[ SECRET POST #3462 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3462 ⌋

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Comments

[ketita]

Finding a beta can be really difficult. It's been years since I've had a steady one, and a while since I've had a beta really rip apart my writing. I got that in a writing workshop, but not from betas.
I think that at some point you just pass a basic level of competence where a certain level of criticism is enough, and you need people who are more expert at it. And to be really honest, a lot of authors in fandom, while decent, aren't stellar. In fandom-writing you can get away with a TON of stuff that you can't elsewhere.

[(Anonymous)]

The other side of that is that as a beta, you need to figure out how much ripping apart you can do with each author. Some people are not clear at ALL on what they want you to do. The communication has to be there to get the work done and because it's all free and people have different reactions to criticism, you have to be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR if you're willing to have stuff ripped the hell apart.

Too many writers say they do and then throw a fit and publicly shit all over their beta when they get what they say they wanted.