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[hkblack]

HK's Beta-Reading Tips & Tricks Master List

For Writers

Why YOU should USE a beta-reader!

Where to Find a Beta-Reader

Keeping One Fic Version in both Word & Google

Giving Credit to Beta-Readers

Identifying & Asking for the Type of Beta-Reading Your Story Needs

Breaking a Beta-Reading Relationship Part 2

For Beta-Readers

Why YOU Should Be a Beta-Reader

Establishing and Understanding Your Beta-Reading Boundaries

Beginning a Beta-Reading Process

Beginning a Beta-Read Process: Spell Check!

Beginning a Beta-Read Process: Reading Backwards

Beginning a Beta-Read Process: Reading Out Loud

Delivering Criticism: Balancing Honesty and Helpfulness

Staying Organized with Multiple Long-Fic Beta-Reads

Beta-Reading with Other Beta-Readers

Beta-Reading Pro-Tips: Active vs Passive Voice

Identifying the Types of Beta-Reading Part 1

Identifying the Types of Beta-Reading Part 2

Identifying whether or not you are the right Beta-Reader for a Job

Breaking a Beta-Reading Relationship Part 1

Tips from the Ask Box

How to Highlight the Writer's Voice, instead of Inserting Your Own

How to Ask for A Beta-Reader / What to Ask Your Writer

Thoughts on Beta-Reading and Squeeing

Communicating with Beta-Readers about Fic & Chapter Posting

[quasi-normalcy]

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

[quasi-normalcy]

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

[quasi-normalcy]

#yes! cynicism reads as very juvenile to me#and yes prev often stemming from teen pain

Yeah, like I see black-pilled people on here and my default reaction isn't "oh, these must be world-weary old warriors who've lost their faith in humanity", it's "these people are in their 20s and need a hobby"

[quasi-normalcy]

I also think that the present era has proven that authoritarian leaders don't actually want a population of wide-eyed idealists, they want a population of jaded assholes who are convinced that everyone is lying, any resistance is either a scam or doomed to failure, and nothing can ever get better.

[kinaco-cat]

こども用ソファで猫じゃらししてたら、とんでもない瞬間が撮れてしまった。ポーズもすごいがアニメみたいな顔になってる…。

[bunjywunjy]

god every time I think I’ve seen all the cat material the internet has to show something new and absolutely delighting appears

[batneko]

[catchymemes]

[mctreeleth]

they need to make a menstrual cup with a tap on the end. vampire fratboys should be able to do a keg stand off my vagina.

[mctreeleth]

thanks for the advice tumblr but this post doesn't actually need to be seen i'm just trying to unburden my soul of it like it's some sort of dark passenger i need to exorcise out

[glumdelay]

Playing god Trying out a bit more realistic proportions and shading! I love the snowglobe concept and wanted to do a bit more character study for Crowley

[casuallamppastapizza]

Haircut

Support hyamotto on Twitter

[mollyjames]

I still cant believe tumblr tried to make it so there was an individual note count for each post addition; as though best part of successfully adding to a post isn't that you get to sit back smugly as the original poster's notifications are rendered unusable

[lakemojave]

Reblog this post to render OP's notifications unusable

[mollyjames]

HEY

[depsidase]

[baptizm-deactivated20200524]

GUYS READ ALL OF THIS PLEASE PLEASE PL–

[serialreblogger]

some IMPORTANT UPDATES

stay tuned for the resolution

[bunbunxian]

THIS IS WHAT I WAS TELLING EARLIER

A.FUCKI G.REAL LIFE LWJ. A fkn modern wangxian au this is crazy

[esmew9785]

[ashes-0f-phoenix]

PLEASE GO ON REDDIT AND CHECK THE UPDATES!!!!

THERE’S MOOOORE

[tlhrfanfic]

This is a hell of a ride but this is the Queer romance of arranged Marraige actually turning romance and ahhh i love it so much

GOOD FOR THEM!

