Subject: Sorry, but no.
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Posted on: 2014-07-15 15:47:00 UTC
I have too many projects right now as it is, and I wouldn't be able to give your story a fair amount of attention. Sorry.
~Neshomeh
Subject: Sorry, but no.
Author:
Posted on: 2014-07-15 15:47:00 UTC
I have too many projects right now as it is, and I wouldn't be able to give your story a fair amount of attention. Sorry.
~Neshomeh
Quick question:can you post beta requests before you actually write?
In which case, I have begun to write a kindle book series. And I need a beta reader to help with the actual writing structure.
Anyone willing to help?
How do you post a PDF file to the board?
I have too many projects right now as it is, and I wouldn't be able to give your story a fair amount of attention. Sorry.
~Neshomeh
Sure, I'll help you. What's your series about?
The basic premise is that the government started Imprisoning some teens in order to stop the next big school shooting, but the teens founded a resistance group and fought the government.
Fast-forwards 3 years later, and the hero of the book is rescued from his prison by the resistance group, now known as the Youth Protection League(that is the title of the series).
the series is supposed to mock treatment of youth and extreme security polices(e.g. those instituted after 9/11) in the US.
zdmnesia said that I should find out what kind of stories that my beta readers like.
So, do you like Stories with a lot of action? Character building? Fanservice?
If you don't like that type of story, what types do you like?
I'm fine with anything other than something like Twilight which puts abusive relationships on a pedestal.
But from what I've heard of your story, it sounds truly in the EPIC category. I really like your idea, and it'd be interesting to look through it.
What exactly would I be betaing it for?
Grammatical errors, problems with the concept, type of prose,etc.,etc.
Grammatical errors, problems with the concept, type of prose,etc.,etc.
Well, first I need to find a way to contact you.
I may need to ad you as a gmail contact.
Are you willing to do that?
If not, then how will we contact each other?
I meant what sort of files they want. If they have a program that can read odt, it might work to just use that format.
Well, at least someone likes the premise.
The prologue chapter of the book is an odt. file.
that's what I'm looking to beta.
How do you post an odt. file to the board?
I haven't heard of .odt files until just now. Why don't you email me a section of the text and we'll work with that?
If so, what file should I convert it to, and how is that conversion done?
The way I've done it in the past was to ask about what people can read, and they respond with their preference.
(Keep in mind that I don't keep up with trends, so I was offering to covert ODT to PDF, which a year earlier I would have just given them RTF or HTM.)
I can help with how to convert to some formats... actually, with the exception of making a PDF, it's usually finding the appropriate program and using the clipboard. (And then reading through to mark where the formatting went wrong.)
And then if there is a need to convert, I'll see if I can figure out how to do that.