Can we create a roster of competent Beta volunteers?

POSTED BY: hisgoodgirl
UPDATED: Monday, June 18, 2007 00:15
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AFTERBETA

Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:24 AM

Happy to beta, I even registered for that purpose.

Type of fics: Anything that doesn't contain non-con or rape. Not a big fan of PWP but I'll still proof it for you. (Hey even porn should be proofed).

Expertise: Spelling, grammar, flow and voice. As my login suggests I'm better at polishing something that’s already fleshed out. While I’ll let you know if your phrasing is awkward or unclear I try to avoid changing your words unless asked. I've never been a great creative writer so I'm probably not going to be able to help with writter's block or plot development.

Turn around: Assuming I don’t get tons of responses and you haven't written a Homeric length fic ~3 days max.

Experience: beta'd before for friends' (Buffy) fanfic.

Warning: I’m blunt, tell me if you’re sensitive and I’ll try to be delicate.

JOY

Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:46 AM

Count me in as a Beta volunteer. this is the kind of stuff I did in college, you know, spelling, grammar, voice, and the all important keeping the plot bunny hopping. I've even been known to be able to add to essays in order to make minimum word count - college people like that built-in feature.
just message me via this site and give me about 5 days turn around.

Yay! fun!
Joy

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:49 AM

Count me in on any beta reader list, HGG!

Honestly, I am willing to beta most any Firefly fanfic...regardless of pairing, content or time period:D

My turn around time? Hmm...that would be the unknown variable. I have done beta reading jobs in a matter of hours, so the author gets a 1-day turnaround...but there are a couple of beta jobs I still have going cuz of their length and complexity (my humblest apologies to reginaroadie and phaedra ). Really...I would strive to do a 48 hour turnaround unless I state otherwise to the fic's author. Best option for me as an efficient beta reader? Send me the stuff you want looked over in chunks (chapters, passages, etc). Makes things easier for everyone, I think;)

So..so sum up my point, here's the following info:

Author's Name: BlueEyedBrigadier (though I still haven't posted a fic yet, much to my chagrin)

Contact E-mail: z_wing@hotmail.com or general_iblis@yahoo.ca

Types of Fiction I'm Willing to Review: Any kind of Firefly fanfic that is possible...and maybe anyting that isn't (can only look )

Any content limitations?: Nothing really. Might not go for graphic rape scenes, but I will certainly take a shot at anything you're willing to throw at me

Services Offered: Grammar, spelling and punctuation repairs; script doctoring (though you have to watch out...I can get mighty wiggy with my tuning ); reasonable criticism of story points and facts that seem confusing, out of place or unsuitable for the fic (suitability based on how you present the fic to me...AU allows for a whole lot more leeway with altering things than fairly canonical); and development plot ideas, story scenes and dialogue.

Turnaround Time?: Reliant on fanfic's length. Short pieces (drabble, ficlet, etc)? Less than a day. A decent length story? 48 hours to 72 hours. Epic job on par with ScrewtheAlliance's Kaylee's Lament or The Treasure of Lei Fong Wu, reginaroadie's You Can't Go Home Again or Phaedra's The Pillow Book of Inara Serra? Probably at least a week, if not more.

So...that's my pitch. Hope I seem attractive to one of you fellow Browncoats needing a hand;)

BEB

Literature has shown us some of humanity's greatest achievements; history, some of our greatest failures -- Alun Lewis

XEYRA

Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:36 PM

I'm bumping this up due to the recent Serenity Summer Crossover Fanfic project and, well, because I had lost it until I saw it on someone else's recent threads! I'll have to remember to bookmark it in the future.

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Wash: This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: [deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die?

MAL4PREZ

Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:42 PM

Bumppity bump bump bump...

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KATESFRIEND

Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:38 AM

I'd be happy to be a volunteer beta reader. I've done a lot of technical and scientific writing, and have many, many years experience grading student essays and papers. Never got into fan fic until Firefly, but have read a lot, and find the better the editing, the more enjoyable the fic. Will gladly do spelling, grammer and whatever asked for. I would prefer mostly canon pairings, though.

KAYLEEGIRL

Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:41 PM

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Originally posted by Mordsith:
I'm willing to beta any kind of pairing, cannon, non-cannon, het, slash, gen.

I'm willing to beta (I do that already for two people in my writers group) but first...

Wow, do I need an education in all the terminology! I'm thinkin' I know what cannon, et al means, but I want to be sure. I'm not new to writing by any means, but I am new to fanfic writing and need a bit of help picking up the lingo. (Didn't know what a Mary Sue was until just about two weeks ago!)

If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.

KAYLEEGIRL

Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:42 PM

Bump!
Thanks for starting this post. Great idea!

If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.

MAL4PREZ

Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:42 PM

Just wanna bump this for all the new writers.

Hey - is there any way to move this thread to the BSR? In general discussions, it disappears so quickly...

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REDHEAD

Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:32 PM

Kayleegirl mentioned in an earlier post that she was

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new to fanfic writing and need[ed] a bit of help picking up the lingo. (Didn't know what a Mary Sue was...)

She has probably picked it up by now but I know I had the same problem. In News of the Verse's page on fansites(under Introductory Materials)is a short glossary of terms that might be helpful to others that are in the same boat.

http://www.newsoftheverse.net/ We search the 'Verse so you don't have to.

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