Comments | mcshep_match: Beta readers/viewers

trobadora in mcshep_match

Beta readers/viewers

Jun 10, 2011 23:55

If you're not assigned to a team, this is where you can volunteer to help out by betaing stories or art for our intrepid team members.

Please leave the following info to help writers see what you can offer:

Fic, art, or both?
Willing to help with: (This may be characterisation, spelling & grammar, American/Canadian (or other place) knowledge, ( Read more... )

sign-ups, !mod post

Comments 5

viggofest June 11 2011, 16:46:50 UTC

I hope I'm doing this right:

--Fic
--Been a tie-in editor in NYC for 10 years, so editing--content and form--are my strengths. Proper grammer isn't, but I can make sure something doesn't sound dumb.
--Can't help with Canadianisms.
--Can be as fluffywubbly or ferocious as you want.
--Any length is fine, but need more than a few days.
--viggofest at yahoo.com

Good luck to everyone participating! I've always anticipated and enjoyed the results produced!

hoktauri July 20 2011, 17:33:38 UTC

I am available to beta!

Willing to help with: Fiction of any length, any style. Whatever the task demands: story cohesion, plot holes, grammar, syntax, blah blah blah the whole bloody lot of it.
Probably can't help with: If I don't have a reference point for something, it may take a couple extra days to learn the ropes, i.e. I don't know much about musical instruments, but I can research like a FIEND. I don't squick unless the writer wants me to squick; anything is kosher, as long as you make it kosher. (In other words, I may not agree with something IRL, but I recognize the transformative power of fiction. So.)
Fluffy or sabre-toothed: I can be either, both, whatever. Sabre-toothed is my gut reaction, so I'm better at that. But I can make nice with the fluff.
Turnaround: I read fairly quickly; I can usually read about 60K in one day. Turnaround would be about 72 hours for a 60K fic--the second and third days for the actual write-up. If your fic is longer than 60K, that's fine, but I'd say add 24 for each 30K over 60 ( ... )

hoktauri July 20 2011, 17:34:50 UTC

Correction: add 24 *hours*. Maybe I need a beta for my comments! ;-)

trobadora July 20 2011, 17:51:13 UTC

Hi there - thanks for offering to beta, that's fabulous! But don't forget you can only beta for your own team. *g* (Actually, it might be worth posting this to your team community as well!)

hoktauri July 20 2011, 17:54:41 UTC

Whoops! Forgot to mention that I am TEAM SHEPPARD! (I've got the post on the team's comm already.) Thanks for the catch!