[HPFGU-OTChatter] editors (was: Re: Tea,)

[yael-pou]

  On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner wrote:

  > I know it would be lovely -- I've thought about appealing to
  > Amanda's expertise myself on occasion -- but think about it.  Would
  > somebody who edits all day for a living (and editing is hard,
  > tiring, often overwhelming work) want to spend their spare time
  > doing even *more* editing for free? Especially considering that the
  > majority of fanfic is written "for fun" rather than to a
  > professional standard, thus making it harder slogging than anything
  > the editor would see at work...

  Jen: "Actually, beta-reading can be a lot more fun...  especially if you're
  working very closely with the author in the development of the fic,
  paying a lot of attention to plot and characterization, rather than just
  to spelling and grammar and so on.  [snip]
    But there are some absolutely hopeless at
  basic grammar writers out there -- and I generally won't beta for
  them.  Too much work, not enough appreciated."

Actually, I'm with Rebecca. As a fanfic writer, I feel very uncomfortable knowing that my betas usually get paid to do the same work they do for me/my story. That is why I refuse to have professional editors as betas. Either that, or I'm just ashamed to show them my raw material, which includes a fantastic number of grammar mistakes. :)

yael
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