When critiquing a first 13 what method do you use to highlight your thoughts? The two most common that I have seen is the in line method where the thoughts are injected into the first 13 and the line-by-line quote method where each section is quoted and comments are made on them.
What do you prefer to read or write?
The first 13 by itself:
quote:Call me Ishmael. Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely -- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Method 1: In line
quote:Call me Ishmael. (Call me what?) Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely (Then why mention it?) -- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever (whenever, whenever, whenever what?) my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Method 2: Individual quote
quote:Call me Ishmael.
Call me what?
quote:Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely
Then why mention it?
quote:Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever
whenever, whenever, whenever what?
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
quote:When critiquing a first 13 what method do you use to highlight your thoughts?
I usually clip quotes like this when suggesting a sentence rewrite.(not that this one needs it)
Or if I only want to comment on one line that caused trouble.
Otherwise, I use inline remarks.
Posted by Christine (Member # 1646) on :
I prefer in-line as long as the comments are clearly differentiated from the text. This is easier, IMO, in a word processor. I turn on "track changes" and just type my thoughts in.
Posted by Wolfe_boy (Member # 5456) on :
I generally make inline notations (like a (1) after a line of note) and highlight in italics, and then below make a longer and more detailed comment. This works for me, but involves longer posts generally.
Jayson Merryfield
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
My take: (always the disclaimer first)
quote: When critiquing a first 13 what method do you use to highlight your thoughts? [I think it's obvious. This has been called The IB method by some.] The two most common that I have seen is the [in line<--Or "IB method" ] method where the thoughts are injected into the first 13 and the line-by-line quote method where each section is quoted and comments are made on them. [You are forgetting the "numbers and reference to the numbers method" or the "Wolfe_boy method", the "All Caps insertion" a.k.a. the "Briggs method", and the "Do it my way method" where the critiquer will just edit/reword the thirteen, tagging the changes: {Deleted} {,} and so on.] What do you prefer to read or write?
Obviously, always do a line-by-line in-text, but sometimes I try to illustrate an alternate view of an opening. (Sometimes the temptation gets me carried away...thus the nick...)
[This message has been edited by InarticulateBabbler (edited April 15, 2008).]
] method where the thoughts are injected into the first 13 and the line-by-line quote method where each section is quoted and comments are made on them. [You are forgetting the "numbers and reference to the numbers method" or the "Wolfe_boy method", the "All Caps insertion" a.k.a. the "Briggs method", and the "Do it my way method" where the critiquer will just edit/reword the thirteen, tagging the changes: {Deleted} {,} and so on.]