Active Beta Readers
There are 42 members who have marked that they are currently accepting new stories.
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Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17 •Adult Only
I can help with: •Grammar •Plot Suggestions •Punctuation
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days
Beta experience: I have been a beta for several stories, but not on a very regular basis. I am a good editor and good at clean-up/making things clearer. I've always been a reader so I am good at sensing and establishing characters and helping clarify and smooth the flow of a story.
Story types/topics I will not beta: I prefer reading AUs (ZA and non-ZA).
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Ratings I'll beta: •Adult Only
I can help with: •Grammar •Punctuation
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days
Beta experience: I've been writing fanfic for over 7 yrs...mos tof you might have read some of my TWD CARYL stories over at the other site.
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Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17 •Adult Only
I can help with: •American-isms •Canon Elements •Grammar •Punctuation
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days
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Ratings I'll beta: •Adult Only
I can help with: •American-isms •Canon Elements •Plot Suggestions
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 2-3 weeks
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Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17 •Adult Only
I can help with: •Canon Elements •Plot Suggestions
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 2-3 weeks
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Story types/topics I will not beta:
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Ratings I'll beta: •R •NC-17 •Adult Only
I can help with: •Canon Elements
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days
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Story types/topics I will not beta: M-preg - unlikely I know but you can never say never!
Additional Comments:
Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17 •Adult Only
I can help with:
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 2-3 weeks
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Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17
I can help with: •American-isms •Grammar •Plot Suggestions •Punctuation
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days
Beta experience: I have had beta experience before over on FF.net. I co-wrote a lot of stories with one of my friends, captainty, on there. As such I did all the things that a beta should do. I had a lot of input into the plot of the stories. I also reviewed all the chapters for her when she was done which included fixing grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I've also beta'd a lot of my personal friend's original stories. That included doing the same thing. And of course I am American, so I'm well versed in our language.
Story types/topics I will not beta: I'm not really good with sensitive issues like attempted suicide. I don't know what the proper response to those types of issues should be and as such I would not trust myself to be able to help with the incorporation of them into a story. I really don't like stories dealing with rape either unless it's absolutely vital to the plot and I think that is a very hard thing to get right.
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Ratings I'll beta: •G •PG •PG-13 •R •NC-17
I can help with: •American-isms •Canon Elements •Grammar •Plot Suggestions •Punctuation
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days
Beta experience: All editing experience comes from both writing fanfiction and short stories. Various stories within fandoms such as The Walking Dead and others have been completed over the last 3 years, and I have usually been asked to be "a second pair of eyes" for various stories rather than asked to be an editor itself. This being said, I am happy to provide constructive criticisms, grammar and plot advice, as well as help with punctuation and sentence structure if interested.
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