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Offline Kali

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Beta reader?
« on: January 21, 2010, 11:47:55 AM »
Anyone wanna beta 22 pages (in MS Word) of Dresden fic?  It's not finished yet, but I'm looking for:

- egregious grammatical errors (except those in speech, since people talk all messed up)
- continuity with Dead Beat
- repetition of phrases/words in close proximity.  For example, in the teaser I realized later that I used "sigh" a lot as a verb, and "around us/around him" within the same sentence.  It made things awkward and I sometimes don't catch that stuff until my fourth or fifth edit.

The continuity is most important.  You'll need to be very familiar with the story.  I will note that there shouldn't be anything outrageous; I even bought a new copy of Dead Beat when I started this, just so I'd have a copy to highlight and dogear and margin-note.

There'll be more to review before I'm done.

Oh, and to be picky?  If your spelling and grammar aren't at least as good as I display in my teaser post, please don't offer.  I need someone better than me to check me.
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 05:15:04 PM »
Do you have a target deadline?
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2010, 05:36:40 PM »
Not really.  It's getting written as I have time, and I shouldn't have much time today or tomorrow.  Ideally, I'll get a burst of inspiration and finish the initial draft this weekend.  I wouldn't want it sitting around for a month or anything.
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2010, 05:39:43 PM »
Okies.  If no one else gets back to you by March, though...  lemme know.  I am booked until March.  Really. 
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2010, 06:32:16 PM »
Uhmm...doesn't this kinda fall under the probably shouldn't be mentioned on the board sorta thing?
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2010, 07:02:16 PM »
No... why?
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2010, 07:05:22 PM »
Jim's opened the gates on Dresden fanfic, Starbeam. Besides, Kali's not posting the content here.
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2010, 07:15:57 PM »
Quote from: Murphy's Stunt Double on January 21, 2010, 07:05:22 PM
Jim's opened the gates on Dresden fanfic, Starbeam. Besides, Kali's not posting the content here.
All righty, didn't know that. 
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2010, 07:20:12 PM »
Yep. Read more here! http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,15308.0.html Those who've been carrying on in secret are all atwitter about it!
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2010, 07:27:40 PM »
Quote from: Starbeam on January 21, 2010, 07:15:57 PM
All righty, didn't know that. 

Oh, that! :D Yeah, I started writing this fic in honor of the announcement.  ...  *eyes the fic*  Well, the opening of the floodgates probably deserves better than one little witch-ette bumbling her way through SRS BZNZ but I do what I can.
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2010, 01:24:38 AM »
Quote from: Blaze on January 21, 2010, 05:39:43 PM
Okies.  If no one else gets back to you by March, though...  lemme know.  I am booked until March.  Really. 

Thanks, Blaze. :) It's not really ambitious enough to take that long.  It probably doesn't even really need as thorough a beta-ing as I'm asking for, but... Y'know, I just don't want my first Dresden fic to suck.  *blush*
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2010, 01:33:31 AM »
Judging from the free sample, it won't.  I love it. 
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2010, 03:07:39 AM »
She says that to all the fanfic writers...  ;)
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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2010, 02:15:06 PM »
Quote from: Murphy's Stunt Double on January 22, 2010, 03:07:39 AM
She says that to all the fanfic writers...  ;)

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Re: Beta reader?
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2010, 04:52:38 PM »
Don't cry!  I compliment when I see things to compliment.  I also send criticisms via PM.  What I love to see is people taking a chance and putting themselves out there.  Your writing is your baby, and I know that.  It take huge courage to post your baby on a fansite.

And I say that love it, because I do!
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