Subject: Difficulty find a good betareader on fanfiction.net
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Posted on: 2015-06-22 15:27:00 UTC
Anyone else find it hard to get a good beta there? Because I've gone through loads of pages to find the best ones suited to editing a certain story, and even if you find a good one it takes long time to get a reply for a beta request.
It's the Pit. It's full of voles. And not the cute voles either.
I mean, if nothing else, you can always ask one of us. Not to toot our collective horn, but we're pretty good at this beta reading lark. =]
While there are many unskilled writers on Fanfiction.net, there are also very skilled writers there as well.
Just because the entry bar only requires an email doesn't mean it's acceptable to insult everyone there.
A lot of fanfic recommendation, from the members' here to TV tropes have a lot more examples of the best being in the 'Pit'.
To be honest, fanfiction is like mainstream media. As in both suffer from Sturgeon's Law. Just look up Linkara or Bennett the Sage who show that most of the market is mediocre or decent, with a tiny few being outright awful and another tiny bit are excellent.
... besides, try looking up bad fetish fanfics or stuff that have established copyright characters in them. If you thought that ordinary bad fanfics having every bad trait ye hate, then these bad fetish fanfics will make ye grit your teeth in fury at how much more they'll break canon (though they'll never be very popular since they're a niche demographic).
I have considered, and have asked one of your members they would consider beta reading if I can't find a decent or good beta readers (Unfortunately, I thought of that at the last minute when I already sent the requests (that story me and my friends are making might be breaking some canon. Not sure if it is inevitable or not).
And I know that the 'Pit' is not the best place but you find a group or someone whose quite good. For example, found this chap once https://www.fanfiction.net/u/448997/
His outlook on what fanfiction are quite similar to the PPC's and mine(I think).