JB Tarrant 's Beta Reader Profile |
Author has written 17 stories | Real Steel, Alice in Wonderland, Transformers/Beast Wars, Fossil Fighters, Transformers, and Pacific Rim. |
β : JB Tarrant is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
When beta reading, I have a tendency to put the errors in boldface and leave little tips to help the writer improve their writing. I have a sort of critical eye for the misspelling of words and things of the like, though I'll admit there have been small mistakes that have slipped past me before. I usually stick to things along the lines of anything that grabs my attention, so if you think you have a great story idea, run with it for a while and see what happens. I'll be more than happy to read over it for you, though I'm well versed in only a handful of fandoms. Enjoyable stories for me are the ones I come back to at least twenty times and read it all over again. :DBe patient with me during the beta-reading process, especially when the story I'm given is particularly long. I tend to take my time in reading over things and leaving little tidbits of advice and such to help you improve as a writer. I can be real patient when it comes to helping young writers and writers that publish stories in English and it's not their first language. I'm not going to be writing a long, profanity-laden rant at you for messing up over a small mistake; we're all aspiring writers here and I'm just helping you out a little bit to help you improve. :) If you're interested, send me a PM and let me know what I can do for you as your beta reader. :) |
My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
Punctuation and spelling. It bugs me if someone spells something wrong, tries writing a story and the characters don't act like themselves, or publishes a story that's chock full of typos and expects people to not notice. So reading over a sentence and there's no period where there needs to be or a lack of quotation marks when there's dialogue or a missing punctuation mark or comma.I even go off on myself when I misspell a word or missed a punctuation mark. -_-# I'm also good at creating story plots/story ideas off the top of my head. :) I'd be great help to you if that's what you need. |
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
I sometimes find small errors even long after I submit my stories. But I go back and fix them! ;) I have ADD, which is why I can sit here all day and come up with titles for stories and get a general story line going but never get anything accomplished. -_- |
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I love Alice in Wonderland (the original books and the cartoon and the movie from 2010), Transformers (any and all are welcome excluding the Japanese Transformers series and Gobots Rescue Bots), and Fossil Fighters.I LOVE anything action packed and makes me want more! :D Even something funny or cute will work nicely, too. I will NOT do anything above a M rating. It also must be in English 'cause I can't speak or read in anything else. Basically, I love anything funny, adventure, mystery, suspense (not too much, though, 'cause I might die waiting for the next installment), cuteness, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Everything else is thrown out the window for me. |
Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
Harry Potter, Twilight, all horror movies (except Alien and Predator) that have anything to do with anything witches, warlocks, ghosts and stuff. Absolutely NO M/M or F/F! I won't do it! If that's the sort of writing you do, you're not going to get anywhere with me. |
Beta Preferences
Language: English |
Content Rating: Fiction K » T |
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Book Alice in Wonderland Movie Alice in Wonderland
| Game Fossil Fighters Movie Pacific Rim
| Movie Transformers Cartoon Transformers/Beast Wars
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Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General Romance Humor
| Adventure Mystery Horror
| Suspense Sci-Fi Fantasy
| Family Friendship
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