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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-01-12 03:39 pm

[ SECRET POST #2567 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2567 ⌋

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Notes:

Tumblr and/or social justice in and of themselves aren't fandoms, unfortunately.

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Re: How does one obtain a beta?

[personal profile] ketita 2014-01-13 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I can say as somebody who's done beta work (and is a writer myself, and worked with a bunch of betas), there are a few ways you cam go about it. One way is to do your best on the beginning, post it, see if people exhibit interest, and then ask for a beta for that specific story (in the hopes that they'll want to branch out to your other stuff later).

Heck, I'd volunteer (snk fandom) but I have no idea what type of beta you're even looking for (SPAG bores me, but I love ironing out story/plot/characterization issues), and I've got time issues. Though I personally love the beta/writer relationship so sounds like I'm not for you anyway XD

As people have said, you can look through beta communities. I've found good people on ff.net, actually, but sometimes it's hard to know if they're still active accounts or not. You should probably look for somebody who's posted fic recently; higher chance of interest, there.

If it's shippy, you can post in shippy circles asking, because there's a concentration of people invested in reading that type of story. People want more shippy fic, and might be willing to invest in getting it. I've found that posting on Tumblr has been the least useful for me, personally, though.
Sorry I can't be more of a help... good luck!