[ SECRET POST #2059 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2059 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 045 secrets from Secret Submission Post #294.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, that's how it goes in the real world. If your agent or your editor wants something gone, then it's gone -- period.

Sure, fanfic is different. But anyone who aspires to be a writer needs to get used to that sort of thing.

[dazzledfirestar]

I am aware of that, but as the OP did not state they were working toward writing professionally, I didn't think that rule applied.

That being said, if the beta won't tell you why they think such and such a passage isn't working, how much are you learning as a writer from the process? There could be any number of reasons to want to cut something out, and playing a guessing game seems a waste of time. Beta reading is not professional editing by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a useful tool to figure out what you might need to improve on. If you aren't getting that information, what's the point?

[(Anonymous)]

That is a valid point. If they want something to be cut, then they definitely need to be giving feedback as to why they want that.