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<DIV><TT>On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner wrote:<BR><BR>> I
know it would be lovely -- I've thought about appealing to<BR>> Amanda's
expertise myself on occasion -- but think about it. Would<BR>>
somebody who edits all day for a living (and editing is hard,<BR>> tiring,
often overwhelming work) want to spend their spare time<BR>> doing even
*more* editing for free? Especially considering that the<BR>> majority of
fanfic is written "for fun" rather than to a<BR>> professional standard,
thus making it harder slogging than anything<BR>> the editor would see at
work...<BR><BR>Jen: "Actually, beta-reading can be a lot more fun...
especially if you're<BR>working very closely with the author in the
development of the fic,<BR>paying a lot of attention to plot and
characterization, rather than just<BR>to spelling and grammar and so on.
[snip]</TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT> But there are some absolutely hopeless at<BR>basic grammar
writers out there -- and I generally won't beta for<BR>them. Too much
work, not enough appreciated."</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT>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
includesa fantastic number of grammar mistakes. :)</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT>yael</TT></DIV></BODY></HTML>