Mirrored In My Mind 's Beta Reader Profile |
Author has written 4 stories | X-Men: Evolution, Star Trek: 2009, X-Men: The Movie, and Supernatural. |
β : Mirrored In My Mind is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
It has always bugged me seeing a story with so much potential go up in flames because the grammar makes me want to claw my eyes out. I am very picky about the grammar of my own stories, despite errors I intend to fix as soon as I have the time. I know how to spell things (and even if I don't, I know where to check) and I know where those pesky commas usually should go. I work a lot on how the story sounds as it flows together, and I want to make sure that it doesn't sound awkward and that there is enough description to let the reader understand what is going on in the story itself. |
My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
I am fairly adept at the grammar aspect of reading. I can catch small errors you might miss in an initial read-through. As a writer, I make things flow - getting through an awkward passage is a lot easier when the thoughts can ease you around it. I can put that to good use making sure that your writing flows, too. |
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
I can't give good constructive criticism. If your story sucks, I'll tell you. If it has a bad plot, lots of errors, I will be blunt and spell it out for you if necessary. Not that I'm trying to be mean - it's just the way I'm hardwired. As a writer, I tend to shy away from using my own ideas and stick instead with the plot already provided by the source material. Not that I don't have a lot of ideas, it's just I'm more comfortable with what I know - movies, books, etc. |
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I honestly don't care what kind of story you write. If it's got a decent plot, good characterizations, I'm game. But if you're doing it with the intent to make one character look awesome and another look like a drooling idiot, then it depends who's who. I might feel obligated to decline if it's someone I like being bashed. |
Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
If the main character is a female modeled after yourself, no thank you. If you're going to take a perfectly good canon character and destroy that person by putting them in a setting and then failing to take into account what they would actually do, no thank you. If you want sex scenes, no thank you. I know it says I beta for rated M, but that's only violence, language, and gore - no sex. |
Beta Preferences
Language: English |
Content Rating: Fiction K » M |
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Cartoon Avatar: Last Airbender Movie Batman Begins/Dark Knight Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Book Harry Potter
| Book Inheritance Cycle Movie Labyrinth Anime Naruto Movie Repo! The Genetic Opera
| Movie Star Trek: 2009 Movie Star Wars Tv Supernatural Movie Transformers
| Cartoon Transformers/Beast Wars Book Twilight Cartoon X-Men: Evolution Movie X-Men: The Movie
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Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General Romance Humor Drama Adventure
| Horror Parody Angst Supernatural Suspense
| Sci-Fi Fantasy Spiritual Tragedy Family
| Hurt/Comfort Friendship
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