Topic: loop
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve written a dozen reviews. I’d appreciate someone please telling me in kindergarten-easy-instructions how to post them on the overall list of writers’ reviews? Thanks very much.
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- George FLC
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If you're not connected with the person, then send a Quickie and ask if they're going to read it. If you have a connection with them then send a message.
George FLC
- Dirk B
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Lee, I'm not sure I understand the workflow you're using. Do you mean you've written your reviews offline (presumably in paragraph format, which we call "regular" reviews)? If so, click on the work you were reviewing to open it again (the "posting" view). If you want to switch to "inline" reviews, there's a yellow button near the top of the screen to start an inline review (a really convenient way to give detailed feedback about individual words, sentences, paragraphs, punctuation, etc.). If you're trying to post a paragraph-style review, scroll down the posting screen to the bottom of the story or chapter you're reviewing, and click on the Write a Regular Review button. Fill in the fields on the right, then click at the bottom to submit the review. You should subsequently see it among the list of posted reviews for whichever story/chapter you just reviewed. Regular reviews require 50 words or more in order for you to earn points for the review. Inline reviews require at least five individual (inline) comments and closing remarks.
- Dirk B
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I had a quick look at your public profile, which lists the reviews you've given. I am seeing that several authors have already responded to the reviews you've given them. Once you post (submit) a review, whether inline or regular, the author is automatically notified on their Home screen (under Feedback, located just under the avatar (picture) on each member's Home screen), and if they have email notifications enabled, they also get an email with a link they can click to take them straight to your review. Without email notifications, you'll have to wait for the author to log back into this site to see their Home page. Depending on their schedule, it may take them a few days (or more?) to come back here, see your review, and (one hopes) respond.
Did that answer your question?
- Dirk B
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FYI, you had two identical posts in this forum (including this one), so I deleted the one with no responses.
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Thanks, Dirk, for all your help as I fumble my way around. Your kind, time-consuming explanation made me know I was on the right tract for posting reviews. And focused me on just what exactly I’m trying to ask.
Under Read and Review, there’s this category called In-line-reviews that when I press it, brings up everyone else’s reviews but not the 14 or so that the writers have received, but don’t show up here so it looks like I’m a slouch and not reviewing anyone.
How do I get my reviews included too?
Another couple of I don’t doubt simple issues have me stuck,
I keep trying to put down favorite books of mine like Snow Falling on Cedars and end up chasing my tail trying to figure out how to do it. I don’t know how Viper’s Coil ended up there, fine book as it is.
And then when my kind daughter-in-law pressed next chapter for chapter 2 submission, the chapter 1 disappeared. Does she need to copy it in again?
Finally, I’m not sure you’re the Dirk from Calgary, but it lit me up seeing
It. My narrator in Clouds Sail By moved to Canada a decade ago and became a naturalized citizen. Some scenes in the novel are set in Kamloops.
Anyhow, I’m very appreciative of your guidance—it has meant a lot to me.
- Dirk B
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I can't recall ever actively using Read & Review, at least not all of the tabs. Go figure. :-)
Only posted inline reviews end up on that tab. From looking at your public profile, you've only done one inline review, the rest all regular reviews. Your inline review does show up there, but you have to scroll a while. That tab loads more records on the fly as you scroll down.
Snow Falling on Cedars is a published work by someone else. On this site, you can link to other works on this site using the white +Read button on the posting view to add it to your reading list, accessible via the "loop" menu on the screen's upper right, and you can recommend other works from here, including your own, by clicking the blue Shelfit button on the posting view. You can also link to books on Amazon, although that's meant for linking to your own books.
I'm having a little trouble trying to home in on where you were in the system when your daughter-in-law pressed Next. If you went via Post Your Work -> Create New Work, then that would give you problems since it's not meant to be used to add chapters to an existing work (you can literally add a chapter 2 to a new, empty book, which is why chapter 1 might have looked like it was missing).
If you used Add Chapter from one of several locations here where that feature/wizard is accessible (e.g., +Chapter from the posting view), clicking Next should simply take you from the Content tab to the Publish tab within the Add Chapter wizard, where you would see a list of your existing chapters. I checked your book's content and you do have two chapters there at the moment. Please let me know if you still have an issue with that.
Yup, Dirk from Calgary. Small world. You know Tom, I presume, my neighbor? He mentioned another writer that he knows, although I can't recall if he gave me your name. Welcome aboard! I'll send you a connection request.
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Dirk B wrote:
I can't recall ever actively using Read & Review, at least not all of the tabs. Go figure. :-)
Just saw your message. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. May the maple ???? long wave over Calgary. I’ve set scenes in Winnipeg, Fort Scott, Vancouver and Kamloops in novels but never Calgary. I’ll have to write one about the Stampede.
Only posted inline reviews end up on that tab. From looking at your public profile, you've only done one inline review, the rest all regular reviews. Your inline review does show up there, but you have to scroll a while. That tab loads more records on the fly as you scroll down.Snow Falling on Cedars is a published work by someone else. On this site, you can link to other works on this site using the white +Read button on the posting view to add it to your reading list, accessible via the "loop" menu on the screen's upper right, and you can recommend other works from here, including your own, by clicking the blue Shelfit button on the posting view. You can also link to books on Amazon, although that's meant for linking to your own books.
I'm having a little trouble trying to home in on where you were in the system when your daughter-in-law pressed Next. If you went via Post Your Work -> Create New Work, then that would give you problems since it's not meant to be used to add chapters to an existing work (you can literally add a chapter 2 to a new, empty book, which is why chapter 1 might have looked like it was missing).
If you used Add Chapter from one of several locations here where that feature/wizard is accessible (e.g., +Chapter from the posting view), clicking Next should simply take you from the Content tab to the Publish tab within the Add Chapter wizard, where you would see a list of your existing chapters. I checked your book's content and you do have two chapters there at the moment. Please let me know if you still have an issue with that.
Yup, Dirk from Calgary. Small world. You know Tom, I presume, my neighbor? He mentioned another writer that he knows, although I can't recall if he gave me your name. Welcome aboard! I'll send you a connection request.
