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Beta Etiquitte
Aakaakaak:
--- Quote from: svb1972 on June 02, 2010, 06:43:24 PM ---Stephen Brust for example uses Emacs for all his writing needs :)
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Lisp, as good as it may be, scared the living bajesus out of me. (mostly because it feels natural for my dad...who's got a laundry list of mental issues...if it's natural for him....) I could check it out though. I've heard of it before.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: aakaakaak on June 02, 2010, 05:52:01 PM ---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?
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I don't do character sheets, and outlines are things I do only when a story is finished and there's the potential of actually selling it (because the story will not stick to what I think it's going to be in advance anyway), but I do not generally show my readers anything beyond the manuscripts once I am working on something; kicking notes around with people I trust before I am really working on it, even on a "would you find this concept interesting/plausible ?" level, is a different thing, though.
Aakaakaak:
Its my first attempt at a book. I just want to do it right. >.<
(If I didn't have a fairly tight idea of what I want to put on paper I'd be all over the map. Some people's minds wander. Mine goes on walkabout.)
Aakaakaak:
Here's a rep about Google Docs:
--- Quote ---As we state in our terms of service, we don't claim ownership or control over your content in Google Docs & Spreadsheets, whether you're using it as an individual or through Google Apps. Read in its entirety, the sentence from our terms of service excerpted in the blog ensures that, for documents you expressly choose to share with others, we have the proper license to display those documents to the selected users and format documents properly for different displays. To be clear, Google will not use your documents beyond the scope that you and you alone control. Your fantasy football spreadsheets are not going to end up shared with the world unless you want them to be.
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So basically, they have the license stating that if you, the document creator, chooses to share out something to someone, it's legal. But if you choose to keep it private it is. They have no claim on your IP.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: aakaakaak on June 02, 2010, 07:04:46 PM ---Its my first attempt at a book. I just want to do it right. >.<
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There's no right and wrong here.
There are some things you get better at pretty much only by doing; don't worry about your first thing beign perfect, or you'll never get anything written. Do it as best you can while still getting the words on the page.
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