Looking for a beta reader? I've noticed a lot of people post here and don't get much in the way of feedback, so I decided to offer a remedy for that. I will beta your writing for a fee-It will help you out, and it will help me improve my own writing and editing skills.
First, let's get some rules out of the way:
1. I will not edit something that is going to be used for school or work. If it seems like an assignment, I won't accept it. I will also not edit something that will be used in any sort of writing contest on this site (one of the reasons being I may also be entering
) Other than that, anything else goes, although please keep in mind I can't properly determine if fanfic characters are in character if I have not been exposed to the work they're from. I also will not edit poetry.2. I will not edit something that is not properly formatted. That means a line between paragraphs, not clumps of text.
3. Please don't take the corrections personally. I will be harsh as a necessity-it's nothing against you. If you don't take crit well, think hard before you ask me to look at your work.
4. Beta requests should be posted in the thread, and the work itself sent through PM (in approx 5000 word length chunks if necessary, due to the PM length limit). If the work is very long, then we can arrange an email exchange.
5. Please be patient. Depending on length and severity, editing can take a while.
There are three levels of editing you can ask for:
1. Basic. This is a request to look at the work on a global level-does the idea work? Is it paced well? Is it interesting? Are the characters intriguing? I won't go into too much detail with a basic readthrough, although you can expect a paragraph at the end where I will comment on how you can improve your writing or your story. This is the best choice for long works, and will have the quickest turnaround.
2. Intermediate: Basic plus harsher comments on writing mistakes. I will mark where wording should change in select paragraphs.
3. Severe: Expect your work to be torn up. I will provide the paragraph at the end that discusses the content of the work and mark every instance in your writing where I think something doesn't work or sounds awkward. Use this if you want to learn quickly what you need to work on in your writing. This will take me some time.
Pricing: Prices depend on the length of the work and how in depth you want me to get. All payments should be sent before the editing begins-so if you just send me the work with no payment, it will be deleted unread.
Basic: Anything under 1000 words I will edit for .5 gold a word-so if it's 500 words, it will cost you 250 gold. Above 1000 words and the price goes up to 1 gold a word.
Intermediate: Anything under 1000 words will cost 1 gold a word. Anything over 1000 words will cost 1.5 gold a word.
Severe: Anything under 1000 words will cost 1.5 gold a word. Anything over 1000 words will cost 2 gold a word, and I will not edit anything at this level that is longer than 5000 words. After one harsh round of criticism, you should be able to improve your writing after that much correction.
Please note that sending me 10 900 word chapters of the same story will still count as 9000 words.
If you would like to use creatures as payment, please ask and I will consider it per case. If for some reason you are the next Hemingway and I can't find anything wrong with your writing, your payment will be refunded.
Let the fun begin!
Form for requesting edits:
Username:
Genre and Length of Work:
Severity of critique:
Price:
What would like me to focus on about this piece? Is there anything you want me to ignore?
Editing in Progress:
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Volatile, CocoaLoco, Kestrad(3), Yui(3), MadameRed, l337Lorelei, Hanako, Yellowfang, Icethornstar, ML1201
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