouble for my first two jobs because the stuff I'd worked on was confidential. Couldn't take any samples with me.
Can you use something from a previous job, but redact identifying bits?
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2011 6:27:38 pm PDT #79 of 1416
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They're so specific, though. The work product is so in every line. Its not easy to describe a piece of software and miss the point and get across good writing,
Dana - Jun 06, 2011 6:33:23 pm PDT #80 of 1416
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Can you use us, or is that too far in the mists of time?
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2011 6:15:38 am PDT #81 of 1416
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would have to sit down and actually write this site up, but that could be a good exercise.
Strix - Jun 10, 2011 8:55:36 am PDT #82 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, thank God, the Monday deadline is for ONE section of this current big project.
Oh, email, you are my friend today!!
Calli - Jun 10, 2011 10:16:36 am PDT #83 of 1416
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
As a tech writer, I had trouble for my first two jobs because the stuff I'd worked on was confidential. Couldn't take any samples with me.
I had a similar situation when I applied for this job. I ended up sending an article I'd written for a freelance job 10 years earlier. I think the hiring manager had to check a box marked "writing sample sent in," and that got it done.
Jesse - Jun 17, 2011 6:21:04 am PDT #84 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
FYI, here are some suggested guidelines for editorial freelancers: [link]
Strix - Jun 17, 2011 6:26:45 am PDT #85 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Great link, Jesse. Thanks!
I've been using Writer's Market 2010; it's nice to have a comparison.