Need a Beta Reader? Find one!
How can writers & beta-readers meet?
What is a beta reader? What do they do? Are you stuck in you story, do you need another set of eyes to hunt those pesky extra commas, are you struggling with tenses, do you need help with canon? That's where you need a beta. A beta is not here to rewrite your stuff, just to point out things that could help improve it - be it grammar, sensitive topics, or plothole. Take a look at Fanlore’s article on Beta, or a link to a post about different types of beta-ing.
Our goal is to make it easier for people to get in touch, so we've created a form that betas can fill in. You can then search the Beta File by fandom and beta-type (the Find function, ctrl-F, is your friend here!), check the possible betas, look at the time stamp and/or their blog to see if they're active, and politely contact them with your needs :-)
We have to trust everyone not to abuse this resource because we are providing it but *not* moderating what happens afterwards. We have to trust everyone to play by the rules, because we are not able to intervene. This is not an opinions or complaints blog, just a tool among others. We will not answer or reblog opinions or complaints about betaing.
We recommend each party be very clear about what they need and can do before starting to collaborate. If you need a gentle beta, say so! If you dislike AUs and don't want to beta one, say so too! If you only have time to beta a short fic, if you're not available at the moment, if it’s about a ship you’d rather not work on, say so! There will be other times, other fics, other plots. No hard feelings!
Do not forget to thank them once you publish, of course!
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