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Selene
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 Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:40 am Post subject: Beta, hm? |
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I'm sorry... I'm sure this will come off as terribly ignorant, but what is a beta? Please don't beat me...
Heh. Thank you and sorry to waste your time.
~ S
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Rhapsody
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We have a wiki-fic about that named Congratulations! It is a beta! Summary: This article explores the definition of a beta and what an author or beta reader can expect from each other.
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Selene
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: |
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Aw. Thank you.
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dolarabee
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I'm sorry about my reaction, Selene, but it never ceases to amaze me that people come on here, read the guidelines before posting their work (or at least they should), and then post their fics to only ask after the fact what a beta is. Thing is, if you've read the guidelines you'd know you need one before posting anything at all.
If you don't find what you need to know in terms of definitions here on this site, I find the net is a pretty good source of information. Just a search on Google for 'beta reader' yields a gold mine, but I'd start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_reader
do.
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Selene
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No worries. You had every right to be peeved. 
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