[ SECRET POST #3300 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3300 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.


__________________________________________________



11.


__________________________________________________



12.
















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 076 secrets from Secret Submission Post #472.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: How did you find your beta?

[(Anonymous)]

Each time by submitting to sites that required them. Years and years ago I also found one on PerfectImagination. I really miss that site, although my initial beta just disappeared on me with no explanation.

I like the idea of them; the problem is that if you have to use them to submit to a website, and your beta bails, you're screwed. It's not even always their fault, one beta was actually a friend of mine and some things going on in her life took over... everything. I get that, and I don't fault her, but at the same time it left me in a lurch. Fortunately a mutual friend who was also a beta stepped in, but what if that hadn't been optional?

The other problem is that some betas are either too nice, or aren't very good writers themselves. I have so many older fics that were terrible, and I'll never be sure whether the beta just didn't know how to tell me how much editing I needed to do, or if they didn't realize it was bad writing. I know everyone thinks their old stuff was bad, but seriously, this was bad. I only realized that when I got a new beta who was honest with me.

I should reiterate that I always made it clear I wanted honesty. I wanted my fics to be good. Instead the only WIP I ever completed is pure shit. :/

Re: How did you find your beta?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - Yeah, it's a problem. A lot of people believe they can beta well, but unfortunately most of those people are wrong. It's one thing to be a good copy editor, but in depth editing is a rare skill.