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Hello! I've caught up on tags again to prepare for the new year.

Another reminder that I won't add a tag for a specific fandom until at least two different people post about that fandom on the comm. If you don't see your fandom in the tag list, you're proably looking for a catch-all tag:

fandom: animanga series
fandom: books (other)
fandom: movies (other)
fandom: none/original fiction
fandom: nonfiction
fandom: tv shows (other)
fandom: video games (other)
fandom: webcomics (other)
fandom: web series (other)
fandom: western animation (other)
fandom: western comics (other)

I regularly go through the catch-all tags to see if there are any doubles that need to be moved to a tag of their own. If you want to get your own fandom tag faster, encourage your friends to use this comm too! :D

I've also added the new tag "fandom: star trek (reboot)", to try and differentiate the newer movies from the older tv series and movies. We've not yet had more than one person asking for betas in each individual star trek series, which is why they're still using the catch-all "fandom: star trek series."

If there's anything else I can do to make the comm's tag system easier to use, please let me know. Thank you for using

betaplease and happy new year! Please remember to tag your posts!

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betaplease is happy to support fiction exchange participants who are looking for beta-readers. However, you should protect your anonymity when posting here, because most exchanges like gifts to be an anon surprise.

To that end, you can use a few strategies:

The easiest one is simply don't mention that your fic is an exchange gift. That's usually enough to maintain your anonymity.

If you think that won't be enough, you can also post to this exchange using a sock/throwaway account that isn't easily traceable to you. That way, even if someone realizes you're writing a fic for a specific exchange, they won't be able to tell who you are.

As an alternative to #2, you may also ask someone else to post your beta-reader request to this community on your behalf. These kind go-betweens are often called Hippos in the world of exchanges. You can find your own go-between, or if you'd like to offer your Hippo services, kindly comment on this post so that people can reach out to you.

Exchanges are wonderful! The joyful surprise of anonymity is wonderful, too. Let's all do our best to preserve and support both. ♥

elisheva_m

The lakorn-novel I'm writing has a ways to go before it's ready for beta readers, but I'd like to know what others make of the end of one of the scenes. The friend who's read it missed part of what I had hoped to convey.

Fandom: None - original fiction. Genre is Thai lakorn
Pairings: het (OC)
Rating/Warning: No CW. Teen and up
Length: 614 words
Notes: See post intro. Impressions re the ending are fine. Anything else if you feel like it.

It's this post here.

nea

Fandom: The SEAL Team
Characters/Pairings: Clay/Sonny
Rating & Warnings: Slash (more R than NC-17 if at all), fluff, canon divergence
Estimated Fic Length: Mostly around 1K, sometimes longer
Notes: Since English isn’t my first language, I’m looking for an English native beta, who can help me with SPaG (making suggestions how to fix odd expressions and such) and maybe tell me if something doesn’t work. I’m okay with constructive criticism, but please be kind/polite while expressing it. I’m looking for a permanent beta, if possible.

Pretty please and thanks a lot! ♥

yarnofariadne

Fandom: Merlin (BBC)

Characters/Pairings: Gwen/Lancelot

Rating & Warnings: explicit

Estimated Fic Length: 12K

Notes: This is my first time writing for this fandom and I'm scared :) I'm looking for a beta experienced in the fandom to evaluate whether my attempt at bridging show canon and mythology is successful. Aside from that, the usual beta concerns: does this make sense, is the character development believable, do you feel like anything's missing?

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: "Vampire Song" Halo

hagar_972

Fandom: Shadowhunters
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble piece, focusing primary on Alec, Jace, Izzy, Clary and Magnus, with the pairings Alec/Magnus, Clary/Jace and developing Simon/Maia, with a very strong focus Alec & Jace.
Rating & Warnings: rated T so no significant sexual content. Canon-typical violence, non-graphical. Major warnings for mental health stuff, primarily in earlier parts of the series. (i.e. not in the part being currently written - and I don't expect a beta coming in at this stage to backread!)
Estimated Fic Length: 20-50k
Notes: I am stuck on the final installment of this series. Importantly, I don't expect anyone coming in at this point to read all 208k existing words! The best summary for this series is that I take all the CPTSD in the show seriously so things are pretty awful for a while, and then they get really better. (At this part of the story, most of those themes are resolved, though Clary's still dealing from fallout of how her mom died and the Jonathan situation.) Additionally there are Jewish OCs and I'm trying to meld the show's worldbuilding with Jewish sensibilities. (I'm Jewish and have access to support on this front.)

