Damnit.  I keep forgeting this kid wasn't around when Star Wars came out.
(Ok -who, besides me, saw it the first time it was on the big screen?  Show
your age...)  :)

(when

you finish with all the betas)
	I've seen this word a lot, but what does it mean? ('beta')

	When a computer company makes a new piece of software the first
trial of compiling and running it are the 'alphas' - all in house testing. 
(In your case everything you edit on your PC before the world sees it).  The
'beta' version of the software is the first public release of said program. 
This is sometimes only sent to specific people or to the entire public (ie
the Beta version of Win 95 that has been polluting PCs for the past few
months).  
	Here the 'beta' is what you send to the ML.  Really this list is to
help people write their stuff so they can release it to the general populace
of the InterNet via r.a.a.s - but not necassarily.  In other words what we
see and comment on are the 'betas'.  Dig?
	Once they get the bugs out and all the reviews in the fix what needs
to be fixed (all the suggestions you recieve from us - your 'loving' fans -
yes, you may now throw up ;] )  they release the finall product.  Here that
would be what goes to the archive or r.a.a.s.

that help?

What you have now is

perfect for a cliff-hanger serial story (like they had back in the 30's and
40's).
	You think I was alive back then?! I don't know what sort
of stuff they had in the 30's and 40's, especially not here in the
US.

	Isabel Arantes

	Sorry, I keep forgeting that a lot of folx don't know what I do.  In
the 30's and 40's the movies were the biggest form of entertainment around. 
The average family went to the theater at least once a week.  (I think the
avg price was maybe a dime a person?) They showed news reels (clips of this
weeks big news), cartoons (can you say Disney, Silly Symphonies, or Betty
Boop?), and the best stuff to ever come from Hollywood (just find a copy of
Casablanca with the extra documentary on how they made and see how long it
took them to do it).
	Anyway, they also started the 'serials'.  Basically a soap opera, or
a cliffhanger (recognize this word?  I knew you did.)  Like Flash Gordon,
Bat-Man, The Shadow, The Untouchables, and tons of others!  Each episode
lasted 20-30 minutes.  Each would start up exactly where the last one left
off to show how the hero escaped the train you knew just cut him to bits, or
how Flash Gordon saved the girl from Ming the Merciless.  A serial could
last from 5 to 30 episodes.  These were designed to help draw the crowds to
the theaters.  Just like you are doing with AOFA, you keep ending on a
cliffhanger.  
	You can still find these beauties in some video stores or especially
the video ordering magazines that seem to keep popping up in my mailbox. 
Also check out AMC (American Movie Classics) on cable, about 6 months ago
they showed all 8 hours of the Bat-Man serials from 1939 - I loved it. (Ok,
so the guy playing Robin had a perm, I ignored that.)
	If you find some, check 'em out, I think you would get a kick out of
them to see how they develope their stories verses your current project.


Did I miss anything?

AlberCrombie
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