Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
Beta-reading... Okay; if I am to beta I need to know the Plot - so I know where things are heading and I can find my footing frist. Seriously: plot outline/descriptions are nessacary.
Now... betareading style... well I think I'd probably do the old bold/highlight technique, or write in a different font. I'd also send a reply with notes/observations along with it. But it would be useful if you told me exactly what you want my opinions on... I think this is where you look at my strengths and go "Oh; that's good, I need help with that".
Then again, there's the grammer blitz: which is me going through your work and correcting everything in sight that is outwardly wrong (no highlights; for spelling and general errors). This has nothing to do with plot development. |
My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
Description. I am good at description. I'm also apt at making sentences flow and reducing awkward phrasing or the over-use of words. I like doing characterisation work and can help with backround to plots and working out plots themselves: for instance, if you have a clear start for a story and maybe a few of the major events, I might be a help when it comes to connecting the dots and bringing the whole thing together. I'm also fine with spelling. I notice little common gliches that people tend to brush over without noticing... so yeah. I'm good at fluctuating between writing styles and have a wide (and occasionaly unique) colourful vocabulary. There you go; my self-proclaimed expertise. |
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
Um... some advanced grammer rules (I'm just grasping the fact that it shouldn't have been "To boldly go where no man has gone before" but "to go boldly where no man has gone before"): but i'm going to read a little book called "Eats, shoots, and leaves" that should clear up any hiccups... let's see... oh yeah; i'm not the best at the old yaoi/yuri... I do read it every now and again... but really, I'm pretty sure I can't write it for the life of me. Hmmm; oh yeah! I'm from ireland (and yes my first language IS english) so my spelling isn't american. It's UK/ROI deffinitions all the way. But I know all about asphalts(not pavements) and cookies(not biscuits) and foscets(not taps)... so that's fine. But spellings May differ (though they'd still be correct over here) |
Preferred: types of entries I prefer over others
Angst (not too OTT, and not for no reason. "Because I'm Emo" is no excuse...but I can come up with something to cause it, if you need help, so that's all good)
Romance (I love it.I'm up for anything from fluff to relationship development to heartbreak. And I'm good at it too),
Humour (Comedy, laughter, weird comebacks, anything that is actually funny.I'm good at humourous dialouges in particular)
Drama (Great. Conflict is key; plots need drama to expand and develop. And I've gone to drama classes for ten years so I consider myself as having a good knowledge of the subject. Oh; and I've lived through my own personal dramas too; which, although they were regretable and painful, help me as a writer and now as a betareader)
General (as long as it's presented with something else, not pure randomness)
I have no preference at wrting styles and am well experienced when it comes to a veriaty of them. POV to third person to Infinity and beyond... I can cover them, trust me.
Oh and I'm completely fine with Swearing, Drinking, and Drugs: I swear (a little to much probabley) and Ireland has something like the second highest under-age drinking rate in europe (the czechs beat us....though we are the highest comsumers of chocolate and tea in terms of population to product consumtion ratio in the world), so even though I DON'T drink, I know way too many people who do: so, as a result, I know how to write about it. Drugs? well unfortunately I know people on drugs. No one I'm actually friends with. But I know people who are. And I'm well informed about them. So I think I'm okay at writing about characters under their effects too (if anyone needs help with this; I mean writing about their effects. Not help with an adiction XD I'm not a helpling in that respect) |
Would Rather Not: types of entries I do not want to beta for
Hmmm... well... I can't do yuri/yaoi... or rape (i think... never tried it; but then again, I don't particularly want to). Oh; Mary-Sues... I mean general cliches that are completely two-dimensional. I can help people get over this; but you'll have to able to try and work on it. Seriously. |
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