McGonagall's Bola's Beta Reader Profile

McGonagall's Bola 's Beta Reader Profile

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Author has written 213 stories for CSI: Miami, Bones, Twilight, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Harry Potter, Raise Your Voice, Grey's Anatomy, Matilda, Dirty Dancing, Worst Witch, Lois and Clark, Prison Break, Xena: Warrior Princess, Nanny McPhee, Love Actually, Junior, Last Chance Harvey, House, M.D., Zone Stad, Greek Mythology, 24, Mythology, Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal, Reader, Stepmom, Changeling, 2008, CSI: New York, Jane Eyre, My House in Umbria, Devil Wears Prada, Come As You Are/Hasta La Vista!, Keeping Mum, Downton Abbey, Woman in Black, and Clash of the Titans, 2010.

β : McGonagall's Bola is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.

Beta Description

Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader

As a beta reader, I'm usually gentle and flexible. However, if your chapter or oneshot is exceptionally atrocious... I won't be. If I find that I'm unable to beta read it without steam coming from my nostrils or nose from pure annoyance, then I'll return what you've sent me until where I've gotten to beta read, prior to my somewhat harsher sides showing. I have dealt with a lot of utterly stupid mistakes ever since I've begun to beta read. However, I'm not your spell check. Having a beta reader to me doesn't mean that you yourself don't have to write anymore to the best of your abilities prior to sending it... Believe me, I'll notice.

I'm not infallible, but I'm said to catch most of the mistakes. I'll highlight these and add the correction in a variety of colors that matches the type of the mistake: grammar (including capitalization; blue), spelling (green), punctuation (red), what I'm assuming to be oopsies (like unfitting word choice; pink), and any suggestions that I may make will be in orange. Suggestions mostly are regarding flow and regarding description (what I personally feel is missing or could be worded better). What I particularly liked (because I'll be cheering, too... if earned) will be shown in purple.

I usually try to make the writer see where and why something's incorrect or in my opinion could be better. By merely focussing on the correcting of 1 story/chapter, the writer won't learn... won't actually have room to get better and keep mistakes from re-occuring. I'm patient there.

In January 2012, I scored high enough on my Project Team Beta beta test to be invited as a beta reader (2 mistakes only, first try).

My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths

Beta experience! Spelling. Punctuation. Capitalization. Consistency. Characterization. Realism. Formatting. Mythology.

My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses

Grammar, maybe. Sugar coating.

Preferred: types of entries I prefer over others

One-shots. A look upon my list of stories will most likely give you an idea, too.

Harry Potter.

Would Rather Not: types of entries I do not want to beta for

Homophobia! Western. Sci-fi.

Eric Delko (CSI:Miami) and either of the Malfoys (Harry Potter) in your character list will lead me to deny your request. I don't make exceptions.

Beta Preferences

Language: Dutch

Content Rating: Fiction K » M

Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for

Tv » 24
Tv » Bones
Movie » Changeling, 2008
Movie » Come As You Are/Hasta La Vista!
Tv » CSI: Miami
Misc » Greek Mythology
Book » Harry Potter
Movie » My House in Umbria
Movie » Nanny McPhee
Movie » Reader
Tv » Zone Stad

Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for

General
Romance
Humor
Drama
Poetry
Adventure
Mystery
Horror
Parody
Angst
Supernatural
Suspense
Fantasy
Spiritual
Tragedy
Crime
Family
Hurt/Comfort
Friendship

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