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

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[mekare]

User name: Mekare
Preferred contact informatio: Email (mekare dot art with gmail), might do chats on weekends
Types of work you're willing to beta (art, fic, podfic, etc.): Art, fic
Source(s) Drama, RPF
Crossovers or AUs?: Yes to AUs, crossovers depend on the other fandom.
Language(s): English (my strength is in British English, so don‘t be confused if I question something grammatical that is perfectly fine in American English)
Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?: Sadly, no. I read some articles recently but don‘t feel confident enough for feedback on this.

Feedback you're specifically good at:

Fic: Encouragement, pointing out favourite bits and why they work, spelling, grammar, character continuity (?)

Art: Encouragement, pointing out favourite bits and why they work, colour, composition, atmosphere, likenesses

Limitations: I don‘t say no to heavy topics (I once betaed a child abuse fic), but prefer not to read/look at anything too heavily gory; if the fic has character death I‘d like to know in advance

General likes: I love betaing, getting to read new fic before it is posted it a secret pleasure. Talking about character arcs, word choices or descriptions makes me happy.

Anything else you want to say Depending on my workload I‘ll get back to you after a couple of days, I‘m not the best beta for tight deadlines and superlong fics in combination. English is not my native language but I feel confident enough in it to offer beta services (also, editing/ correcting is part of my job).