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Looking for a new Out Of Bounds beta.
Jan. 12th, 2008 07:10 pmDue to good fortune in her RL, I will be losing my marvelous beta for Out Of Bounds, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
perfica. But it's all good news for her RL, so I couldn't be more pleased on her behalf.
As a beta,perfica has been invaluable.
perfica has been there for me, talking me through my struggles with this massive, unwieldy story. She's helped me pick the music. She held my hand and offered her ideas and opinions on potential plotlines. She's the one who encouraged the Zelenka subplot. She nodded her head and egged me on in the plot concerning John's injury. A typical email exchange has gone as follows:
Icarus (strides into Perfica's email): *rant* *rave* *flops down on the couch*
Perfica (picks up a notepad and sits next to the figurative couch): Uhm-hmm.
Icarus (finally coherent) (mostly): Out Of Bounds is driving me crazy! Am I nuts to include this seemingly utterly superfluous plotline?
Perfica: I like the superfluous plotline.
Icarus: Really? It does seem to tie plot A and C together six chapters down the line, but I'm afraid it feels like it's coming out of the blue....
Perfica (picks up the notepad again; looks Freudian): Why don't you tell me about it?
Like I said: invaluable.
So, while I don't have a chapter waiting in the wings yet (school has me very, very busy) I am looking for someone to step intoperfica's shoes.
I'm looking for someone familiar with Out Of Bounds (or willing to become familiar with it), who has a supportive attitude (I'm an artist; I'm fragile and- and stuff) and is comfortable with "big picture stuff," talking out the broader plan of the story, character development, future scenes, and then editing the individual scenes as they're written. I'm looking for someone who's willing to tell me when something won't work, and also is willing to encourage me the many, many, many times I get neurotic about this story. This is the longest, most ambitious story I've ever written and... I get a little frazzled. (See the above couch in Perfica's email.)
You will be provided with my Excel spreadsheet scene-by-scene outline of the story, including the rough outline of the last two parts. I tend to write Out Of Bounds in 1,000-word sections, so it's not a lot of copy-editing at any given time, although there are periods where I might write a scene every day or every other day. Email couch is also included.
perfica. But it's all good news for her RL, so I couldn't be more pleased on her behalf.As a beta,
perfica has been invaluable. perfica has been there for me, talking me through my struggles with this massive, unwieldy story. She's helped me pick the music. She held my hand and offered her ideas and opinions on potential plotlines. She's the one who encouraged the Zelenka subplot. She nodded her head and egged me on in the plot concerning John's injury. A typical email exchange has gone as follows:Icarus (strides into Perfica's email): *rant* *rave* *flops down on the couch*
Perfica (picks up a notepad and sits next to the figurative couch): Uhm-hmm.
Icarus (finally coherent) (mostly): Out Of Bounds is driving me crazy! Am I nuts to include this seemingly utterly superfluous plotline?
Perfica: I like the superfluous plotline.
Icarus: Really? It does seem to tie plot A and C together six chapters down the line, but I'm afraid it feels like it's coming out of the blue....
Perfica (picks up the notepad again; looks Freudian): Why don't you tell me about it?
Like I said: invaluable.
So, while I don't have a chapter waiting in the wings yet (school has me very, very busy) I am looking for someone to step into
perfica's shoes. I'm looking for someone familiar with Out Of Bounds (or willing to become familiar with it), who has a supportive attitude (I'm an artist; I'm fragile and- and stuff) and is comfortable with "big picture stuff," talking out the broader plan of the story, character development, future scenes, and then editing the individual scenes as they're written. I'm looking for someone who's willing to tell me when something won't work, and also is willing to encourage me the many, many, many times I get neurotic about this story. This is the longest, most ambitious story I've ever written and... I get a little frazzled. (See the above couch in Perfica's email.)
You will be provided with my Excel spreadsheet scene-by-scene outline of the story, including the rough outline of the last two parts. I tend to write Out Of Bounds in 1,000-word sections, so it's not a lot of copy-editing at any given time, although there are periods where I might write a scene every day or every other day. Email couch is also included.