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Blog Change

hey guys! ineedabeta is updating, yay! We’ll be working with betafinder now, since we have the same goal. Please check the page and submit your beta profiles or stories there! 

Always working to improve your writing experience!

Thank you!

(previous submission to this blog will be updated to befinder, don’t worry!) 

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Beta Reader

Tumblr URL: caffeineandbookshelves Age: 24 Language(s): English Original Stories: Yes Fanfiction: No Fandom(s): Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Supernatural, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Teen Wolf, Starkid, Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Arrow, The Flash, Marvel, LotR,  Preference: I mostly work with fantasy/contemporary fantasy, but feel free to ask if you have something that is realistic fiction you want me to look at.  Refused Content:  I’ll take erotica if there’s an actual story line to go along with it.  Strengths: Sentence structure, Continuity, Grammar, Characterization,  Weaknesses: I’m a terrible speller.  Previous stories beta’d (if any): The Weight of Feeling, Flamingo Funeral (Was part of a writing group with this author, and did some beta reading on early drafts), I’m also beta reading for a friend with an unpublished novel. 

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Beta Offer

the-editorial-cafe

Will Read: Original Fiction; 

Language: English;

Don’ts: Fanfiction and works containing explicit sexual content;

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Destiny

Contact: [email protected];

Fandoms: Original Fiction, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Vikings, Salem, Twilight, POTO, Classic Lit;

Dos: Basically anything, AU’s, Drama, Romance, Suspense, Dark/Gritty, etc;

Don’ts: Crossovers;

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All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. Think about it. There’s escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist.

Margaret Atwood (via thesagaciousowl)

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Beta Request

essenceofmothroot

Fandom: Original Fiction/ Illustrated novel;

Key Words: Steampunk, Supernatural, YA Historical Fiction, Victorian, LGBTQ;

Warnings: Violence, Death, Parental abuse. Rated M;

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Levi Smith

Contact: [email protected];

Fandoms: Original Fiction, Attack on Titan, Game of Thrones, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The Inheritance Cycle, Hunger Games. Willing to beta in any fandom, however;

Dos: Fluff, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Romance, Angst, LGBTQA, A/B/O, AUs, Mystery, Thrillers, Dark Themes (murder, non-con, dub-con, etc.,) Gore, Taboo Themes (incest, bestiality, etc.,) Smut, Gender-Bending;

Don’ts: None;

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Modern Knife Types / Blade Shapes

For sources: http://sword-site.com/thread/1111/diagrams-modern-knife-types

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Sex is hard to write about because you lose the universal and succumb to the particular. We all have our different favorites. Good sex is impossible to write about. Lawrence and Updike have given it their all, and the result is still uneasy and unsure. It may be that good sex is something fiction just can’t do – like dreams. Most of the sex in my novels is absolutely disastrous. Sex can be funny, but not very sexy.

Martin Amis (via writingquotes)

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Beta Request

lacylu42 (AO3)

Fandom: Doctor Who;

Key Words: post Journey’s End, Romance, Angst, Tentoo and Rose getting on with their life in Pete’s world;

Pairing: Tentoo/Rose;

Warnings: Rated M;

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The Perks and Pits and Self-Insert Characters

The Perks:

Sharing your negative life experiences with characters can be therapeutic. If you don’t have anyone to talk to or if you have trouble explaining your difficulties, writing your negative experiences into the lives of your characters can help you find an outlet for your feelings and shed light on important problems in your life.

Sharing your positive life experiences with characters can be therapeutic. The reasons for this are the same as above, but are positive and more about sharing than informing.

Sharing your traits is inevitable. Whether it’s your vices, your virtues, your likes, your dislikes, your insecurities, or your fears, some of your characters are going to end up having commonalities with you. If you want to talk about how you don’t like your nose, give a character your nose and write about it. If you want to talk about your favorite hobby, give it to a character and write about it.

Semi-autobiographical fiction exists. There are countless published works that are semi-autobiographical featuring a character based on the author. These works are not frowned upon nor are they considered lazy writing. However, they are still fictionalized and while they may go through the same experiences as the author, they may have different personalities and differences in back story.

They can serve as a base. If you just started writing, you may have difficulties creating characters. You may not know where to start or you may get overwhelmed with giving your characters traits and back stories. Using yourself as a base can help get you started.

The Pits:

The biggest downfall of creating a self-insert character is making a perfect version or an idealized version of you, in which case the character becomes unbelievable, flat, static, and boring. To avoid this, your character should not be too much like you. There still needs to be variety and differences.

Another pit of creating these characters is reacting too negatively to criticism of these characters. Although you may have based a character on yourself, that character is not you. You should not see that character as you.

Creating too many self-inserts will make your characters too similar and you’ll have trouble developing them as separate characters. 

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How to Choose Your Main Characters

If you’re not someone who develops character before story, you might find it a little difficult to decide who deserves a place in your novel. Even if you figured out your protagonist, there will probably be several other characters that need to be thought about, depending on your story.

Choose your main characters by considering these important questions:

Why type of protagonist does your story need?

If you’ve already developed the basics of your story, you’ll need to know who it will revolve around. Think about your story and what type of person it needs. What should your protagonist be like? What do they want? How will they get it? Are they motivated? Is there something extraordinary about it? You don’t have to settle on your first idea. Experiment!

Who will stand in your protagonist’s way?

Do you have a villain in mind? What do they think about what the protagonist is trying to do? You need to consider that something will need to slow down or prevent the protagonist from getting what they want, if it’s not just their own flaws or an outside force. Your antagonist deserves just as much attention as your protagonist.

What characters will support your protagonist’s journey?

Take some time to think about side characters. How will they help or aid your protagonist? What are their own personal goals/motivations? What’s their purpose in the story? Remember, each character should want something.

Will you be switching POVs?

If you want to switch POVs, you might need more than one main character. Develop those characters separately and make sure you get each of their voices just right so they don’t sound the same. Consider which characters you want to focus on and how their stories might fit together.

-Kris Noel

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Beta Request

michiferangst

Fandom: Original Fiction;

Key Words: (dark) Fantasy, Superpowers, Target group: Adults, all-POC universe, Gray and Gray Morality;

Warnings: Gay Incest ( no explicit scenes), Death;

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Summer

Fandoms: Harry Potter, One Direction, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, Teen Wolf;

Dos: Romance, Humor, Angst, AU, Smut (f/m, m/m, f/f, groups), Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, most kinks;

Don’ts: Mpreg, Rape, Non-Con, Violence (I’ll read it, but editing fighting sequences will be hard for me), Self-harm, kinks involving (non-cum) bodily fluids or blood (unless it’s a vampire fic);

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Beta Request

rhythminred

Fandom: Original Fiction;

Key Words: Street Magic, AU, LGBT, Romance;

Warnings: Violence, Character Deaths, Major religious Cult, allusions to real life problems (Riots/Raids, NSA, Government), Gore;

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youre-my-lilac

Fandom: I will write for any same sex pairing;

Dos: AUs, Mental Illnesses, Incest, basically anything not mentioned in my dislikes;

Don’ts: Rape, Abusive Relationship, Major Character Death, Genderswap, Heavy BDSM;