VostroCaro 's Beta Reader Profile
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since: 12-22-09, id: 2187295
Author has written 6 stories | Supernatural.
β : VostroCaro is a registered beta reader and is currently accepting beta reading requests.
Beta Description
Beta Bio: general description as a beta reader
I like reading, and I like correcting errors. I'm free a lot of the time, but I'm English so timezones could be an issue. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, which can only really work to your advantage. I'm happy to listen to ideas, happy to nag you to write, happy to spout off crappy sentences until you get a good one. I'll be your Jiminy Cricket.

When doing something like this, I'll probably reply as soon as I can. I get excited to help people. Feel free to abuse that.

I'm not very experienced in betaing, but I correct my brother's & friends' homework/essays a lot and once my friend asked me to help with her story writing. I am currently beta-reading one story.

I'm a bit comma-happy, so don't necessarily trust me on that.

Maybe I'm not the best at my own creative writing, but the little things I correct in others' tends to help - a second pair of eyes. I'm always better at helping other people than myself.

I'm willing to do what you want - go through and simply do grammar, or go through everything and change anything that sounds clumsy or question what you meant or replace a word you've used 3000x already. I'm also willing to talk you out of freaking out or anything like that; be more of a mother than a spell check machine. Your choice, just specify :)

I'll beta read for anything I have listed and more, although I'll probably do best at Supernatural or Twilight fanfics. I also read and watch a lot more than I have listed, so if you want to ask about anything that looks like it might be there, just ask - I won't bite.

For Supernatural, Sherlock, the Dresden Files, Twilight, the Hunger Games, the Inheritance Cycle, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Percy Jackson & the Olympians and Vampire Academy, I am completely up to date.

For Doctor Who, I watched from 9 onwards, but I may not have paid loads of detail when I first watched anything but the more recent series.

For Avengers, I've watched all the films but I have only read some early Iron Man comics.

For SHS & COD, I was completely up to date until fairly recently when I found them suddenly boring. I don't mind spoilers, but if you do, then you can ask where I got up to - I can't remember off the top of my head, though.

I am still in school & I am 16. However, what I call my strengths are true - and I'm a year ahead in English, so please don't let my age put you off.

My Strengths: beta, writing, or reading strengths
Grammar. I read fast. I spend a lot of time at the computer and with wifi. I can speak a little French, German and Italian. When I like something, I get obsessed with it. I can remember what ep happens in what season of spn fairly quickly, for example. Good with little bits of research. I have a fairly extensive vocabulary. With the fandoms specified, I can be fairly obsessive on detail - so if you want me to say whether a character is OOC or clarify if an event actually happened or where, I can probably tell you. Given that I read a lot, I pick up on cliches or overly predictable plotlines quickly.
My Weaknesses: beta, writing, or reading weaknesses
I'm English and may make a few errors with American English. I am working on my A Levels, and so have times when I'm utterly frazzled or in exams or in school. Also an advantage, though; I have a lot to procrastinate doing.
Preferred: types of stories I prefer over others
I like most types of stories. I currently prefer canon-type stories, but I like AUs, too. I only read OOC/AU Twilight FanFic, though.
Would Rather Not: I do not beta for these stories
Anything heavy on smut. If it's light then I have no problems. I won't do incest of any type, but I'm fine with almost any pairings aside from that. If it makes me too emotional, I may miss some errors through my tears. But if it's that good, I'm not averse to rereading it enough times to get it right.
Beta Preferences
Language: English
Content Rating: Fiction K » M
Categories: categories in black are ones this beta has authored for
Movie Avengers
Game Cause of Death
Tv Doctor Who
Book Dresden Files
Book Hunger Games
Book Inheritance Cycle
Book Parasol Protectorate Series
Book Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Book Perks of Being a Wallflower
Tv Sherlock
Tv Supernatural
Game Surviving High School
Book Twilight
Book Vampire Academy
Genres: genres in black are ones this beta has authored for
General
Romance
Humor
Drama
Adventure
Mystery
Horror
Parody
Angst
Supernatural
Suspense
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Spiritual
Tragedy
Western
Crime
Family
Hurt/Comfort
Friendship