You people sure do know how to panic. I've been getting PMs with people asking me not to abandon the story.
I do have other things in life to do. But just because I've been delayed with this chapter doesn't mean I'm abandoning the story. Sheesh! Give me some credit.
I mean- sure I'm super slow, but if I ever think of abandoning the story I'll be sure to tell you guys about it in advance.
That being said, chapter 10 is close to completion. Microsoft word tells me I've written 10, 000 + words.
If all goes well, I'll have it up by the end of next week.
Polar.
P.S. Some of your PMs made me laugh. You guys are so silly sometimes.
28 August 2010
12 August 2010
August News
I'm still alive... I've just been delayed by real life which decided it needed to kick me and remind me of it's presence. Needless to say my fanfiction writing was one of the first casualties. AtO was stuck with 8035 words for more than a week now. At least I'm finally able to work on it.
Makes me wonder if I should just post the chapter up as it is without making/breaking the 10,000 word limit I'd set for myself. *looks at Ch 10 so far*... Ok, I'm definitely not done with this, still have more scenes that need to be in here. My fingers are way too slow.
I got a wonderful PM the other day- someone wanted to be my beta reader. More specifically though they wanted to see what I had so far for chapter 10. Very thoughtful I thought, so I asked them to give me a beta-reader opinion of chapter 9 as a test of sorts.
I was told about my sloppy capitalization and how it seems to be a bit better. Ok, good you noticed that and what else?
The person didn't seem to have any other comments about chapter 9. Nothing about possible plot holes, nothing about misuse of certain words, nothing about lack of descriptions.
So I guess I wanted to know, am I expecting too much from a possible beta-reader? If I ever take a beta-reader for my work I expect them to look at my work and tell me what's wrong- whether it's plot, grammar, or just my writing. I'd like to see why I shouldn't write a certain way so that I can learn and change myself.
In a way, I'm glad that some of reviewers take the time to explain certain things to me.
What about you guys? What do you look for in a beta-reader? And if you have one, are they helpful and have you stuck with them for the entirety of your story?
And how do you work with them? Do you make them edit it and then post it up as soon as they return the edited version to you? Or do they tell you what they've done and why they've changed something and then you rewrite certain parts based on their help and upload the next chapter?
Polar
P.S. Nothing to recommend this time because I haven't been able to do any reading at all. *sadness*
P.P.S. As for the poll on my profile page- there's no hidden meaning to it. I just want to see who people saw Harry possibly related to. Definitely not going to write a story for the highest voted choice.
Makes me wonder if I should just post the chapter up as it is without making/breaking the 10,000 word limit I'd set for myself. *looks at Ch 10 so far*... Ok, I'm definitely not done with this, still have more scenes that need to be in here. My fingers are way too slow.
I got a wonderful PM the other day- someone wanted to be my beta reader. More specifically though they wanted to see what I had so far for chapter 10. Very thoughtful I thought, so I asked them to give me a beta-reader opinion of chapter 9 as a test of sorts.
I was told about my sloppy capitalization and how it seems to be a bit better. Ok, good you noticed that and what else?
The person didn't seem to have any other comments about chapter 9. Nothing about possible plot holes, nothing about misuse of certain words, nothing about lack of descriptions.
So I guess I wanted to know, am I expecting too much from a possible beta-reader? If I ever take a beta-reader for my work I expect them to look at my work and tell me what's wrong- whether it's plot, grammar, or just my writing. I'd like to see why I shouldn't write a certain way so that I can learn and change myself.
In a way, I'm glad that some of reviewers take the time to explain certain things to me.
What about you guys? What do you look for in a beta-reader? And if you have one, are they helpful and have you stuck with them for the entirety of your story?
And how do you work with them? Do you make them edit it and then post it up as soon as they return the edited version to you? Or do they tell you what they've done and why they've changed something and then you rewrite certain parts based on their help and upload the next chapter?
Polar
P.S. Nothing to recommend this time because I haven't been able to do any reading at all. *sadness*
P.P.S. As for the poll on my profile page- there's no hidden meaning to it. I just want to see who people saw Harry possibly related to. Definitely not going to write a story for the highest voted choice.
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