Floating Point 3.2 is now complete, and ready for your reading. And it should be a smoother read ’cause I’ve gone and spellchecked the damn thing. That’s going to be policy from now on. New content update? Spellchecked before it ever hits the website.
You might say “Well DUH, of course you should’ve been doing that!” but consider the story I’m writing, which is packed with nonsense words, technobabble, and slang a-plenty. It trips up the spellchecker perpetually. On top of that, I make revision sweeps through the work to tune up the wording, which can undo any checking already done. That’s why I tended to wait until after all comments were in from readers before making the spellcheck and finalizing the chapter.
Problem is… well, 90% of the feedback I’ve been getting is typo reports. And that’s nice, especially ones which an automated spellchecker wouldn’t get (“a black chat crosses your path” or “I think you you smell funny”) but it’s drowning out the one thing I really, really need now… feedback on the story.
For example… are you enjoying it? Do particular moments really stay with you? Do some things feel a little off? Did events unfold as you expected, or were you surprised? How do you feel? That’s what I need to know. By all means, if you see a typo, point it out! But I’d also love to hear your more subjective reactions, and to better enable that, I’m going to do redundant spellchecks anytime I change anything. More work for me, less hassle for you.
FP 3.3 will be starting in 1-3 weeks. I need some time to plot it; beyond “and then they dealt with the Athena Online senate and the Inquisition” and a few vague ideas, I got nothin’. Time to put that rental copy of National Treasure to good use!
caspianseamonster says
Pray, Task, Ruin, Sell
Y Can’t I Spel
↑ It just occurred to me that this rhymes.
Don’t mind me.
LD50 says
Me not commenting is default to feeling good about that’s not being commented. :) Althrough, to not a very sophisticated (or very greedy) reader, the story simply is (well, maybe this existential transparency it’s a quality mark?). Well, I’d like to say it’s good Beta finally started coming to peace—it somewhat unsettled me all the time since FP3’s start, It’s in her character to try make sense of charity or lack of it in people’s behavior, so it’s been natural, but I was sorry for her trouble anyway. So, horay! (Horay twice, since I’ve not read the 3.2 finale yet, and will now.) The author is a good guy, so good and plenty of ideas to him I wish!
P. S. Gilbert is also interesting mention—why this Gilbert is so alike with another one? Mystery! I hope you’ll help to solve it in the future! :D
Lirazel says
As to the story, I like it very much indeed. The duplicity of the Horizons seems baked into their code, to a level that continually surpasses itself.
And as to the spelling, I hadn’t thought of the hash a spellchecker would make of all the hashtags.
Lirazel says
I’m not sure that this would ever happen — but I could see a friendship between Tracer and Madison, couldn’t you?
LoopyChew says
To be fair, I encourage typo feedback because it’ll make my life easier come compilation time.