Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader I am a nice, but no-nonsense beta. I will be honest but I will do my very best to not hurt your feelings. That isn't helpful to anyone. I will read through and change what I think needs changing and make a mark where I did. I will then put a chart at the bottom, explaining my changes, giving you the chance the figure out why I changed it if you aren't sure. I will change the format (i.e. spacing, tabbing, paragraph breaking) for the benfit of my reading and my own preferance. If this bothers you, you can ask me not to and I'll do my best, or just change it back when I am done. | My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths I am very good with IC critiquing but obviously with things I am familliar with only. I have a good sense of structure overall and in sentences themselves (i.e. word order, unnecessary words, etc.) I am also usually a very fast beta. Depending on length I can get things back to people in less then a day. However, if I think it'll take longer I will let you know. | My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses I'm not the best speller ever. I do use a spellchecker, but things slip through, which is why I always suggest having multiple betas. It gives you a much better chance of catching everything. No one is perfect afterall! | Preferred: types of entries I prefer over others I would prefer it to be in genres I am familliar with because I feel I can do better overall if I understand all of what is going on, but I will still beta even if I don't even like the genre/don't know it, I just will be unable to rate ICness. I will still give my opinion of the writing itself however. | Would Rather Not: types of entries I do not want to beta for It honestly takes a lot to truly bother me. One thing that I wil NOT deal with is incest in any any form! Sometimes the charaters don't even have to be related technically for me to feel bothered. I will let you know if I can't handle it but I've got a strong stomach! |
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