I think most my problems in workshops has been time. For example, SFFHOW allows you only 3 (maybe 4) posts to be up at one time. this didn't work for me because it can take a long time to get enough input to make a difference (for me anyway). But DII allows you to have the entire novel up at once, so while I was working through revisions, I'd post each chapter as it was done and keep going. When i got to the end, I had enough input on chapter 1 to be able to finally take it down.
I now use DII and a two tier readers system. First readers get the rough draft and look for plot holes only (which also gets te book out of my hands for a few weeks so I can get some space). Then it goes through the workshop. Finally I have what I call beta readers look at the more nit picky things as I polish. This does work for me. It's not my readers' faults that I seem to plod through the dang revisions. :(
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Date: 2004-08-20 11:04 am (UTC)I now use DII and a two tier readers system. First readers get the rough draft and look for plot holes only (which also gets te book out of my hands for a few weeks so I can get some space). Then it goes through the workshop. Finally I have what I call beta readers look at the more nit picky things as I polish. This does work for me. It's not my readers' faults that I seem to plod through the dang revisions. :(