Another thing about reviewers: it's always good to have at least two people look at each chapter: one person who is familiar with the program and one who is not. The less familiar person can follow the instructions and see if they make sense, are complete (no steps left out by a writer who assumed the reader would do something at a particular point), actually accomplish what they say will happen, and so on.
--Jean On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 15:57 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Hi Sarah, > Well, it's always good when one person can go through a whole book, but > that doesn't always happen and we don't expect everyone to do that. > Hazel is unusually dedicated (and we love her for her dedication as well > as her excellent copyediting skills). > > We do like to have more than one person review individual chapters of a > book, but reviewers aren't expected to do all the chapters in a book. > (Reviewers check for changes in the books required by changes in the > software, among other things.) > > At the moment we have so few people active that Martin is the only > person doing reviews and updates for the Draw Guide and Hazel is the > only person editing it. > > --Jean > > > On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 20:45 -0500, Sarah Grover wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just a quick beginner question: it looks like a single contributor > > will typically work his/her way through all Chapters of a Guide, is > > that right? Hazel has been busy with consecutive chapters of Draw > > 3.3, for example. Is the idea for a sole contributor to do all of the > > editing in the name of consistency? Thanks, > > > > Sarah > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
