Wanted: beta reader
Posted: March 26th, 2012, 1:13:33 am
You need to be an adult and able to treat this like a business relationship. Good grammar, spelling and punctuation are non-negotiable requirements. A liking for modern westerns and mysteries or a knowledge of law enforcement that does Not come from fiction or television is a plus.
This is a story badly in need of revisions. It started out as a fan-fiction set in modern times for the cast of a classic western television show and then developed a life of its own. Now a publisher wants it provided we ---this is a cooperative effort between myself and another writer --- can strip the fan influence out and clean up the inconsistencies; however, the publisher wants us to keep the segments which switch back into the past and to keep the unique chapter voices (it alternates between two first person voices with occasional third person intervals when the story goes into the past).
We need someone who can give input regarding readability and who can spot those inconsistencies or places where characters overlap unnecessarily.
I don't have much to offer except a book credit if the editor takes the manuscript after revision and a heap of thanks. Please let me know if you can help out but don't do so unless you can commit. I have already had three people promise to do this and then never get back to me.
This is a story badly in need of revisions. It started out as a fan-fiction set in modern times for the cast of a classic western television show and then developed a life of its own. Now a publisher wants it provided we ---this is a cooperative effort between myself and another writer --- can strip the fan influence out and clean up the inconsistencies; however, the publisher wants us to keep the segments which switch back into the past and to keep the unique chapter voices (it alternates between two first person voices with occasional third person intervals when the story goes into the past).
We need someone who can give input regarding readability and who can spot those inconsistencies or places where characters overlap unnecessarily.
I don't have much to offer except a book credit if the editor takes the manuscript after revision and a heap of thanks. Please let me know if you can help out but don't do so unless you can commit. I have already had three people promise to do this and then never get back to me.