30 Days of Fan Fiction Meme, Day 24
Jul. 22nd, 2011 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
labingi24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
My history with betas reflects my history with fan fic in general: it's gotten a lot more casual over the years. When I first started posting fic around 2004, I got everything betaed, big fics sometimes by more than one. Today, I rarely put forth the effort and patience to recruit a beta before posting, unless I'm writing in an area I know I'm not competent to field alone, the most typical example being the British idiom. To that end, I usually go tovilakins's door today, and she is very obliging and helpful.
One effect of not getting stories betaed anymore is that I almost always have typos because I'm not a very good proofreader. As for quality, I think it depends on the story. Sometimes I can put out a decent quality story on my own (in my own estimation). Sometimes my stories fall flat, and I'm sure a beta would have been helpful.
I do still sometimes get major works betaed.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
louderandlouder and sixish did some lovely beta work for my on my giant Banana Fish fic a few months back.
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
My history with betas reflects my history with fan fic in general: it's gotten a lot more casual over the years. When I first started posting fic around 2004, I got everything betaed, big fics sometimes by more than one. Today, I rarely put forth the effort and patience to recruit a beta before posting, unless I'm writing in an area I know I'm not competent to field alone, the most typical example being the British idiom. To that end, I usually go to
vilakins's door today, and she is very obliging and helpful. One effect of not getting stories betaed anymore is that I almost always have typos because I'm not a very good proofreader. As for quality, I think it depends on the story. Sometimes I can put out a decent quality story on my own (in my own estimation). Sometimes my stories fall flat, and I'm sure a beta would have been helpful.
I do still sometimes get major works betaed.
louderandlouder and sixish did some lovely beta work for my on my giant Banana Fish fic a few months back.25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
