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Ixladra
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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: Looking for a beta |
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Jane was good enough to help me with my proofing and I'm extremely thankful to her. The gals at GOI have been a great help as well.
However, they have stories of their own to tend to and this is my first fic, which means I have quite a bit to learn. Maybe this should be titled , "Looking for a very patient beta".
It is not a pure canon tale, and the characters are written to fill in places not written in canon. It is marysueish, though no sickeningly so. It will be NC17 in later chapters so requires someone of age. It is already 30 chapters in. Someone with a good eye for intimate scenes and battle scenes would be great.
If you're interested I'd love to hear from you. |
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Rhapsody
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It would help any beta that is available immensely if you stated what fandom you are writing in and what kind of beta you are specifically looking for.  Tolkien? Firefly, Buffy? Stargate Atlantis (in this case I know a good group for that).
If it is the Tolkien fandom, telling a bit more would be great: is it a story set in the third age or a different age? What characters or race? Hobbits? Elves ect ect.
What kind of beta, besides a patient one, do you need? To cite from our wiki fic:
| Quote: | Like writers, betas come in different forms. Most often a beta will have listed what beta skills they have and what they prefer to read and what not. If you are not certain what you exactly need, here are three main descriptions of beta readers in the Tolkien fandom:
- line betas: these betas comb through your story for spelling, grammar and typo’s
- content betas: these betas have a knack for reading your story to help you improve its flow, pacing, logic, characterisations, story structure and plot or story development
- canon betas: when writing fanfic of a fandom, a certain amount of research must be done to make it fit within the fandom. These betas know the works extremely well and will help you to make it fit and help you to write the characters in style of Tolkien. |
Also, did you look around in the threads where beta-readers offer their services and tell what they can help with?
The Beta Pool (Tolkien)
The Beta Pool (TV/Movies)
I always think it never hurts to approach a beta from there for help
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Ixladra
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: Beta |
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The fandom is Tolkein. The time line is set immedialty before Helm's Deep and eventually following it, probably on to the time Ithilien was established.
As for the type of reader it's best to say, they'd need to be a mix of canon and a whole lot of content. Not so heavy on the canon, but enough to make sure I'm not messing up the timeline on events I don't care to meddle with. The story is intended to fit into, not change the actual chain of events. |
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