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Jul. 18th, 2008 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnyYou know what would be really helpful? To see someone else's beta on something that wasn't my fic. That sounds weird, right? I just - when it's my fic I'm far too close to it to look at it objectively as a beta, so I can't learn as much from it. I mean, no one really gets taught to beta, and I feel like I need some kind of beta masterclass or something; while I can check grammar and spelling and line-edit like a mofo, my editing skills when it comes to fic as a whole leave rather a lot to be desired. Might be something to do with my tendency towards miniminifics myself, too.
I mean, what makes people good at it? Those of you on the flist who consider yourselves to be good betas, what is it about you that makes it so? Have you had official training in English Literature? Are you good at holding large amounts of information in place in your heads?
Seriously, anything you can tell me about the process would genuinely be fascinating. I totally want discussion, here.
*pokes*
:D?
I mean, what makes people good at it? Those of you on the flist who consider yourselves to be good betas, what is it about you that makes it so? Have you had official training in English Literature? Are you good at holding large amounts of information in place in your heads?
Seriously, anything you can tell me about the process would genuinely be fascinating. I totally want discussion, here.
*pokes*
:D?
