The 2014 Beta-reading Post: "What are the red pins for, again?"

[brightknightie]

Time flies! Here we are at the beta-reading post, just 2 weeks out from when stories begin releasing!

Beta-reading helps a story achieve all its potential. Consult a beta-reader to buff and polish your tale to its highest shine. Help your execution live up to your idea!

(Couldn't write this year? Be a beta-reader! That's playing, too!)

You know the drill: Please reply to any of the 3 comments that I'll make here to start off the threads: "Beta Resources," "Beta Needed" and "Willing to Beta." Come one, come all!

The header threads are for convenience only. Please use this post at any level to chat! And please come back from time to time to see who else may need or offer beta-reading as we approach the finish line.

Have fun!

Timeline: 8/09: Stories due. | 8/11: Reveals begin. | 8/18: Pinch-hits due.

Rules and Posting Steps: On LJ | On DW

Crossposted on LJ

Comments

Beta Resources

[brightknightie]

If you know of some great resources for revising, editing or proofreading, please share them on this thread. (These could be specifically FK resources, or general fannish beta-reading resources, or general writing and editing resources.) Thanks!

Beta Needed

[brightknightie]

If you need a beta-reader, please reply to this thread. Please include what genre, rating and length you need tackled, and how to get in touch with you. Thanks!

Willing to Beta

[brightknightie]

If you can contribute as a beta-reader, please reply to this thread. Please include what genres and ratings you're willing to tackle, what timelines work for you, and how to get in touch with you. Thank you very much!

Re: Willing to Beta

[lastscorpion]

I have sent my fic off to beta (such as it is/they are)! So I could beta for somebody else, if they'd like. (Unless my betas send me back SO MANY THINGS TO FIX that I have no time afterwards.)

:-)

Re: Willing to Beta

[brightknightie]

My story is with a kind beta reader, and I've rearranged my Friday schedule, so I can beta one story on Friday and one on Saturday, depending on length! (I prefer not to beta NC-17, but I will if you really need it.)

I can beta via email body, TXT, DOC, Google Doc, or locked journal post.

Reply to me here, or PM me, or email me! :-)