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What are beta readers?
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: El Diablo on October 13, 2008, 02:02:45 AM ---Dark tower came in halfway thru his career and had a long hiatus (I think it was when he went nuts after his incident with the drunk driver) . He then powered out the rest of the story fairly quickly, and closed it with a really stupid ending.
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Oi ! Some of us loved that ending.
mythcantor:
--- Quote from: neurovore on October 13, 2008, 02:50:34 AM ---Oi ! Some of us loved that ending.
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Really... why?
BTW, I'm serious, not snarky here. I really don't understand what was to like about it. Should this question be moved to the Media Favorites channel?
Shecky:
--- Quote from: El Diablo on October 13, 2008, 01:53:09 AM ---Actually, I don't envy them.
I was furious about the length of time it took For Stephen King to actually finish the little cliffhanger ending of "The Waste Lands". It would be far worse to have to wait to get chapters that could change from JB.
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It's not so much a question of "chapters that could change" as it is of chapters that dribble in every now and then because the man's freaking busy. I've spent my whole life at least being able to sit down and devour a whole book in one to four sittings - you know, not having my reading interrupted at the end of every chapter - and chopping it up into a chapter every X number of days makes it a very unenviable form of reading.
This pretty much explains why I STILL always buy the book - the experience just ain't the same.
jeno:
So in terms I can understand- it's like beta-ing a WIP, only one with better writing quality and a guarantee that said WIP will actually be finished ? :)
Shecky:
Yes. Unless it's Cool WIP.
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