https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/ Award-winning & New York Times-bestselling author and game designer Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-5327 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:42:37 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-5327 Ha! Good point. It’s one reason most writers respect the judges of awards like these. They volunteer to read everything submitted in the course of a year, and that’s a lot of pages, no matter how you read them.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-50390 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-50390 Ha! Good point. It’s one reason most writers respect the judges of awards like these. They volunteer to read everything submitted in the course of a year, and that’s a lot of pages, no matter how you read them.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-5326 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:34:23 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-5326 I hadn’t thought of it that way. It is one thing to watch a couple of dozen movies in a year, but to read a couple of dozen novels in order to make a decision sounds a little bit like work. Not to mention how it might get in the way of actually writing. No wonder the Academy has so many actors.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-50389 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-50389 I hadn’t thought of it that way. It is one thing to watch a couple of dozen movies in a year, but to read a couple of dozen novels in order to make a decision sounds a little bit like work. Not to mention how it might get in the way of actually writing. No wonder the Academy has so many actors.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-5311 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:30:28 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-5311 I’m still burnt out on the internal processes of award committees. That said, I like the idea in principle. However, even with 2-6 finalists in each category, you’d be talking about each member of the full body reading 12-36 novels to be able to make an informed vote. That’s probably more than most members would be willing to commit to at the moment.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-50388 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:30:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-50388 I’m still burnt out on the internal processes of award committees. That said, I like the idea in principle. However, even with 2-6 finalists in each category, you’d be talking about each member of the full body reading 12-36 novels to be able to make an informed vote. That’s probably more than most members would be willing to commit to at the moment.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-5310 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:04:30 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-5310 I was wondering if the organization should do something similar to what the AMPAS does. Chiefly, create committees of specialists (say Sound in film, or Video Game Adaptation in IAMTW), with Boards, who select a list of 16 or so novels that the full committees nominates 2-6 in each category. Then the full body votes on the final winners.

]]> https://www.forbeck.com/2006/11/12/the-iamtw-and-the-scribe-awards/#comment-50387 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=775#comment-50387 I was wondering if the organization should do something similar to what the AMPAS does. Chiefly, create committees of specialists (say Sound in film, or Video Game Adaptation in IAMTW), with Boards, who select a list of 16 or so novels that the full committees nominates 2-6 in each category. Then the full body votes on the final winners.

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