My experience comes mostly from spending my time in roleplay communities over the past 8 years. What started as games always turned into close relationships with slews of other writers, and with that came the safe opportunities to share our work. To this day, I still proofread essays and short stories for these friends. I take great care to read something that I am entrusted with; it is obviously important to the writer if they have taken their time to write it and therefore it is by default important to me. I have a strong English/grammar background as well, and take those aspects along with content very seriously when I proofread.br /br /

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I am also an Art major in my senior year of university, and have plenty of experience with constructive criticism. I tend to wield it with the ferocity and grace of a blade. Please don't ask me to read your story if all you want to hear is that it is great and needs no editing. I want those that come to me for help to have a sense of pride over what they've written, and while I will not purposely cut you down for any reason, I am very opinionated and will always try to offer at least one suggestion that I feel could improve the quality of your work. Unless, of course, it actually is perfect, in which case I can probably die happy. XD

The things I tend to hone in on the most are characterization, spelling and grammar. Correct spelling and grammar are so essential to me that I actually become embarrassed for an author when I read "finished" pieces that still have mountains of technical errors in them, so I am careful to make sure that doesn't happen to authors I read for. And characterization comes naturally to me; I can pick out very clearly when a particular character feels too OOC or Mary Sue-ish, etc. I am also fairly keen on tone/voice: the overall cadence of the work and whether or not each section flows continuously.

My major weakness is my attention span and timing. It tends to take me quite some time to read even an extremely interesting fic, because a) I get antsy now and again and have to step away and b) I also read through pieces multiple times to make sure I touch on everything I can find to help the writer. I would suggest only coming to me if you're not in a dire hurry to get something published.

Fandoms: Star Trek Reboot (Gen Fic, Spock/Uhura, Sarek/Amanda mostly, but I don't mind some Spock/Uhura/Kirk); Final Fantasy XII (Basch/Ashe, Balthier/Fran, Gabranth/Drace, Basch and Noah history); Final Fantasy VIII (Seifer/Quistis); Trinity Blood (Abel/Esther preferred, but I'll read anything); Okamibr /br /

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These are just the fandoms I like to read for right at the moment, but I don't mind reading others that are on my preferences. I'll read just about any genre, and I'm a Gen or Het kind of person when it comes to pairings, and don't mind reading any rating, including NC-17.

I'm fairly unsquickable when it comes right down to it, but for some reason I just can't do slash. Not that I have anything against it at all, it just doesn't hold my attention, so beta-ing for a slash writer just wouldn't seem fair to them. And I won't read anything that hasn't at least been pre-proofread. I always do a final read-through myself for last minute errors, and I understand that there are always typos and things that slip through, but it's just common courtesy. I would do it for my betas and would expect a considerate writer to do it for me. :)

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