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Question of the day thread number 2!
Pengi:
I do it myself. I usually write it, read through it once, put it on AC and hit "preview" and read through it a second time there so I can see how my HTML tags translated everything. The only exception to this is when I collab with Jen, then we both read each others obviously so we can write the next section.
julilly:
--- Quote from: Pengi on June 28, 2012, 02:15:05 PM --- I have so many books with bookmarks in them on my shelf that I haven't finished reading it's ridiculous.
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Don't feel bad, it has been years since I read a novel cover to cover. I rarely ever read books!
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on June 28, 2012, 02:40:49 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you use a beta reader? Or show your work to anyone else before posting it? Or do you feel more comfortable doing it on your own?
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I normally do it myself but as of late I have been writing and posting chapters in a Google doc for saka-steph to read/review because I don't plan on posting anything until it's done.
usako:
--- Quote from: mare on June 28, 2012, 02:40:49 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you use a beta reader? Or show your work to anyone else before posting it? Or do you feel more comfortable doing it on your own?
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Most of the times I'm more comfortable doing it on my own or, maybe, I'm just stubborn and I want to do it on my own. lol But when I have a doubt or when I need some help with the plotting, I send pieces of the chaps to my best friend. An outer point of view it's always useful to catch things that I wouldn't see. Some times, i do it because I need some reassurances about my writing. I'm really insicure and I've always the fear that I'm writing only a huge mass of cliches and stupid things. lol
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 28, 2012, 02:40:49 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you use a beta reader? Or show your work to anyone else before posting it? Or do you feel more comfortable doing it on your own?
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I've never had a beta reader; I always proofread on my own before I post a chapter and then do what Hannah said and skim through it after posting it to make sure it posted correctly - sometimes I catch a few more typos then.
I used to always have one person I could show my finished chapters to and get an opinion on before I posted them. It used to be my friend Bianca, and then I used Rose, but now that the days of chatting on IM every night are kind of behind us, I don't really do that anymore. I usually sit on finished chapters at least a day so I can come back to them after some time has passed and read them with fresh eyes before posting. That gives me a better perspective on them.
For collabs, though, we always show and proofread each other's parts before posting.
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