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Posted by washere
Dec 8, 2018 at 12:29 AM
I’m not being judgmental, Doc. There are various scenarios which can be the case prior to a sub-based first release.
He could be getting feedback with offline versions. Betas have timebombs in these cases and will stop to launch after awhile.
Also he could include the offline as part of a sub based deal only on release. He’s vague on first release formats.
Of course another scenario could be, that the online version can be private cloud too, the majors like Dropbox, onedrive, gdrive &/or any other cloud. Or even self hosted cloud, Owncloud etc. But I doubt it.
Can have sub with his online cloud. Or the two private cloud versions above with or without sub. He can also do a permutation of any of the above combos.
His target client base, authors, will need privacy though. I’m not saying which of the above scenarios &/or offline is more sacred or even better from a user POV.
Just saying he seems to be itching for subs. He might scratch it, might not, in any case good luck to him, seems a nice a guy doing a good job.
Posted by Hugh
Dec 8, 2018 at 03:34 PM
Very interesting. Thank you for the news, Dr A.
For what it’s worth, the Snowflake Method of planning and plotting novels, used here, originated with a novelist-scientist called Randy Ingermanson: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/. He launched a novel-planning application based upon it some years ago.
Why snowflake? I think Randy saw novel-planning in terms of fractals, which mathematicians will recognise as expressions where the large-scale is reflected in the small-scale and vice-versa (just as a snowflake is). But something similar has been employed to a greater or lesser extent for some time by all sorts of long-form writers. For example, when I started making TV programmes, my boss insisted that she wouldn’t accept a programme idea unless it was first expressed as a single sentence with a subordinate clause. Work on the script expanded the idea outwards from that single sentence in various stages (as the new application also does).
Posted by washere
Dec 8, 2018 at 06:23 PM
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