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edenfallingBack to working on the "Secrets" epilogue -- I've moved past the weird point with the unexpected developments (hopefully blending that episode in neatly to my general point), and have just worked Bill around to bringing up the conversational topic I have been aiming toward all along. Victory!
Of course, I'm still not done, but now I have actually hit a point where my "outline" for this section can come into play. That is good enough for tonight. :-)
(1,250 words, incidentally!)
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It occurs to me that my former betas for this story have either left HP or left online fandom altogether; I therefore need one or more new betas. I throw myself upon your collective mercy!
What beta-reading for "Secrets" means in practice is this: I send you two files -- chapter 15 (8,700 words, give or take) and the epilogue (probably 2,000 to 3,000 words) -- and ask you to check my grammar and spelling, my canon compliance (am I contradicting Rowling?), my general narrative flow (do things happen in a reasonable, believable fashion?), my characterization (do these people feel/sound like real people AND do they feel/sound like their canon iterations?), my phrasing (how clunky is my writing? no seriously, tell me so I can fix it), and tell me if I've created any plot holes or other lapses of logic. If you can only do some of those things -- say you are good at canon-checking Harry Potter but are iffy on grammar, or vice versa -- that's cool. Any help is helpful! (Also, obvious statement is obvious. *wry*)
Brit-picking would also be useful. I have learned to avoid a few obvious Americanism over the years, but that doubtless leaves innumerable subtler errors I still cannot see.
If you are willing to help me, please contact me via comment or private message and give me an email address. I will send the files once I finish the epilogue, hopefully by this coming Sunday. There is no real rush to return them, either -- one week from when I send them is fine by me.
Of course, I'm still not done, but now I have actually hit a point where my "outline" for this section can come into play. That is good enough for tonight. :-)
(1,250 words, incidentally!)
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It occurs to me that my former betas for this story have either left HP or left online fandom altogether; I therefore need one or more new betas. I throw myself upon your collective mercy!
What beta-reading for "Secrets" means in practice is this: I send you two files -- chapter 15 (8,700 words, give or take) and the epilogue (probably 2,000 to 3,000 words) -- and ask you to check my grammar and spelling, my canon compliance (am I contradicting Rowling?), my general narrative flow (do things happen in a reasonable, believable fashion?), my characterization (do these people feel/sound like real people AND do they feel/sound like their canon iterations?), my phrasing (how clunky is my writing? no seriously, tell me so I can fix it), and tell me if I've created any plot holes or other lapses of logic. If you can only do some of those things -- say you are good at canon-checking Harry Potter but are iffy on grammar, or vice versa -- that's cool. Any help is helpful! (Also, obvious statement is obvious. *wry*)
Brit-picking would also be useful. I have learned to avoid a few obvious Americanism over the years, but that doubtless leaves innumerable subtler errors I still cannot see.
If you are willing to help me, please contact me via comment or private message and give me an email address. I will send the files once I finish the epilogue, hopefully by this coming Sunday. There is no real rush to return them, either -- one week from when I send them is fine by me.
