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

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: Mab

Email: mabinbrowne at gmail dot com

IM (optional): I do discord. If you think you'd like something 'real time' email me and we'll arrange it

What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: I prefer B/D but I'm willing to beta any pairing, or a gen story. I'm generally unsquickable, but I will draw the line on some of the more extreme scenarios (explicit underage, some other sexual kinks). Ask if you're not sure.

What are your strengths as a beta reader?: Very strong on grammar and spelling. Good sense of natural dialogue; decent sense of pacing; I like action and think I have a grip on what makes a good action scene. While I've watched a lot of UK tv in my time I am not from the UK and am not a reliable brit-picker.

What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: Prefer to do about 10k in a week if you want detailed comment, 20k in a week if you want a read through for spelling and grammar. If it's a crunch I can try to be quicker, but these are the 'realistic' offers. :-)

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!! Thanks for volunteering again :-)