Quasimodem
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The most prevalent theme in the Editor's Forum seems to have become bemoaning the dearth of Editors to be found in the section headed "Volunteer Editors."
After several months of playing this game, I have come to the conclusion this it is a subordinate section of "Naughty Flash Games." This section is maintained separately, for one reason. The search for an Editor from the list who will respond, let alone "Volunteer," is a perverse variety of computer game, too time consuming to be listed under the adjective "Flash!"
Most requests for an Editor eventually receive a response suggesting that the author publishes, and submits his/her story to the "Story Discussion Circle" of this bulletin board. This would certainly be fine advice, if the Author - though not necessarily his/her story - should be categorised under "BDSM ."
The Editing process and the Criticising process have never been interchangeable. The former is a function of the refining and improving procedure which any good author acknowledges to be needed by a still unfinished work that is between First Draft and Ready For Publication. The latter is a total weighing of the work from "nit-picking" typos, to grammar, to internal inconsistencies, to thematic justification of the story, and sometimes even the intelligence and morals of the author.
Editing comes before Publishing, Criticism comes - if one is lucky enough to attract an audience - after Publishing. A person has to be insanely naive, or a Born-Again Masochist, to confuse the two processes.
Since it appears that the "Volunteer Editor" program is moribund, and the management has demonstrated no discernable intention of remedying this, it is left to the authors themselves, or to no one.
Some progress has been expended already, but because these are individual and uncoordinated appeals, a certain lack of uniformity has allowed important information to be excluded from the description of the works requiring editing.
By that, I mean, the potential Editor has a right to know, into what he / she is getting himself / herself. What is the length (in characters) condition (1st Draft, 1st Draft+Spell Checked, 2nd Draft+SpChek, Completed Work or First Three Chapters of Unfinished Novel, etc.) category, and descriptive warnings ( Non Consent, M/F, Toys).
An Editor would want to be warned before committing to accept a "Sci-Fi, femdom, BDSM, 1st Draft, of Seven Chapters of a planned 30 chapter novel, now at 21,341,876 characters or 4,335,469 words.
And rightly so!
Once advertised, the Author would wait while Editors respond via PM or Email with what they would like in repayment. When an Editor response has been receive, accepted, and the acceptance of the Writer acknowledged by the Editor, the Writer would go back to his/her original message and using the edit function, add "EDITOR ACCEPTED" at the beginning of the message. This would perform the twofold task of warning other potential Editors that further response would be a waste of time, as well as permitted other authors to see how successful or unsuccessful the system is.
REPAYMENT
Notice: I mentioned that the each Potential Editor would describe what they want in repayment. It may be similar Editorial insight into a work of their own.
Or, it could be that the Editor has no story that requires editing, or that he/she does not require an outside Editor. Then, he/she may request a careful reading of an already published story written by the Editor, and a response about specific concerns over the story in question.
This would insure a way that Authors could get specific feedback on stories they have already published. (Granted, it would not be spontaneous, but it could be directed to what are perceived as possible misperceptions or unexpected interpretations.)
Others may have better ideas about how to handle certain parts of the "advertising" and the "contract," but this is at least a starting point.
If anybody hast any better ideas, bring them out. After eight months of searching, the only thing of which I feel certain is, that unless we handle it ourselves, nothing will ever be done. At the very least, it's better that bitching and moaning!
Quasi
After several months of playing this game, I have come to the conclusion this it is a subordinate section of "Naughty Flash Games." This section is maintained separately, for one reason. The search for an Editor from the list who will respond, let alone "Volunteer," is a perverse variety of computer game, too time consuming to be listed under the adjective "Flash!"
Most requests for an Editor eventually receive a response suggesting that the author publishes, and submits his/her story to the "Story Discussion Circle" of this bulletin board. This would certainly be fine advice, if the Author - though not necessarily his/her story - should be categorised under "BDSM ."
The Editing process and the Criticising process have never been interchangeable. The former is a function of the refining and improving procedure which any good author acknowledges to be needed by a still unfinished work that is between First Draft and Ready For Publication. The latter is a total weighing of the work from "nit-picking" typos, to grammar, to internal inconsistencies, to thematic justification of the story, and sometimes even the intelligence and morals of the author.
Editing comes before Publishing, Criticism comes - if one is lucky enough to attract an audience - after Publishing. A person has to be insanely naive, or a Born-Again Masochist, to confuse the two processes.
Since it appears that the "Volunteer Editor" program is moribund, and the management has demonstrated no discernable intention of remedying this, it is left to the authors themselves, or to no one.
Some progress has been expended already, but because these are individual and uncoordinated appeals, a certain lack of uniformity has allowed important information to be excluded from the description of the works requiring editing.
By that, I mean, the potential Editor has a right to know, into what he / she is getting himself / herself. What is the length (in characters) condition (1st Draft, 1st Draft+Spell Checked, 2nd Draft+SpChek, Completed Work or First Three Chapters of Unfinished Novel, etc.) category, and descriptive warnings ( Non Consent, M/F, Toys).
An Editor would want to be warned before committing to accept a "Sci-Fi, femdom, BDSM, 1st Draft, of Seven Chapters of a planned 30 chapter novel, now at 21,341,876 characters or 4,335,469 words.
And rightly so!
Once advertised, the Author would wait while Editors respond via PM or Email with what they would like in repayment. When an Editor response has been receive, accepted, and the acceptance of the Writer acknowledged by the Editor, the Writer would go back to his/her original message and using the edit function, add "EDITOR ACCEPTED" at the beginning of the message. This would perform the twofold task of warning other potential Editors that further response would be a waste of time, as well as permitted other authors to see how successful or unsuccessful the system is.
REPAYMENT
Notice: I mentioned that the each Potential Editor would describe what they want in repayment. It may be similar Editorial insight into a work of their own.
Or, it could be that the Editor has no story that requires editing, or that he/she does not require an outside Editor. Then, he/she may request a careful reading of an already published story written by the Editor, and a response about specific concerns over the story in question.
This would insure a way that Authors could get specific feedback on stories they have already published. (Granted, it would not be spontaneous, but it could be directed to what are perceived as possible misperceptions or unexpected interpretations.)
Others may have better ideas about how to handle certain parts of the "advertising" and the "contract," but this is at least a starting point.
If anybody hast any better ideas, bring them out. After eight months of searching, the only thing of which I feel certain is, that unless we handle it ourselves, nothing will ever be done. At the very least, it's better that bitching and moaning!
Quasi
