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bandombigbang2018-04-15 02:43 pm
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Beta post!
There has been a lot of people talking about needing a beta to help them through this challenge, so here is a post to hopefully help you connect with someone.
You do not have to be signed up as a participant in the challenge to offer to be a beta. Also consider that one of the ways to improve your work is to beta other people's work.
Examples of things that a writing beta can help with: SPaG, general proofreading, flow/pacing, structure, continuity, plot, characterization, canon checking, language picking (Brit-pick, Ameri-pick). Podficcers look for betas to listen for editing issues, sound issues, pacing/flow, and other elements. Vidders need people to watch what they've edited for cohesive themes, good flow, and continuity, as well as other technical issues. Artists need people to look at what they've created with an eye toward composition, color, details. Mixers may need a new set of ears to make sure their narrative theme is working.
If you are looking for a beta, please be clear on what you are looking for, and what kind of boundaries and timelines you're working with. For example, this early in the process, you may not want someone who's going to go over your fanwork with a fine-toothed comb. Maybe you just want to make sure that your characterization is working, or the story's flow is smooth. Sometimes you just want to hear about what's working, and not about the parts that aren't. Communicate these things with your beta.
Note which work platforms you use, or are most familiar with. Word, Gdocs, Scrivener, etc. Are you going to send your beta a .doc, or invite them into your Gdoc?
Cut and paste the info below into a comment. In the subject line, please put either In need of a beta or Offering to beta to make things easier. If you fit into both of those categories, please leave two separate comments rather than one.
You do not have to be signed up as a participant in the challenge to offer to be a beta. Also consider that one of the ways to improve your work is to beta other people's work.
Examples of things that a writing beta can help with: SPaG, general proofreading, flow/pacing, structure, continuity, plot, characterization, canon checking, language picking (Brit-pick, Ameri-pick). Podficcers look for betas to listen for editing issues, sound issues, pacing/flow, and other elements. Vidders need people to watch what they've edited for cohesive themes, good flow, and continuity, as well as other technical issues. Artists need people to look at what they've created with an eye toward composition, color, details. Mixers may need a new set of ears to make sure their narrative theme is working.
If you are looking for a beta, please be clear on what you are looking for, and what kind of boundaries and timelines you're working with. For example, this early in the process, you may not want someone who's going to go over your fanwork with a fine-toothed comb. Maybe you just want to make sure that your characterization is working, or the story's flow is smooth. Sometimes you just want to hear about what's working, and not about the parts that aren't. Communicate these things with your beta.
Note which work platforms you use, or are most familiar with. Word, Gdocs, Scrivener, etc. Are you going to send your beta a .doc, or invite them into your Gdoc?
Cut and paste the info below into a comment. In the subject line, please put either In need of a beta or Offering to beta to make things easier. If you fit into both of those categories, please leave two separate comments rather than one.