Comments | averzierlia: beta readers: not optional

averzierlia

beta readers: not optional

Aug 29, 2011 19:01

I hate when I come across a fic with a great premise and I start to read it and the writing makes me gag.

kill it with fire, !discuss, fanfic: so addicting, excuse me while i go cry, !by the dread wolf, a bucket for my creys

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crazed_delusion August 30 2011, 00:06:33 UTC

That is why I do not post my crap unless it's for a com lol.

I have issues with grammar...spelling...punctuation....why can't be go back to classic latin where everything was caps no spaces and no punctuation.

firefox1490 August 30 2011, 01:29:11 UTC

I'm sorry! I need a beta in my life so bad.

averzierlia August 30 2011, 02:20:48 UTC

I didn't mean you! It was some random people on separate archive websites.

firefox1490 August 30 2011, 02:39:23 UTC

Blah, I have terrible english language skills. I'm constantly in need of a beta but then I feel bad about subjected my beta to my english.

taricalmcacil August 30 2011, 01:59:18 UTC

Sometimes even the formatting will do it. It's like... Paragraphs!

Not that difficult a concept.

averzierlia August 30 2011, 02:19:54 UTC

Or even hitting enter twice so that each line has a space between! How is that hard?

Or like, not capitalizing random words In sentences. CAN WE TRY THAT MAYBE?

(see that In right there? That is an example of what I Am talking about. They mainly did it on the word You but sometimes On random Words, and it Looked weird and Made no sense.)

taricalmcacil August 30 2011, 02:22:44 UTC

...

I tried to read your comment but my brain just kept going "why is she making a point to me?"

Sob D:

averzierlia August 30 2011, 02:24:10 UTC

I am supremely annoyed with what that writer did, I apologize. But I mean, can you imagine trying to read an entire fic of that? I didn't even make it a chapter.

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anonymiss731 August 30 2011, 05:00:47 UTC

THIS!!!! ALL FUCKING WEEKEND! STOP THE BAD FIC!

averzierlia August 30 2011, 05:14:16 UTC

BAD!FIC SHOULD BE BANNED. BUT THEN HOW WOULD WE KNOW IT IS GOOD!FIC YOU ASK? BECAUSE WHEN WE READ GOOD!FIC OUR EYES DON'T BLEED.

anonymiss731 August 30 2011, 05:44:25 UTC

OOC!Sherlock&John + Terrible Spelling + Schmoop for no reason = Bleeding Eyes.....Ha ha ha ha

(I love having a reason for this icon.

averzierlia August 30 2011, 05:46:11 UTC

God, this is why I only read Sherlock fics that people rec as good, because OOC is the devil. Unless it is an AU, then a certain level of OOC is acceptable.

rosiedoes August 30 2011, 09:37:52 UTC

Oh God, running sherlockbbc we don't penalise people for not having betas (even though we offer people the option of asking over 8000 members to help them out!) but we'd both like to strangle those people who add, "Unbetaed! Lol!" to their headers. Or worse, "Warnings: my grammer sucks! Don't hate!"

Bitch, I will cut you.

averzierlia August 30 2011, 14:50:42 UTC

IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS THEN YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO FIX THAT SHIT.

And ya, adding that last? Guarantees my hate.