monkeydesign opened this issue on Jun 25, 2006 ยท 29 posts
Dale B posted Sun, 09 July 2006 at 6:28 AM
The problem you are going to encounter with a collaborative 'book' effort (online or otherwise) is voice; there needs to be one consistent voice throughout, so that the turn of phrase in chapter 1 means the same thing in chapter 19. There's also the grok factor. Someone who 'gets' Vue will tend to gloss over or outright ignore the details that a newbie desperately wants to know, simply because -they- know it; either by long repetition or intuition. Being able to step back from experience and explain can be =hard=. Yes md, I do read books. Lots of them. And write. Needing to have static images of characters and places is what pulled me into CG in the first place. If I had the time I'd jump at the chance, but my beloved 6 day a week dayjob is out to kill me, y'know? Richard Schrand was the intended author of the book that was listed, but health reasons killed that project for him. Gebe may not be here to write it anymore, but it would be so cool to see her name on the dedication plate, wouldn't it...?