WTF 2: The WTFing
Mar. 31st, 2010 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
farlaName: Cezariaz
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2295132/
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Subject: Beta Reader
Dear Farla,
It has come to my attention that you are a rather talented author. Have you
ever considered being a Beta Reader? It would help improve the quality of
stories in the archives, I'm sure. It may be more effective than reviewing
every single piece of FanFiction that you see in a particular month. Beta
reading takes more time, but it is more interesting than reviewing many
terrible FanFictions at once... After a while, they all start to look the
same, don't they?
Sincerely,
Cezariaz
They preemptively blocked me from PMing. While that's impressively stupid all by itself, their (storyless) profile only improves matters:
So, I review. I DO tell you what's wrong with your story, unless it's totally unsalvageable. Then I either:
A) Roll my eyes and think, 'I'm not even gonna bother with this one' However, I usually end up reviewing it anyway. But I do it nicely. Well, as nice as I can be.
Or
B) Go crazy and rant about your story in my review. This is only if you're unfortunate enough to have me come across your story when I'm in a very bad mood.
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2295132/
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Subject: Beta Reader
Dear Farla,
It has come to my attention that you are a rather talented author. Have you
ever considered being a Beta Reader? It would help improve the quality of
stories in the archives, I'm sure. It may be more effective than reviewing
every single piece of FanFiction that you see in a particular month. Beta
reading takes more time, but it is more interesting than reviewing many
terrible FanFictions at once... After a while, they all start to look the
same, don't they?
Sincerely,
Cezariaz
They preemptively blocked me from PMing. While that's impressively stupid all by itself, their (storyless) profile only improves matters:
So, I review. I DO tell you what's wrong with your story, unless it's totally unsalvageable. Then I either:
A) Roll my eyes and think, 'I'm not even gonna bother with this one' However, I usually end up reviewing it anyway. But I do it nicely. Well, as nice as I can be.
Or
B) Go crazy and rant about your story in my review. This is only if you're unfortunate enough to have me come across your story when I'm in a very bad mood.
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Date: 2010-03-31 01:58 pm (UTC)Exactly. Reviewing every story you find is much more useful than simply beta-reading for those that would like you to. Chances are, those that ask for it are already trying to better themselves in some way, which is much more than could be said for most of the FF.net authors.
*complete
See, I should spellcheck everything I write. (And I spellchecked obsessively in those times, but my writing was absolute crap, looking back at it. I couldn't punctuate worth a damn. Heck, I still can't. -_-)