In order to finish (and I'm quick once I get writing!), I need to be able to (1) talk with someone about the story and what's going on with it and (2) share parts of the story as I write them and receive emotional feedback.

Please talk to me if you think this may be of interest to you!

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Hello! This is the mod. I'm sorry for my long time away. I am humbled and honored that so many people still use this community after so many years. Truly, thank you.

This is a long post because I was catching up on five (!) years of missed work.

( New Tags Added )

Asking for Help

There are some fandoms (for example, stargate) where individual series (for example, stargate: atlantis) hit the threshold for making its own fandom tag. However, I don't know enough about the series to know whether it's more helpful for it have its own tag, or to stay in the group.

For example, in pokemon (my home fandom), pokemon has many different games and franchises: pokemon red, pokemon go, various pokemon anime and manga each with their own plot/characters, and so on. However, pokemon writers are generally familiar with almost all of it; we don't tend to hyper-specialize in one franchise. Therefore, if you want to find a beta, it's actually better for you to tag generally with "pokemon" so that everyone looks at it. It would be more tedious to make a beta-reader click through a dozen tags for a dozen titles when there is a reasonable chance that they could beta for all of them.

However, star trek fans seemed to strongly want each new title (Deep Space 9, Voyager, etc.) to have their own tag when they meet the threshold, so I assume that that is a fandom where there is not as much overlap as pokemon.

If you look at betaplease's tags and you think that your fandom would be best served by splitting individual titles up, please let me know with a comment. I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you one more time again for using

betaplease all these years. Best wishes to you and your fanworks!

tropicsbear

Fandom: Saiyuki
Characters/Pairings: Koumyou Sanzo/Ni Jianyi | Ukoku, Sharak Sanzo, Genjo Sanzo, Kanzeon Bosatsu, Jiroushin
Rating & Warnings: Teen and up audiences, alternate universe
Estimated Fic Length: 2,037
Notes: I'm mostly looking for feedback on the flow of the story and if there are any repetitive sentence structures, words, expressions, etc. Since this is an AU, I don't think familiarity with the canon is needed but if you're familiar with canon and also have feedback on characterization, I'll gladly accept it!

rafiwinters

Hi folks, I'm looking for lists of questions to ask my beta readers. Most such lists that I find by Googling assume that the work in question is fiction. But I'll be writing short pieces to post online that are on personal subjects--mental health, for instance. What would you ask beta readers of such work?

greendawn

Fandom: Vorkosigan books (through Civil Campaign, spotty on canon after that)
Characters/Pairings: Ivan Vorpatril/Byerly Vorrutyer
Rating & Warnings: Explicit; canon-typical homophobia and transphobia, nonconsensual body modification, underage

in that the case being investigated involves

nonconsensual gender reassignment surgery being tested on teenaged sex workers

Estimated Fic Length: approx. 65,000, 10 chapters, complete (currently in editing)
Notes: I'm looking for two things; if you can offer one that's great! SPAG should not be a problem.
1) someone who knows Vorkosigan canon (I started writing this 10ish years ago and lost a lot of my notes on canon since, so if you can point out that someone's blond and/or died in MD, etc., that'd be wonderful) and
2) someone who can spot holes in a casefic (Ivan and By are not supposed to be good detectives, but I do want the deduction and denouement to make sense): a canon-blind reader is welcome but may be confused by the SF elements.

