| Writer’s Framework |
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April 22nd, 2008 |
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| Time |
Milestone |
No of Page |
| Week 1 |
Introduction, History and background, Current Affairs |
1 - 2 |
| Week 2 |
Preparation, Travel Scheduling, Visa, Free, etc |
1 - 2 |
| Week 3 |
Going to destination, Getting around |
2 |
| Week 4 |
Destination by location |
1 |
| Week 5 |
Accommodation |
2 |
| Week 6 |
Things to do |
5 - 7 |
| Week 7 |
Shopping, Dining, Nightlife |
4 -5 |
| Week 8 |
Suggested Itineraries |
2 |
| Week 9 |
Charity, Culture Shock |
1 |
| Week 10 |
Local Language Guide |
1 |
| Week 11 |
Proof reading. Beta Release on Sale. |
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| Week 12 |
Edit guide book based on feedbacks from proof reading. |
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| Week 13 |
DTP Process - Producing guidebook in PDF format. |
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| Week 14 |
Guide Book ver 1.0 Release On Sale! |
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| Week 15 |
Revisionary Updates every month |
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| Guide book will be revised by writer every month to include new information and editorial mistakes. The above timeframe is provided only as a guideline. Actual timeframe is to be decided by writers based on their schedule and other personal commitments.Once timeframe has been mutually agreed, a4trip managers will monitor writer’s performance and milestones delivery deadlines.
Each milestones is defined weekly as shown on the above timeframe, where there will be 15 milestones altogether.
Each milestones completed must be sent to a4trip managers upon completion for quality inspection. Necessary remedial actions will be implemented to assist writers who are falling behind their schedules.
Writers are given priority to blog and market their guidebook on a4guide.com. However, if the writers are not keen to update the blog, the position will be taken up by interested 3rd parties.
Proofreader has 1 week to complete the proof reading for the guide book.
For mapping and illustration production timeline, please refer to the Mapper’s Framework. |
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| 15 Responses to “Writer’s Framework” |
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| marcus said: |
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| April 22nd, 2008 |
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Neat! :)
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| lina said: |
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| April 22nd, 2008 |
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Very precise too!
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| marcus said: |
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| April 22nd, 2008 |
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now we are going to work on mapper’s framework.
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| Amy said: |
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| April 23rd, 2008 |
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Which means - I am behind in schedule. *sorry*
Will work in it!
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| Amy said: |
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| April 23rd, 2008 |
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Oh - one more question: who do I send updates to? (and my own milestones plan for Sydney?)
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| Marcus said: |
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| April 24th, 2008 |
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Amy, you’ll be working with wywen. :)
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| edwin said: |
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| May 19th, 2008 |
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hi Marcus,
I tried to communicate with Wywen and Pin but maybe they’re busy. I want to start to write on the a4 blog but couldn’t find the blog address.
Now I don’t know to whom I should communicate with :(
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| Peter said: |
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| May 19th, 2008 |
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Hi Edwin,
Yes, both of them are busy but don’t worry, if you have any questions, you can email to support@a4trip.com anytime.
cheers,
Pete
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| a4friends.com » » Getting stuck in writing? said: |
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| June 20th, 2008 |
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[...] Read through the framework of a4trip writers framework . From here, you will have a rough idea on the scope of the content. I personally think that Week4 [...]
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| drizad said: |
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| July 1st, 2008 |
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Hey… What does it means by “Destination by Location” in week 4?
I don’t have any clue how to write my content for Kota Kinabalu. Please help…
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| Chin Seng said: |
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| July 1st, 2008 |
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Hi Drizad,
Destination by Location means that you need to analyze the geography around Kota Kinabalu, looking on the Kota Kinabalu map would be a great idea. Research a bit on the topology of place of interests, hotels, restaurants and others. You can basically divide Koto Kinabalu into few locations. Some typical examples are beach front area, lake front area or around airport area and etc. The main purpose of dividing a destination by location is for categorizing hotel, restaurant, dining and shopping in later sections. This may help travelers to decide or locate which places to choose while reading the guidebooks. Hope this help! Please let me know if you have further queries. Cheers.
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| Nellie Chin said: |
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| August 29th, 2008 |
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Hi! I am the new writer for Kuala Lumpur (hope its official). Got a few questions:
(1) KL means KL proper or does it include the outskirts like Bangsar or PJ?
(2) Does Genting City of Entertainment falls under KL?
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| Eisen said: |
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| August 29th, 2008 |
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Nellie, put yourself in the traveller’s shoe who bought your guide at 2.95 USD, would they be expecting that?
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| Nellie Chin said: |
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| August 29th, 2008 |
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Hmm..OK. Maybe its gonna be more than 10 pgs afterall…
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