Pros Big Bang Beta Sign Up now open!

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Here's your opportunity to sign up to offer your services as an editor/beta.

If you haven't done this before, here is how it works: you sign up below to volunteer and if someone needs you to read their story, they ask you to help. You and your writer set your parameters, such as read for plot only, or read for grammar, punctuation, or whatever you both feel comfortable with. Beta readers and editors are important to most writers so that they can present a clean and polished final version of their story.

If you are a writer who already has a beta and/or editor, they don't have to sign up. This is only for folks who want to volunteer to help writers who possibly don't have anybody to help them out.

So, sharpen your pencils, dust off that ol' Thesaurus, and try to remember all that interesting stuff you learned in Composition 101!

Thanks for volunteering!

User name/Pseud:
Email:
IM (optional):
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read:
What are your strengths as a beta reader?:
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?:

Comments

[tinturtle]

User name/Pseud: TinTurtle
Email: Please message me for this.
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: I am fine with any pairing and with no pairing. I read all genres, though AUs where CI5 does not exist in some form interest me less. I cannot commit to reading stories in which permanent injury, mental illness, or addiction is a central theme.
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: I can read for punctuation, grammar, word usage, sentence structure, and to a lesser extent, spelling. I am not an experienced author, so I can't offer sophisticated help with storytelling. I cannot do Brit checking or checking for period accuracy. I am happy to be an extra pair of eyes to compliment the work of the main beta reader.
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: I'm not sure, but I would say no slower than 24 hours per 3000 words.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Ready for another round! :-) Welcome back!


(I have your e-mail from last year's BB. If it's changed, send me a private message via lj)