RESOURCE: Winter Companions Beta Volunteers
Winter Companions strongly encourages its authors and artists to use beta readers and viewers - and in fact, our Fests specifically require them. We know, though, that sometimes a good beta can be hard to find. So welcome to the Winter Companions Beta Volunteer post!
We're calling all intrepid, community minded individuals who are interested in helping out fellow comm members by betaing stories or art for our authors and artists. Can't fit in writing your own fic or creating your own piece for a particular challenge? Help a fellow creator out instead!
Please leave the following info to help writers see what you can offer:
Fic, art, vids, or all?
Willing to help with: (This may be characterisation, canon knowledge, spelling & grammar, Brit-picking (or other place/language knowledge), pacing and so on - whatever you think your strengths are or what you are prepared to do.)
Probably can't help with: (As above, and whatever else you can think of. Please also include any squicks, so if you really can't cope with character deaths or certain scenarios, please do let us know here.)
Peaceful Ood or Merciless Dalek? (How tough are you as a beta, or do you have a range of ferocity settings?)
Your LJ username
Best contact method: (Provide a contact email address - not your default LJ one, please. Alternatively, please indicate that you prefer to be contacted by PM.)
Sign-up form for c&p-ing:
Fic, art, or both?
Willing to help with:
Probably can't help with:
Peaceful Ood or Merciless Dalek?
Best contact method:
On behalf of the comm, thank you!
A note to beta-seekers: Proper care and feeding of volunteer betas is very important! When you contact a volunteer beta, please remember to ask if they have time before sending your fanwork to them, and do let them know what you would like them to look at if you have particular expectations. And please remember to thank them and give credit (in your header) where it's due.
This post will be linked in the sidebar, so you can easily find it when you need it. Any problems, please contact one of the mods.
We're calling all intrepid, community minded individuals who are interested in helping out fellow comm members by betaing stories or art for our authors and artists. Can't fit in writing your own fic or creating your own piece for a particular challenge? Help a fellow creator out instead!
Please leave the following info to help writers see what you can offer:
Fic, art, vids, or all?
Willing to help with: (This may be characterisation, canon knowledge, spelling & grammar, Brit-picking (or other place/language knowledge), pacing and so on - whatever you think your strengths are or what you are prepared to do.)
Probably can't help with: (As above, and whatever else you can think of. Please also include any squicks, so if you really can't cope with character deaths or certain scenarios, please do let us know here.)
Peaceful Ood or Merciless Dalek? (How tough are you as a beta, or do you have a range of ferocity settings?)
Your LJ username
Best contact method: (Provide a contact email address - not your default LJ one, please. Alternatively, please indicate that you prefer to be contacted by PM.)
Sign-up form for c&p-ing:
Fic, art, or both?
Willing to help with:
Probably can't help with:
Peaceful Ood or Merciless Dalek?
Best contact method:
On behalf of the comm, thank you!
A note to beta-seekers: Proper care and feeding of volunteer betas is very important! When you contact a volunteer beta, please remember to ask if they have time before sending your fanwork to them, and do let them know what you would like them to look at if you have particular expectations. And please remember to thank them and give credit (in your header) where it's due.
This post will be linked in the sidebar, so you can easily find it when you need it. Any problems, please contact one of the mods.