Guardian beta offers!

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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

[solo]

User name: Solo
Preferred contact information: I tend to use Word's 'track changes' and 'comments' features so initially email is probably best, but for discussion, chat is great. me.n.thee at gmail dot com
Types of work you're willing to beta: Fic.
Source(s): drama, novel, RPF. I think I'd be out of my depth with a work that mixes drama and novel.
Crossovers or AUs?: AU - sure. Crossover, contact me first, depends on whether I know and like the crossover universe.
Language(s): The only relevant one I have is English
Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?: LOL. No. Really, really not!

Feedback you're specifically good at : Spelling, grammar, word choice, dialogue, characterisation, point of view, action scenes, sex scenes (ooh yes, my precioussss). I generally mix my constructive feedback with my enthusiastic feedback about stuff I like, but if all you want is encouragement or if you are particularly sensitive to constructive criticism, I am not the Droid you are looking for.

Limitations: I'll do Weilan or Zhu Yilong/Bai Yu RPF. I'm not interested enough in the other charas to beta fic for them, much as I like them otherwise. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be in the story at all, just that I'm not interested in stuff that is primarily about them. No limitations re level of sexual explicitness or violence. Won't do break-up fic, betrayal fic, or character death unless it's temporary. *g*

General likes: Plotty fic with or without sex (anything from gen to kink). Also, team fic. Anything that revels in the relationship.

Anything else you want to say: I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so if you just want a quick skim-over to fix any really obvious things, maybe avoid me for the sake of your own sanity. :)