Lonely Rain 's Beta Reader Profile
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since: 01-14-07, id: 1197988
Author has written 7 stories | Prince of Tennis, and Soul Eater.
β : Lonely Rain is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
I am really into the Prince of Tennis, Loveless, Shugo Chara, Soul Eater and Harry Potter. I love yoai. I have my favourite pairings but I'm not biased. Nothing gets on my nerve more than spelling and grammar errors. I'm not blaming anyone for their weaknesses. I'd really like to help clean up the stories. With a grammatically and spelling corrected story, one can understand more of the story instead of being distracted by spelling errors and sentences that don't make sense. This entices readers to *want* to read /br /

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I don't want bad prologues (see preferred) and/or script form.

My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
I excel at spelling and grammar. I am rather spontaneous in ideas for different parts of a story. I am great at continuing other stories in my own head; so depending on the theme/plot, i can help stop writer's block by giving ideas.
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
I am very bad at writing beginnings and endings. I really want to get to the main plot so I slip up on the beginnings and because I want to keep the story going I never finish or know the best way to finish a story.
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I would prefer to beta Prince of Tennis, Loveless, Shugo Chara, Soul Eater, and Harry Potter fics first. I am very interested in action and romance so those types would come first unless I really like the theme of another story. I am very into yoai so those too will come before other stories. Pairings are taken into consideration /br /

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One issue i have is that if you want a prologue, make it a decent one that gives you a good push off into your story. Don't make it too long, but not so short it's read in a minute. If you have a prologue, you want it to capture your readers for the rest of your actual story. A prologue should be at least one page long and give some background to the story. If you have a very short prologue, just put it at the top of your first chapter and italicize it. You'll lose readers with a separate chapter and prologue.

Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
Please do not ask me to beta yuri fics. I'm not into that and I'm not good at female/female story structures. Also, I don't enjoy weak plots. I think that to write a story, you have to know what you're going to write about. I really don't like stories that are short and have no /br /

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I have some issues with Mary Sues only because I prefer yaoi. Only depending on the plot, will I consider a Mary Sue.

Beta Preferences
Language: English
Content Rating: Fiction K » M
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Book Harry Potter
Anime Loveless
Anime Prince of Tennis
Anime Shugo Chara!
Anime Soul Eater
Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General
Romance
Humor
Drama
Adventure
Angst
Suspense
Fantasy
Tragedy
Crime
Hurt/Comfort