[ SECRET POST #2675 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2675 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Beta reader/author horror stories

[(Anonymous)]

Does it count if I was beta reading for someone who turned out to be batshit insane? The writer was so confident that I wouldn't find anything in her fic that needed fixing because she was JUST THAT GOOD and her previous beta was "really tough". But of course, I should feel free to give the fic a once-over just in case...

There was a giant run-on sentence in her first paragraph, and it went downhill from there with sentences made up of jumbled, incoherent words. There was no plot. She backpedaled something fierce, claimed to be on cold meds and finally whipped out the "You just don't understand my WRITING STYLE" excuse.

Re: Beta reader/author horror stories

[(Anonymous)]

It totally counts, anon. Yeesh.

Re: Beta reader/author horror stories

[(Anonymous)]

oh no, anon! I feel your pain, because it is a pain I have shared :(

to be fair, it can be really tough for an inexperienced writer to tell the difference between "my unique personal style!!!" and "total incoherence" Especially if the writer in question is 1000X more invested in writing fiction than in reading it. At least she's still seeking and using betas? Sometimes it's a long road.

Re: Beta reader/author horror stories

[(Anonymous)]

Sadly, plenty of older, experienced writers do this, too. I'm not sure it's about experience... maybe ego is closer to it. Some people truly cannot comprehend the possibility that their work isn't perfect and the first concrit they get makes their head implode.

Re: Beta reader/author horror stories

[(Anonymous)]

You're right; I shouldn't use "inexperienced" as a euphemism, plenty of new writers are actually great at using concrit and plenty of very experienced writers are not.