I'm a general beta reader. I grew up with a mother who called me on everything, even the most obscure grammar points, so I have a well developed sense of what's right (and, sometimes more importantly, what SOUNDS right). If I'm going to beta a story, I expect reasonable amounts of time to do it in and an acknowledgment that you read my suggestions, even if you didn't make the changes.

I read quickly and carefully, and I'm good at finding the little things as well as the big things. Sometimes I skim a little too fast, but when I beta I try to reread. I read and write a lot, and I am generally familiar with lots of books, TV shows, and movies, so I can help keep the story in character as well.

I'd probably end up commenting on the plot line, I'm kind of obsessive about the small things sometimes, and I am a college student so I might not be able to turn things around as fast as might be hoped for.

I'd prefer to beta stories with some element of romance, humor, or drama, without going to the pure angst. General adventure or mission type stories are fine as well.

Pretty much the only thing I don't think I want to beta is purely angst without a happy ending. I'm very much a happy ending sort of person, whether it's in the romantic sense or just the, "Hey, nobody died!" sense. Oh, and though this seems a little obvious, I flat out refuse to beta racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory stories. If there's a character who, for reasons necessary to the story, needs to express those values, fine, but you'd have to tell me why they needed to be like that.

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