Subject: The thing is...
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Posted on: 2014-12-15 13:46:00 UTC
I am looking at other threads, trying to find something where I'd actually have useful input. Unfortunately, for the most part that's not the case, and the things that I want to discuss/ask about don't fit in any of the threads currently running.
So I wrote a few things based on Permission prompts. I'm not 100% sure if they're ready to present as a Permission Piece™.
So, main reason I'm here: Can anyone beta the things I've written? I have bios, a control prompt, and a random-prompt story.
First Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1itH5DaHk6pizi2Zk5UmNouD7yoWQKCYjI6d80LSKA/edit?usp=sharing
Please disregard. The all-knowing Nesh and hS have informed me that I'm being a bloody fool. The thing I wrote is unshared, and I know how beta-ing works a little bit better now.
If you would like for me to proofread SPaG in the future, my e-mail is my username in lower case at gmail dot com, substituting punctuation where necessary.
Though you might want to keep this in mind: Neshomeh speaks wisely about beta reading usually being a closed-quarters thing. Publicly posting un-beta-read writing for the evaluation of others straight away may not be a good idea in the long-term. If you want to start up with missions of your own, you might want to take things slowly, do all the required reading before jumping into anything, and ask for advice about how to do things whenever you feel like you need it. I've seen people have a falling out with this community because they don't do any of those things, and believe me, it wasn't pretty! I don't want that to happen with you as well, because if people get upset around here, it may taint the image of our community and prevent people from appreciating it for what it is.
Anyway, I'll take a look at the document pretty soon, though it might take a while due to research. We'll see how it goes!
Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it until tomorrow, since I don't have my computer at the moment.
Research was something I had to do plenty of myself. While making Kala, I was trying to keep Okayado's world in mind. I had to make sure she was biologically accurate as far as her scorpion body, and where the girtablilu's mythological origins were. That's why I made her Turkish; it corresponds to part of Mesopotamia.
Four days ago, you said you don't expect Permission yet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I sorta figured that by "yet" you meant "at least in the near to mid future," since you mentioned you wanted to take time to learn more about writing. Tell me what's going through your head right now, 'cause I don't get it.
Also, for future reference, it's generally frowned upon to post links to unfinished pieces. Posting stuff to the Board is publishing to the Board, and you don't want to publish until you're past the beta stage. See this page for information on how to appropriately seek for and use a beta.
~Neshomeh
Voyd, when you posted your return thread, I reminded you of what VixenMage had said about posting loads of new threads, and only posting in your own threads. You said you'd listen to that - or at least, that's how I understood your 'Yes, sir!'.
So far, you have made 21 posts on the Board. Only one of them is in a thread you didn't start. You have started four threads in five days.
If you listened to the advice you were given, it's really not showing.
hS
I am looking at other threads, trying to find something where I'd actually have useful input. Unfortunately, for the most part that's not the case, and the things that I want to discuss/ask about don't fit in any of the threads currently running.
So you have nothing to say about:
-The Smaug interview.
-Music that makes you think of the PPC.
-Badfic.
-A birthday.
-The PPC Advent Calender.
-Movie cliches.
-JudasFM joining the Board.
-Asbestoast's story.
-My Driftwood plug.
None of those require specialist knowledge. Only one of them is fandom-specific (I left out the other Hobbit-themed thread).
And though you said 'discuss/ask about', you haven't shown any urge to have a discussion. Your three threads have been very much 'ask about', and on highly specialised subjects. Unless one plays the current generation of Pokemon games, is familiar with three small, specialised fandoms, or wants to beta for you, there is no scope for discussion in that.
The Board isn't about just answering your questions, or hanging around waiting until a suitable interval has passed for you to table your next pet topic. It's about participating in discussions that hadn't even crossed your mind before now.
hS
Starting tomorrow morning. I've provided my email, so be sure to share the document with that account, OK? :)