The book project. A follow-up.
I have to rant once more. Because, LOL. Just LOL.
I was super excited that I managed to go through the 143 pages and the cover before Skate America. Hooray! At times I was cursing around because I got stuck finding new synonyms for MNF's endless use of "says," and I figured he'd ask me at some point how much time I've dedicated to the project. Even though we never spoke about compensation this time, he's always offering something in return. I'm pretty sure he has no idea how long it takes me to read and correct stuff (last time I didn't have to make corrections, so I excluded the actual reading time and only mentioned the time I put in the feedback - after all, the reading part was done out of curiosity). I feel kinda bad for being rather slow.
So, I sent everything out Thursday night, and I got a reply today. Again IN ENGLISH. Like, what the hell. I mean, I can relate to thinking and expressing yourself in English even if it's not your native tongue. Obviously I can relate. ;0) But it's super odd to do this in a private conversation, with someone who shares the same native tongue, with someone you've always only spoken that native tongue, with someone who just sent you a message in that native tongue. It's making me feel estranged.
Apart from the language matter, the message itself made me go 'what the hell' as well. You know why? Because he wrote that he was suprised at the amount of issues I still identified. Apparently he thought it was next to perfect. Maybe he should have done the math when I wrote to him Monday night that I wasn't even halfway through (more like 40%) and had already added more than 50 comments. He could have guessed by then that he wasn't as finished as he thought he was.
I kinda wish there'd be an aknowledgement in the book. Or maybe it's better that there is none. Since I was told that the story itself shouldn't be changed anymore, I kept my comments to myself this time about the super cliché portrayal of the characters and their way of thinking. I did mention it at the time I still thought this was turned into a stage program. There, under the label of comedy, it is much more suitable to state provocative ideas. You have tone to work with. I fully expected it to be presented much differently on stage than in the written story version. When you read it, though, it makes you raise an eyebrow and wonder if those really are his thoughts. Maybe it's better to not have my name attached to it if I don't want to be attacked by the feminist movement. Not that this would happen; the book's not gonna get that much attention.
Well, let's see what will happen when I tell him I invested 11 hours of my precious leisure time this week. He sounded exhausted. I don't know how many of my comments he implemented, but he did get the project out of the way already. Looks like he wants things to be over. He also mentioned that he'd leave the country soon, but in between his first mention of that and today, the whole situation about his contract couldn't be resolved. He really did sound exhausted by that.
Speaking of exhausted, my mom now also caught Covid. :0\ I tested negative last week, so all is still good on my end of things.
And now I'll continue watching Skate America. Good to see both Aljona and Robin there. Strange to see so few familiar names on the roster.
I was super excited that I managed to go through the 143 pages and the cover before Skate America. Hooray! At times I was cursing around because I got stuck finding new synonyms for MNF's endless use of "says," and I figured he'd ask me at some point how much time I've dedicated to the project. Even though we never spoke about compensation this time, he's always offering something in return. I'm pretty sure he has no idea how long it takes me to read and correct stuff (last time I didn't have to make corrections, so I excluded the actual reading time and only mentioned the time I put in the feedback - after all, the reading part was done out of curiosity). I feel kinda bad for being rather slow.
So, I sent everything out Thursday night, and I got a reply today. Again IN ENGLISH. Like, what the hell. I mean, I can relate to thinking and expressing yourself in English even if it's not your native tongue. Obviously I can relate. ;0) But it's super odd to do this in a private conversation, with someone who shares the same native tongue, with someone you've always only spoken that native tongue, with someone who just sent you a message in that native tongue. It's making me feel estranged.
Apart from the language matter, the message itself made me go 'what the hell' as well. You know why? Because he wrote that he was suprised at the amount of issues I still identified. Apparently he thought it was next to perfect. Maybe he should have done the math when I wrote to him Monday night that I wasn't even halfway through (more like 40%) and had already added more than 50 comments. He could have guessed by then that he wasn't as finished as he thought he was.
I kinda wish there'd be an aknowledgement in the book. Or maybe it's better that there is none. Since I was told that the story itself shouldn't be changed anymore, I kept my comments to myself this time about the super cliché portrayal of the characters and their way of thinking. I did mention it at the time I still thought this was turned into a stage program. There, under the label of comedy, it is much more suitable to state provocative ideas. You have tone to work with. I fully expected it to be presented much differently on stage than in the written story version. When you read it, though, it makes you raise an eyebrow and wonder if those really are his thoughts. Maybe it's better to not have my name attached to it if I don't want to be attacked by the feminist movement. Not that this would happen; the book's not gonna get that much attention.
Well, let's see what will happen when I tell him I invested 11 hours of my precious leisure time this week. He sounded exhausted. I don't know how many of my comments he implemented, but he did get the project out of the way already. Looks like he wants things to be over. He also mentioned that he'd leave the country soon, but in between his first mention of that and today, the whole situation about his contract couldn't be resolved. He really did sound exhausted by that.
Speaking of exhausted, my mom now also caught Covid. :0\ I tested negative last week, so all is still good on my end of things.
And now I'll continue watching Skate America. Good to see both Aljona and Robin there. Strange to see so few familiar names on the roster.