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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-04-19 03:53 pm

[ SECRET POST #2664 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2664 ⌋

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Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

(Anonymous) 2014-04-19 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
For me, it's cumulative. One or two mistakes in, say, 1000 words I can ignore. A mistake every paragraph? Not a chance.

Sometimes the whole fic would be different stylistically - probably better - but different.

Ask your beta not to do that. Seriously, you can dictate what you want from a beta; if all you want is spelling/grammar/word choice correction, make sure that's what you say. If that's all you're asking for, then your beta doesn't even have to be familiar with your fandom.

And you don't have to apply every change your beta suggests. If they're suggesting stylistic changes that you don't like, just ignore them.

Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

(Anonymous) 2014-04-19 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the input! I'd have to go over all the changes my beta makes one by one then, but I think I'll give it a try.

I have an error every couple paragraphs, about 200 words. *sigh*

Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

(Anonymous) 2014-04-19 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are only going to be the ones that your beta spots. Trust me, there's even more.

Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

(Anonymous) 2014-04-20 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I need two betas! She's quite good though.