Guardian beta offers!

[teaotter]

Are you willing to beta Guardian fanworks? If so, fill out the form and post it in a comment below!

<strong>User name:</strong> <strong>Preferred contact information (email, chat, whatever you want to use for beta, etc.):</strong> <strong>Types of work you're willing to beta (art, fic, podfic, etc.):</strong> <strong>Source(s) (drama/novel/RPF/combinations):</strong> <strong>Crossovers or AUs? (yes/no/maybe, under X circumstances, contact me first, etc.):</strong> <strong>Language(s):</strong> <strong>Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?:</strong> <strong>Feedback you're specifically good at (encouragement, color, structure, spelling and grammar, sex scenes, etc.):</strong> <strong>Limitations (nothing incomplete, nothing over X words or minutes, no explicit sex or violence, nothing focused on Y character, etc.):</strong> <strong>General likes:</strong> <strong>Anything else you want to say</strong>

You might also be interested in these links from bonibaru with tips and tricks for beta reading, some of which would apply to beta-ing other fanworks as well:

what is a beta reader
what should we look for in a beta reader
three tips for being a better beta reader

Comments

[mecurtin]

User name: mecurtin
Preferred contact information (email, chat, whatever you want to use for beta, etc.): DM on Dreamwidth (or twitter, where I'm [Bad username or site: doctorscience @ twitter.com).]Types of work you're willing to beta (art, fic, podfic, etc.): Fic, art. For vids I cannot do a technical beta, but I can do "here is my overall sense" beta, and also things like "this bit isn't working".
Source(s) (drama/novel/RPF/combinations): drama, only the novel parts that have been translated already. No RPF.
Crossovers or AUs?: Yes, either, though it's better if I have some familiarity with the other source.
Language(s): English. I also know French & German, but not well enough to beta for those languages.
Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?: Language and contemporary culture, not in any detail, but I have read a LOT (in English) about Chinese culture & history, especially history of science & technology, over the past 40 years.
Feedback you're specifically good at (encouragement, color, structure, spelling and grammar, sex scenes, etc.): One of the authors I first worked with called me the Beta Dominatrix; this icon evokes my general approach. I can do all levels from the most detailed SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) up to broad plot and theme overview, but if the SPAG stuff isn't fixed I'll be cranky to be associated with the finished product.

Limitations (nothing incomplete, nothing over X words or minutes, no explicit sex or violence, nothing focused on Y character, etc.): I can only beta works with children or pregnancy if they're dealt with like the serious, messy topics they are. A/B/O only if it subverts the trope in some way, in which case BRING IT ON! BDSM is a foreign language for me.

If the work needs a lot of line-editing (for SPAG) I can't turn it around too quickly.

General likes: World-building. Politics. Imperfect sex. Non-Standard Equipment. Outsider POV. Unconventional stylistic choices. I love all the drama characters, not just WeiLan, but it's possible I have a special soft spot for Ye Zun.

Anything else you want to say I love betaing but I sort of fell out of the habit after the migration to Tumblr. One of the wonderful things about Guardian and my Dreamwidth Renaissance is starting to feel like betaing again. I can look over short ficlets, I can also help get a 100K+ epic into shape. Doing that, knowing that I helped make a good thing better, is one of fandom's greatest joys for me.