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Aakaakaak:
Do you basically give your betas the "keys to the city" (all the character sheets, outlines, etc.) or do you only give them written, or partially written manuscripts?

Kali:
I wouldn't give them the character sheets, or anything other than what I plan on having printed.  Your readers won't have access to them, right?  So you want your beta readers judging just on what the reader will experience.  They're the ones who'll tell you that they don't understand why Betty is so terrified of chairs, or what Burt means when he refers to "the German Shepherd incident" and that's how you'll know you haven't done a good job explaining things in the text.

shades of grey:
(the German Shephard incident:
thats a title just begging for a short story to go with it)

i agree, your beta only need the story, then you can see if their experience matches your intention

Aakaakaak:
Okies. Cool beans.

The German Shepard Incident is a Mouse story waiting to be written.

Also, anybody else using Google Docs to organize with? I just started playing with it yesterday.

svb1972:

--- Quote from: aakaakaak on June 02, 2010, 06:14:44 PM ---Okies. Cool beans.

The German Shepard Incident is a Mouse story waiting to be written.

Also, anybody else using Google Docs to organize with? I just started playing with it yesterday.

--- End quote ---

Read the EULA on Google.
If you're writing a story, the last thing you want is google going.  "we own all Ur Basez!"

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