beta-testing a novel?
Nov. 4th, 2003 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7I'm thinking of doing a "public beta" of the novel I'm writing for NaNoWriMo, as an exercise in editing.
I'm actually thinking that last year's novel would be far more constructive.
I want to do this before NaNoWriMo ends-- at least set it up, that is-- because I want to get some of the warm bodies on the NaNo forums involved. There are a lot of really interested and motivated people over there, but the forums close down after the event's over.
So, I should get the site set up asap and post about it there.
I think it would be a fascinating adaptation of the editing process.
Get this straight-- I'm not open-sourcing my novel. That would be very hard for me to do. But a public beta-- people could submit bug reports, etc...
I dunno, it would be entertaining. And it's the only way that layla and the space pirates are ever going to get made into something.
It would also be a good teaching exercise.
Hmmm..... And it has the potential to teach me a lot about being edited.
I have to devote some thought to this. Namely, I have no idea how the software beta process works.
Also, my blog has no comment system. I'd need a good one if I wanted to do this. It would have to be easy to use, and it would have to be easy to manage. :/
Must devote thought-- and quickly!
Sigh. The boss' brother is sitting next to me again, awake this time, and talking to himself incessantly. It's maddening.
I'm actually thinking that last year's novel would be far more constructive.
I want to do this before NaNoWriMo ends-- at least set it up, that is-- because I want to get some of the warm bodies on the NaNo forums involved. There are a lot of really interested and motivated people over there, but the forums close down after the event's over.
So, I should get the site set up asap and post about it there.
I think it would be a fascinating adaptation of the editing process.
Get this straight-- I'm not open-sourcing my novel. That would be very hard for me to do. But a public beta-- people could submit bug reports, etc...
I dunno, it would be entertaining. And it's the only way that layla and the space pirates are ever going to get made into something.
It would also be a good teaching exercise.
Hmmm..... And it has the potential to teach me a lot about being edited.
I have to devote some thought to this. Namely, I have no idea how the software beta process works.
Also, my blog has no comment system. I'd need a good one if I wanted to do this. It would have to be easy to use, and it would have to be easy to manage. :/
Must devote thought-- and quickly!
Sigh. The boss' brother is sitting next to me again, awake this time, and talking to himself incessantly. It's maddening.
