{"id":2543,"date":"2014-02-09T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2014-03-30T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T22:49:15","slug":"hello-discworld-fandom-i-need-some-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2014\/02\/hello-discworld-fandom-i-need-some-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Discworld fandom! I need some help"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve not heard, I will be starting a long, long, LONG journey on March 12th, in which I will attempt to read every\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/em> book in publication order. Yes,\u00c2\u00a0all of them<\/em>. And in order to do so, I’ll need some help from the fandom at large. SOUND THE ALARM!<\/p>\n

As I’m sure some of you know, there is a challenge in adapting the\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/em> books to the Mark Reads format: Mr. Terry Pratchett doesn’t use chapters. OH NO HOWEVER WILL I DO THIS? Well, we’ve already run into that problem before, and the Queen Tammy fandom helped rectify it<\/a>! (I highly suggest checking out that guide at the link to use as reference as you delve into the\u00c2\u00a0Discworld\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>books.)
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So! I have a few moderators who are\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/em> fans who will be looking at the comments and can ferry along concerns to me. We don’t need all forty-something books completed by March 12th, but at least the first few need to be divided up so I can schedule them out! Here’s a few things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n

1) I can read about 20 pages, give or take, in a half hour commission<\/a><\/strong>. It’s okay if a section is under this. And it’s even okay, for the sake of flow or drama, to make it longer than this.\u00c2\u00a0Please note how many pages a section is once you’ve divided it up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2) If you are going to commission a section<\/a>, please make sure to note whether or not you need to purchase extra time, and\u00c2\u00a0do not ignore it<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>I have to schedule my days around how long I’ll need to take to complete a commission, and it’s become really hard to do so lately when someone buys a single commission and then the chapter ends up being like 10,000 words. This will make things easier for me, and will prevent any confusion later.<\/p>\n

3) Do not make the end point in the middle of a paragraph or cliffhanger me mid-sentence<\/strong>. I’ll run the risk of not knowing I’ve reached the end of a section, and it’s needlessly cruel. Please use good taste and figure out where a natural break is.<\/p>\n

4) I will not be reading the comments here, so you do not need to use rot13<\/strong>. Once the final splits are handed off to me, I’ll have my beginning and ending sentences rot13’d for me, but otherwise, talk spoilers as much as you want.<\/p>\n

5) Anyone with a blue bar is a moderator. Please listen to them<\/strong>. They aren’t bossing you around for the sake of it. Treat them as you would if I were speaking to you, and please respect that they are volunteers in this community who are trying to make this a lovely place.<\/p>\n

Okay! Once each book in the series is done, I will add them to a master list of\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/em> splits like I did with Tamora Pierce’s\u00c2\u00a0Doggy Books<\/em>. We’ll just keep adding more as each book is split up!<\/p>\n

Thank y’all so much for this, and I’m\u00c2\u00a0really<\/em> excited that I finally get to discover why so many people like this series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"