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It takes 2: how we use pair writing

Posted by: Sue Davis, Posted on: 21 September 2016 - Categories: Content design, People and skills
Subject expect in control of the writing while the content designer looks at the same screen and helps to simplify the language.

I’m Sue. As a content designer at GDS, it’s my job to write content for everyone. This means I write in the simplest way to help our users do things...

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