Can someone give me a favor? I need a beta. I'm [email protected] I write a lot of Harry Potter and other fantasy fics. I hope you don't mind mostly canon stuff. I will occasionally ship

Harry/Luna
Ginny/Harry/Luna
Mrs. Norris/Crookshanks
Filch/Madame Pince
Harry/Ron
Harry/Ron/Hermione
Sirius/Remus
Sirius/James
Fred/Angelina/George

Whats a beta in this case . I have read some 'interesting' fanfiction involving Hermione in various 'situations'

(December 27, 2013 at 1:27 pm)là bạn điên Wrote: Whats a beta in this case . I have read some 'interesting' fanfiction involving Hermione in various 'situations'

A beta is basically an editor

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And Hermine is not really my favorite thing to write about

Ohhh fanfiction....most of the stuff I read is all written by 13 year old girls who don't know how to write. Even the smut is terrible. But then you find gold, like (anyone a Final Fantasy VII fan?) "Guilt's Cost", with Tifa and Vincent. Love that fic!

(December 27, 2013 at 1:44 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:

(December 27, 2013 at 1:27 pm)là bạn điên Wrote: Whats a beta in this case . I have read some 'interesting' fanfiction involving Hermione in various 'situations'

A beta is basically an editor

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And Hermine is not really my favorite thing to write about

I have done some subediting when I was a Journalist which is nearly the same thing. Send me a PM.

(December 27, 2013 at 1:59 pm)là bạn điên Wrote:

(December 27, 2013 at 1:44 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: A beta is basically an editor

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And Hermine is not really my favorite thing to write about

I have done some subediting when I was a Journalist which is nearly the same thing. Send me a PM.

Thanks

Quote: I have read some 'interesting' fanfiction involving Hermione in various 'situations'

"I wood very much like to touch your wand" hermionie said.

"Oh I bet you would Mrs Weasly, just let me don my robe and wizard hat, and nothing else" harry said with a wink.

*ENGORGIRAMUS*

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"ooh ooh, speak parseltounge to me"

(December 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Mrs. Norris/Crookshanks

(December 27, 2013 at 1:57 pm)LalalaTabby Wrote: Ohhh fanfiction....most of the stuff I read is all written by 13 year old girls who don't know how to write. Even the smut is terrible. But then you find gold, like (anyone a Final Fantasy VII fan?) "Guilt's Cost", with Tifa and Vincent. Love that fic!

Finding a good fanfic writer, or a well-written fanfic, is like finding a brown M&M in a dump truck full of shit - it's in there and if you wade around long enough you could find it... I keep a list of authors and stories that I liked so if I ever get the hankering I have a go-to list.

I've given up on Harry Potter ff, personally. Perhaps it's just that I've noticed my tastes changing as I get older and I have less patience for fanfic that isn't well planned, or well written, or well plotted, or ends up being a goopy, boring shippy nightmare.

That's also the reason I never post my own fanfic: I can't be bothered to plot a story out and I'm not particularly adept at fiction writing, even though I love reading fiction and I love learning about the elements of what makes fiction writing and story-telling so compelling. I also never finish anything, so there's that... :p

One really interesting read I think every single fanfic writer needs to read is:
The Elements of Fiction Writing: Scene and Structure
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Fiction-W...+structure

There's a whole series of these books, but this one was by far my favorite and really opened my eyes to why I like the stories I do and why some stories succeed and others fail even though there was a good idea there. Fantastic book.

Hey now... parseltongue is hot. Lots of hiss, very good over the back of the neck... mmnnhh.

Anyway, the significant one may still read fanfics, but he's mostly swapped over to manga, or reading over my scorching hot wordplay. I'll read good writing... but with many writers of 'fanfic' assume the connection of the character's name with the feelings others already associate with the character, and do not adequately recreate those feelings anew (or even a reasonable allusion to them), which ultimately results in a product that feels 'rushed'.

Want to write something worth writing... worth reading? PUT YOUR HEART INTO THAT SHIT: IT IS YOUR *ART*... it's like having them along for ride with your psyche. When written well, the reader should feel an *intimate* and *deep* emotional connection with the characters... and should recognize that author's voice should they read said author's future works. It will be a recurring read, if it was worth writing at all (as a piece of fiction and/or allegory).

No pressure

Fun fact: I spent a good portion of last summer dissecting a fanfic called "Naruto Veangance Revelaitons." It was written by a 13-year-old and it makes A Serbian Film look like an Andy Hardy movie. It's as long as the first Harry Potter book, but the number of sentences that don't have a grievous spelling error are in the double digits, and, as a result, I've considered it the Worst Novel I've ever read. The original fic's since been taken down, but my commentaries and a PDF of the original story I saved are available on my Deviantart page. I'm "Rickersnary."