If Only Cacti Could Fly 's Beta Reader Profile
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since: 11-04-07, id: 1413733
Author has written 10 stories | Naruto.
β : If Only Cacti Could Fly is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
I don't ask a whole lot of the people I beta, actually I ask basically nothing except your respect, courtesy, and patientence. I don't really have a beta-reading style, I simply read through the chapter/story a few times and make the proper corrections. I will occasionally ask you questions if I'm not sure how you want something phrased, to make sure your story is exactly how you want it. I do not expect you to get aggrovated with me trying to make your story the best I possibly can make it. I give people as much respect as they give me. I make sure to be polite and courteous. I expect the same treatment from someone who I am going out of my way to improve their story the best I am able to. If I do something that you are not pleased with, then by all means tell me, but in a polite manner. I am more than happy to help anyone who asks. I will NOT do anything that resembles yuri or straight pairings. I am a true blue yaoi fangirl and refuse to read anything that is not. I prefer to beta anime, though I could branch out and do other things if asked sincerely. I love to help people and get exicited when someone asks me to beta a story. I drop everything that I am currently doing to help as much as I possibly can and I try to get everything done as fast as possible so you can publish it.
My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
I am very good at detecting spelling errors. I have trained myself to look for those and I also excel at finding sentences that are phrased incorrectly, because to me, when a sentence in a story is phrased wrong, it makes the author look like a complete imbecile. I also like to almost decode what the author is trying to say and from doing that so much I usually know what people are talking about when they use a wrong word and what the right word should be.
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
I sometimes, at least when I proof read my own stories, don't miss small spelling errors, (example: prefer perfer, stain stian, look llok) that is mostly because I look through my own story quickly, not taking as much time as I should. With other people's stories I am much more careful, trying to the best of my ability to perfect them. I am also trying to brush up on my punctuation. I often have too many commas and run on sentences.
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I prefer yaoi, or gay stories, especially Naruto, more importantly the Akatsuki! Although I do enjoy InuYasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, D N Angel, and the book series Twilight, but only if it is yaoi.
Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
I will never do anything that resembles Yuri (lesbian) or Straight pairing, I strictly read Yaoi. Any other genre enrages me and I get very upset reading it.
Beta Preferences
Language: English
Content Rating: Fiction K » M
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Anime D N Angel
Anime Death Note
Anime Fruits Basket
Anime Gravitation
Anime Inuyasha
Anime Naruto
Anime Only the Ring Finger Knows
Anime Ouran High School Host Club
Anime Sukisho
Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General
Romance
Humor
Drama
Poetry
Adventure
Mystery
Horror
Parody
Angst
Supernatural
Suspense
Fantasy
Spiritual
Tragedy
Crime
Family
Hurt/Comfort
Friendship