News:

You have made a powerful enemy today, stop sign.

Main Menu

Need Pre-Readers

Started by Edward, April 14, 2008, 10:57:24 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Edward

Over the last year or so, I have lost virtually all of my pre-readers, due to a variety of reasons.  So I'm hoping I can find some here.

Most of my fics are Ranma 1/2 or crossovers with the same.
If you see Vampire Hikaru Shidou, it is Fox.  No one else does that.  You need no other evidence." - Dracos

"Huh? Which rant?" - Gary

"Do not taunt Happy Fun Servitor of the Outer Gods with your ineffective Thompson Submachine Gun." - grimjack

Anastasia

Quote from: Edward on April 14, 2008, 10:57:24 AM
Over the last year or so, I have lost virtually all of my pre-readers, due to a variety of reasons.  So I'm hoping I can find some here.

Most of my fics are Ranma 1/2 or crossovers with the same.

Questions!

What sort of crossovers? Other animes?

What are you looking for in a pre reader? Grammar checks? Spelling? Plot debugging? All of the above?

How frequently do you need these services?
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Dracos

I'm kind of weak on that front these days, but I'll pitch in. :)  Just jab it at my email.
Well, Goodbye.

Edward

Quote from: Anastasia on April 14, 2008, 02:10:15 PMQuestions!

What sort of crossovers? Other animes?

Mamono Hunter Ukyou is a crossover with Devil Hunter Yohko.

Wheel of Destiny is a crossover with Mermaid Saga and Inu Yasha.

Rebel Without a Clue is a crossover with Urusei Yatsura.

Reverberations is a divergence.  (And I'm hoping to back to the divergences And Not To Yield and The Road Less Travelled.)

If also got a few non-Ranma fics (Blue Sub, Gundam Seed, Gunslinger Girl) that are short introspective pieces.  (I've got story concepts for the last two, but they haven't coalesced into actual plots.)

Quote from: Anastasia on April 14, 2008, 02:10:15 PMWhat are you looking for in a pre reader? Grammar checks? Spelling? Plot debugging? All of the above?

While I do proofread my stuff, it becomes easy to see what you thought you wrote, not what you miswrote.

So I'm looking for the basic spelling/grammar/punctuation stuff, but also covering continunity and plot holes.  I also have events change characters, but I want the results to leave the reader thinking 'Ranma's changed' , not 'That's not Ranma!'.  Also, for Wheel of Destiny, I have a co-author - I need to know how well our different writing styles mesh or if it looks like Frankenchapter.

Quote from: Anastasia on April 14, 2008, 02:10:15 PMHow frequently do you need these services?

Currently, I have a backlog and could accidentally drown someone in chapters.  Generally, I'm a slow writer, and would usually have 1-2 chapters a month.  (That's total, not per story.)  It could go higher or lower, more often lower.
If you see Vampire Hikaru Shidou, it is Fox.  No one else does that.  You need no other evidence." - Dracos

"Huh? Which rant?" - Gary

"Do not taunt Happy Fun Servitor of the Outer Gods with your ineffective Thompson Submachine Gun." - grimjack

Edward

Quote from: Dracos on April 14, 2008, 11:18:16 PMI'm kind of weak on that front these days, but I'll pitch in. :)  Just jab it at my email.

Thanks.  I'm popping you the prologue of Wheel of Destiny.
If you see Vampire Hikaru Shidou, it is Fox.  No one else does that.  You need no other evidence." - Dracos

"Huh? Which rant?" - Gary

"Do not taunt Happy Fun Servitor of the Outer Gods with your ineffective Thompson Submachine Gun." - grimjack