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Friday Feature: Tips for Betas!

Jun 20, 2008 19:10

With examples from bandom (Panic at the Disco), Bleach, Harry Potter, and The Boondock Saints.

Alright! Here's the deal. We're all here because we think that grammar is important. I'd be willing to bet about $5 a head that at some point each one of you has read a fic and cringed, or even closed it without finishing, because there was just ( Read more... )

author:momebie, writing tips:beta, writing tips:style, writing tips:pov, !feature, writing tips

Comments 11

neevebrody June 20 2008, 23:24:08 UTC

Thank you so much. Definitely a post to be added to memories and bookmarked. A great resource for beta and writer alike.

momebie June 21 2008, 04:54:48 UTC

Thank you for reading!

tejas June 20 2008, 23:37:55 UTC

WONDERFUL! I'm off to rec this to my flist and to encourage them to rec it on theirs! Thank you!

momebie June 21 2008, 04:55:30 UTC

Ah, thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.

getaway_machine June 21 2008, 13:54:19 UTC

Heh. Pride.

My favorite beta rips my stories apart and sends them back to me in shreds, and I love her for it. Not that she's had much opportunity to do that lately, but, er. . . >.>

In any case, awesome. :D

momebie June 21 2008, 17:00:43 UTC

I'm the same way, but I think that's because I'm kind of masochistic. I know when I get the SJ finished Em is going to make he cry with all her semi-colon talk. :p

lonelybrit June 21 2008, 17:05:19 UTC

This is a great post, in particular the explanation of the different types of point of view. Thank you!

momebie June 21 2008, 17:26:15 UTC

Thank you very much for reading. :)

haldoor June 30 2008, 09:42:20 UTC

This was a really interesting read, and definitely has some things to keep in mind! Thanks so much! ;-)

I'd be interested in what you have to say about co-writing and beta-work, especially in relation to each writer staying within their character's POV, so therefore the fic tends to 'head-hop' as you call it, simply because it's co-written.

momebie June 30 2008, 14:08:46 UTC

Thank you very much! I'm going to address betas and writers working together in my next part of this feature, which will be posted this Friday. I believe we're going to keep the co-writing for it's own topic, but I'm glad you brought it up. *g*

haldoor July 2 2008, 09:35:03 UTC

I look forward to part two, and I am seriously glad to hear co-writing is coming up as I do a lot of it, and am especially interested in beta approaches to it.