I'd like to start posting in September if possible, but that's open rn. I can share the first chapter if you want an idea of what the story's like.

hagar_972

Fandom: Tales of Arcadia
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble
Rating & Warnings: T
Estimated Fic Length: 45-50k words
Notes: I'm looking for a development buddy for the next installment in this series, which is a canon divergence AU kicking off about halfway through Trollhunters. So far I stuck relatively close to canon, but now I hit the part paralleling Wizards and RotT, and I'm about to throw 90-95% of canon through the window. I have a fairly good idea of where I want to get, but starting this is becoming a Problem.

chocochipbiscuit

Fandom: The Fraud Squad
Characters/Pairings: Anya Chen/Raina Chandra (F/F)
Rating & Warnings: T, references to past domestic violence and abuse, mild biphobia, mentioned homophobia, fatphobia, classism
Estimated Fic Length: ~8k words
Notes: I'm looking for a beta who's familiar with Singapore! More specifically: the fic contains Anya's first experience at a hawker center, as well as other scenes and conversations that I would appreciate a read on for cultural competency.

A kind reader was found, thank you!

amamiya236

( You're about to view content that the poster has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

Current Mood: determined

mesamm

Fandom: Original Work

Characters/Pairings: M/m, OMC/OMC

Rating & Warnings: NC17, very mild/suggested D/s

Estimated Fic Length: 75k-100k

Notes: Wondering if anyone would be willing to beta some or all of this WIP (about 30k words written to date). Looking for general SPAG, first-reader perspective. Very slow-burn, 1970s music setting, interracial couple. Thanks.

nea

Fandom: Random fandoms. I currently don’t have a regular fandom, but it may change in the future
Characters/Pairings: Clay/Sonny (The SEAL Team), Ronon/Carson with Sheppard/McKay on the side (Stargate Atlantis)
Rating & Warnings: Slash (more R than NC-17 if at all), fluff, canon divergence
Estimated Fic Length: Mostly around 1K, sometimes longer
Notes: Since English isn’t my first language I’m looking for an English native beta, who can help me with SPaG (making suggestions how to fix odd expressions and such) and maybe tell me if something doesn’t work. I’m okay with constructive criticism, but please be kind/polite while expressing it. I’m looking for a permanent beta, if possible.

Thanks a lot! ♥

acherry

Hello! I need to get a few short lines of dialogue SPaG checked, it's only less than 30 words in all because they are featured in a story in a different language, basically. Most of the dialogues are meant in British English, the last bit is in AE. They're said by British and US soldiers, in WWII era. I'd be really grateful for any help!!

sunfright

Fandom: Call Me By Your Name/Find Me (novels)
Characters/Pairings: Elio/Original Male Character, Elio/Oliver (in the past)
Rating & Warnings: Teen and Up Audience, brief sex implications, some sexual words
Estimated Fic Length: 5K
Notes: Especially looking for eyes on my American English (I default to British) in terms of language, otherwise I'd love someone to keep an eye on use of metaphors and symbolism, thematic work throughout the story and whether the red thread is evident enough; of course, some words on characterization and character voice/dialogue would be nice, but I wouldn't mind a canonblind beta for this as long as the rest could be covered!
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rafiwinters

Hi all! Looking for a beta reader for The West Wing fanfic. I have a long series of stories written a while ago but never properly read by anyone other than me. I'd like to run each story by a different set of eyes before I go to post them on AO3. Anyone out there to help me with this? *is optimistic*

snowynight

Fandom: Original Work

Characters/Pairings: Het, Original Female Character/Original Male Character

Rating & Warnings: NC17, PWP, noncon

Estimated Fic Length: 1K

Notes: I would like help for SPAG issues. I would also like some feedback on the story from a reader's perspective to figure out what's working and what's not. Summary is available upon request. Thanks in advance!

yarnofariadne

Fandom: Original work

Genre: gothic/regency

Rating & Warnings: PG-13; murder, animal cruelty, animal death, forced institutionalisation

Estimated Fic Length: 13.5k

Summary: Everything seems to be looking up for the Marchdale sisters - Marianne marrying up, Agnes tagging along to take advantage of the freedom their new wealth provides - when a long-buried scandal from the past rears its head and threatens to overturn everything.