[lostsometime]

this is adorable but i’m still just stuck on ‘he keeps crawling into my lap and cuddling and nuzzling me, but i can’t tell if he LIKES ME-likes me, please help’

dude

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[hawt-me33]

Coming into a fandom late

[baxterdamus-deactivated20130513]

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

[valorious]

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

[leatherpatches-deactivated20150]

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

[fauxmoux]

Accuracy at its best

[street-of-mercy]

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

[my-reylo]

all of this shit…lol

[nerdsagainstfandomracism]

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

[not-so-secret-nerd]

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

[jupiter235]

This gets better every time I see it. 

[sageblackrose95]

@fuboos-mess

[inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac]

Being in a dead fandom…

[illogicalarchive]

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

[erilias]

The accuracy hurts.

[fanfic-yes-please]

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

[it-is-bugs]

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

[sweetferalbaby]

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

[teaganvamp]

This just gets better..

[hamboj2]

@mi-kleos

[thatcrazysonicchick]

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

[knightofbloodcancer]

Fandom hell in general

[morathavictoria]

Yes.

[marvelanimelover]

This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.

[stop-talking-babe-deactivated20]

Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on

[raise-cain-archived]

THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!

[crochanblackbeak]

Trying to recruit people to your fandom

[kateriverameliawolfe]

Annnnnnndddd it’s back

[ishipwhatiship247]

Being in a fandom which has so many antis

[ravenhilarious]

I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.

[swanqueen-author]

Being in a fandom that actually works together

[commanderunhingedmongoose]

Why is this so true? All of it.

[pillowprincesslexa]

being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs

[hangingfire]

I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.

[priory-of-stars]

Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions

[marianagmt]

When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)

[batbyte-alghul]

Being in a fandom you never meant to join

[tirnel-sutcliff-spears]

I love this. and it’s gotten better

[cartoonjessie]

After abandoning a fandom you’re still a little bit emotionally invested in….

[brit-is-bookish]

All of these are me. Lol

[thehikingastronomer]

Being in a fandom on Tumblr

[julietsemophase]

And it reached its epic conclusion

[isa-ghost]

I CHOKED ON FUNDIP

[van-arts]

HISTORY HAS BEEN ENGRAVED INTO THIS POST

[chapollynh]

'Tis I, a season 3 finale enjoyer! I don't know if I'm on the wrong corner of the fandom or something, but I loved the ending and saw a whole 2 people on my feed saying they liked it. It's far from perfect, don't get me wrong, but omfg I saw some wild posts lmao. Anyway, here's some husband with silly haircurs!

[forineffablereasons]

behind aziraphale, you have: the bookshop, the universe as it is. they could ask god to put everything as it was, but as it was, the universe and humanity are always going to be subject to the something else of god and heaven and hell. michael so easily destroyed the universe. that's the whole point. it was easy for her to decide and to break the rules and go mad on the power. to remain in the bookshop, in this universe, is to always have that threat. aziraphale could have rewritten the book of life, but then there'd still be a book of life.

instead he wrote them the choice.

behind crowley, you have: the same twinkle lights as the south downs. the tree. the garden. the universe as it could be. where people can just be people, and no one has to save the world. it just gets to be. they just get to be. they're surrounded by their history. the nightingale still sings. i have the universe, and i have you. i have everything i've ever wanted.

crowley knew what he was choosing, and he chose everything he ever wanted.

[microsff]

A spaceship entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message:

"We are the Interstellar Library. Do you want to swap? We have thousands of stories."

There were many replies.

The library was silent for a whole day, then:

"What do you mean, 'We have millions'?"

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

"And that's just on AO3!"

[myiliterallyhavenolifegoals]

""" i can't believe crowley chose the universe over aziraphale""" you can't believe that the SERPENT OF EDEN chose to give humanity free will??? AGAIN???

[merrypaws]

Picture that wouldn't leave me alone.

I have at times wondered if having horns sometimes proves to be inconvenient.