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1: Post a story in progress, using a version number: - My Short Story - 0.1.doc - My Short Story - 0.2.doc ... You may read and watch the writing process, but keep your mouth shut until version 1.0. 2: Agree on a specific post date, which is the very last date at which people can post their final stories (= done, but not critiqued and not edited yet). I'm fine either way. |
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It sounds like we need a shared Dropbox folder with a set of sub-folders, one for each story. We could also have an author's brief readme.doc in each folder where we could note our current thoughts and the story status. Are we all able to agree on .doc as the file format? How are you envisaging handling the reviewing process? By email, with the whole team copied in? Graham |
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OK, maybe people should use whatever they're comfortable with during the review phase as long as everyone has a way to open the files.
It's worth knowing what people prefer, though, as I'll be working in Google Docs for one story and the other's currently in Scrivener, which means that I'll be saving into a different format for the Dropbox version anyway. Actually, saving as pdf might make most sense for me and to make it easy for others to read. Graham |
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With what are you happy: versioning without comments up to version 1.0, or immediately posting the 1.0 version at a certain date?
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It would be adviseable to NOT use any layout, because it's a hassle to reconcile different styles and layouts when combining documents. The final output of the anthology will be Word 2003 DOC-format, because that is what Smashwords seems to prefer. Quote:
After we all decide we're done with reviewing and editing this story, it'll become final and can't be changed anymore. Then we'll move to the next one and repeat. This process could be the longest part of the creation of the anthology. After all stories have been reviewed and edited in this way, I'll download the final ones and start building the ebook. Yes, but it wouldn't be wise to post the final version (the one that gets into the anthology) as a PDF. I'd highly prefer that you'd post that in ODT, DOC, or TXT format. |
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The stories are going to reach their draft v1.0 at different times naturally, and I think this could all work in parallel. Some stories will go through multiple drafts and review, others might just need tweaking. Can I suggest that there are two review phases? In the first, people shouldn't get too hung up on grammar, spelling, sentence construction, etc., but instead concentrate on plot and character. Does the story work? Are there plot holes? Do we care about the protagonist? There's no point spending time line editing while you're rewriting things. Then in the second phase we can concentrate on line editing and polishing. Quote:
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It's OK to change words around here and there, fix spelling or grammar mistakes, clarify passages a bit if necessary; the sort of things that don't drastically change the story. |
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I see I'm not the only one that is not inclined to discuss too much until a story is essentially complete. The story I have in mind to contribute is what I consider to be a first draft, it's written and I think it mostly works, but there is definitely room for improvement and things it will be interesting to discuss. As Graham suggested, it seems to me that much of this may be able to take place in parallel because different submissions will be at different stages ... and it's probably the only way to have it come to completion in any reasonable time. Since not everyone uses LibreOffice/OpenOffice, it may be necessary to work with .doc or .txt formats (not every version of Word will open .odt). The final merging of each of the different contributions into something suitable for final publication should be an education in itself. |
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Okay, I admit that I skimmed the posts quite a bit. So, what was the final rule: should the stories be sent to Katsunami by PM?
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Either (1) each author creates their own folders, and shares those folders with the group. Or (2) someone, presumably Katsunami, creates all the folders, and shares with everyone. The advantage of option 1 is that we can add new folders as required, without needing to organise it through someone else. The advantage of option 2 is that only the central organiser would need to know everyone's email addresses and maintain the folder links, and the links would only be maintained in one place - at the top level folder. I suspect we'll be happy with sharing email addresses anyway, as the comments are bound to trigger one-to-one discussions, but I can see how it would be easier for everyone if one person maintained the shared links. Graham |
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Once the sorting-out process is completed, it would be helpful to make a post referencing to a revised [edited] post #1 in this thread, where all the adjusted information is gathered in one place for easy reference.
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I am willing to submit the first Red story, but I am afraid it's too long. (and then there's the Concordance...)
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I'm guessing that this thread will continue with occasional posts reporting progress, and perhaps calling for more authors if we need them. Graham |
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