Beta type: I'm looking for a reader's perspective on what feels unfinished - do the characters feel believable? Is there anything that feels unexplained or confusing? Are there any plot holes or inconsistencies? Does the ending feel rushed? Did any questions arise that you want answered?

Notes: This is a queer regency ghost story, a Northanger Abbey x The Devil's Backbone sort of outfit. Familiarity with regency lit would be beneficial! I don't have a hard deadline on this but would love to get feedback by the end of March or beginning of April if at all possible.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Lightnin' Bar Blues" Hanoi Rocks

scifirenegade

Fandom: Doctor Who (classic series)
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Rating & Warnings: General, no warnings
Estimated Fic Length: 300-400 words
Notes: Basically one of the characters is waiting for the other and starts thinking. Want to know if the story feels "finished", title suggestions and if there are any grammactical errors. Brit-picking would also be nice. Having a bit of knowledge about the first Doctor era wouldn't hurt. Thank you in advance.

Current Mood: nervous

littlestclouds

Fandom: Scream 3
Characters/Pairings: Sidney Prescott/Roman Bridger
Rating & Warnings: Rated M / mild half-sibling incest (non-explicit kissing) and canon-typical violence and creepiness
Estimated Fic Length: Approx. 2.5k
Notes: I'm looking for someone to tell me if the story (and its themes) holds up cohesively. I wrote the piece and felt like it was finished, then wrote an additional 500 words because I started feeling like it needed something more but now I'm not sure if the whole structure holds up with the new section I added. I don't think you need to be super familiar with the movie franchise or characters, though it couldn't hurt. The deadline's not until January 1st.

Current Mood: hopeful

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outstretched - Modly new year's cleaning
outstretched - Regarding Fiction Exchanges
elisheva_m - readers for a short piece
nea - Still looking for a Beta!
yarnofariadne - BBC Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot beta needed
hagar_972 - Shadowhunters, dev buddy & emotional feedback, T & multi
outstretched - All clean for the new year
tropicsbear - Beta for a Saiyuki fic
rafiwinters - beta reading the personal essay
greendawn - looking for a Vorkosiverse beta, M/M casefic, TW
hagar_972 - Tales of Arcadia, dev buddy, fork-in-the-road AU
chocochipbiscuit - [BETA FOUND] Seeking beta for fic set in Singapore!
amamiya236 - Proofreader/Editor Needed
mesamm - Looking: Original work
nea - Looking for a beta
acherry - [Beta Found] Original Work, Historical
sunfright - Call Me By Your Name fic, deadline in ten days.
rafiwinters - beta reader for West Wing fanfic?
snowynight - Original Work, rough late March/early April deadline
yarnofariadne - Original gothic/regency work, rough late March/early April deadline
scifirenegade - [Beta Found] (Classic Doctor Who)
littlestclouds - Beta needed (Scream 3) / BETA FOUND!

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Recent Entries

Sticky: Modly new year's cleaning

Sticky: Regarding Fiction Exchanges

readers for a short piece

Still looking for a Beta!

BBC Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot beta needed

Shadowhunters, dev buddy & emotional feedback, T & multi

All clean for the new year

Asking for Help

Beta for a Saiyuki fic

beta reading the personal essay

looking for a Vorkosiverse beta, M/M casefic, TW

Tales of Arcadia, dev buddy, fork-in-the-road AU

[BETA FOUND] Seeking beta for fic set in Singapore!

Proofreader/Editor Needed

Looking: Original work

Looking for a beta

[Beta Found] Original Work, Historical

Call Me By Your Name fic, deadline in ten days.

beta reader for West Wing fanfic?

Original Work, rough late March/early April deadline

Original gothic/regency work, rough late March/early April deadline

[Beta Found] (Classic Doctor Who)

Beta needed (Scream 3) / BETA FOUND!