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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jan 31, 2013 10:11:17 GMT 1
Sorry if there's a similar thread that was done before, but I couldn't find it for some reason.
While I understand there are many ways to find a beta reader, such as looking in ff.net, etc. My question is this: How can you pick out a beta reader, that you know it will do some justice in your writing/project? Especially if you had to go and search for some unknown reader, that you probably had no experience in dealing with them before.
Actually I might as well cut to the chase: I think I need another beta reader, since my original beta beta reader has a bit too much on his hands and it's best if I left him free to dealt the problems he's having at the moment, I don't want to trouble him too much.
For now, I might have to put my comic on hold at this time.
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Post by Battlechantress on Jan 31, 2013 17:12:25 GMT 1
A local writing group (such as a local chapter of NaNo) could be a good place to start. Some writing groups are... more brutal than others, but NaNo-ers usually aren't.
Scribophile might be another place to look, but it's geared towards prose (there are a LOT of groups there though, and one of them could well be devoted towards comics. I'll try to look through it this afternoon and see what I find since I'm already a member).
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Feb 1, 2013 5:23:09 GMT 1
Thanks for the advice, chantress. I'll start with local groups.
Think it's a good idea to look at their writing history before talking to them? I mean looking at their past works.
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Post by Battlechantress on Feb 1, 2013 14:50:30 GMT 1
Might not hurt, but I'd definitely make sure they aren't a group of predominantly romance writers (or another non- sci-fi genre) first and foremost.
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Post by Battlechantress on Feb 1, 2013 19:24:25 GMT 1
Oh, I would also strongly recommend sitting in on a session before joining when possible. Some groups can be insanely catty. Like I said, you won't usually find that in local NaNo groups though.
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