# Can just anybody up and become a writer--and not starve?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-just-anybody-up-and-become-a-writer-and-not-starve/148022>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-just-anybody-up-and-become-a-writer-and-not-starve/148022 "2003-01-11T22:07:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-just-anybody-up-and-become-a-writer-and-not-starve/148022/21 "2003-01-13T17:58:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by raygirvan \*  
> \*\*_js\_africanus  
> incredibly boring–i.e. technical writing, which I understand to be taking horribly boring technical jargon and translating it into horribly boring baby-talk_
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> There’s another thread on this here in the GQ section, where technical authors dispel this stereotype. It’s what I do, and it’s nothing like that. \*\*

I’ll search for the thread. Thanks.

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