fallas27 's Beta Reader Profile
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since: 03-05-10, id: 2278960
Author has written 6 stories | Class of the Titans.
β : fallas27 is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
Ok so, I'm one of those people that will probably tell you two good things about your writing before I tell you something bad about it. Because although constructive criticism is good, just plain out ripping apart someone's writing isn't very nice, or helpful.The point of editing/ being a beta-reader is not only to improve the story, but to improve the abilities of the writer. Personally, I'm more concerned about the content and flow of the writing rather than the grammatical errors( although it is still important). But, you must understand, I'm not perfect, and I'm still learning myself, so I'm not always going to catch everything. So, long story short, if you like some of my writing or feel like you can trust me with helping to improve yours, go ahead and send that story my way:D
My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
Like I mentioned in my description, I like to focus on the content and flow of the writing. Run-on sentences are distracting, and awkward wording can make even simple phrases, confusing. So when I write/edit I make sure to nip those types of things in the bud. Oh and the whole 'show don't tell' phrase that teachers often mention, is really important to me. I'm good (but not perfect) at using this. If you write something like 'She was really sad and cried'. I'm going to say to you to explain more or write something like 'her head fell into the shaking hands before her. She wanted to be strong, show no weakness,show that emotions didn't control her, she controlled them.But no matter how hard she tried to hold back the tears, the hurt became that much stronger, and her will-power that much weaker. All that (insert name here) could do was weep'. Intense right?
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
Due to my lack of paying attention during English throughout pretty much all of elementary school, I'm not too good with the simple things. Comma usage, is definitely my weakest point. Sometimes I have problems with pronoun agreement, but I have been seriously working on improving that. Spelling is not much of an issue, as, unlike most people in the world today, I know how to use a real dictionary.
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I don't really prefer any stories over one-another.
Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
I'm Christian, and proud of it, so any stories that tend to go against my beliefs I probably wouldn't be too happy to edit. So stories that include extremely explicit material ( ex.let's have an orgy!) or "slash" pairings I might refuse to edit. Of course, I'm not squeaky clean, and neither are my stories or lots of other stories ( they would be pretty boring if they were). This just means that if I feel like, as a christian, I should not be reading a story, I will not edit it.
Beta Preferences
Language: English
Content Rating: Fiction K » T
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Cartoon Class of the Titans
Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General
Romance
Humor
Drama
Poetry
Adventure
Mystery
Horror
Parody
Angst
Supernatural
Suspense
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Spiritual
Tragedy
Western
Crime
Family
Hurt/Comfort
Friendship