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If you want to participate in this year's big bang, but not create a Primary or Complementary piece, there are still options! Please consider volunteering as a beta or first-reader/cheerleader!
A beta gives constructive criticism, which can mean anything from looking at the structure and plot to pointing out grammatical errors and typos in a story, to listening to podfic for mispronunciations to questioning if people really bend that way in a drawing to being a soundboard for vidders, etc. A first-reader/cheerleader can provide feedback and squee to give the creator more energy to keep going, or even help brainstorm, if that's what the creator needs.
Please include the following in your comment:
- Will you beta or cheerlead or both?
- What type of fanwork can you beta/cheerlead?
- What fandoms/pairings/characters are you comfortable working with? To see what fandoms besides due South might be available, check out the Sign Ups post.
- Limitations: are there things you aren't comfortable seeing?
- If you are a beta, what are your strengths and weaknesses? For example: line-editing, plot, structure, characterization, grammar. Do you have any special knowledge that might be useful?
A beta gives constructive criticism, which can mean anything from looking at the structure and plot to pointing out grammatical errors and typos in a story, to listening to podfic for mispronunciations to questioning if people really bend that way in a drawing to being a soundboard for vidders, etc. A first-reader/cheerleader can provide feedback and squee to give the creator more energy to keep going, or even help brainstorm, if that's what the creator needs.
Please include the following in your comment:
- Will you beta or cheerlead or both?
- What type of fanwork can you beta/cheerlead?
- What fandoms/pairings/characters are you comfortable working with? To see what fandoms besides due South might be available, check out the Sign Ups post.
- Limitations: are there things you aren't comfortable seeing?
- If you are a beta, what are your strengths and weaknesses? For example: line-editing, plot, structure, characterization, grammar. Do you have any special knowledge that might be useful?