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Zuriel:
I've never used a beta (not easy to find one   :-\  ), but I know many do.  So, I'd like to know...besides the obvious checking of spelling and grammar...what does a beta do for you?

Do you only use a beta for the nuts and bolts aspect?  Or for content, too?

How much do you rely on a beta?  If they make a suggestion, are you more likely to change your story, based purely on what they say?

cenwolfgirl:
(pleas remember
a;) i have only used one once for a few chapters
b.) i am not a published or anything author
c.) i am a 17 year old girl and so don't know everything
when you read this
so you are reading this informed of the reliabilaty and accuresy of what i say)
they can sugest things that would improve the story
infact they often do
but you are the one that makes the finel desision on things
so it may be better to have more then one
they can suggest words that will flow better ect
and also give opinones on the content but i think only if you ask for it

Aminar:
What I tend to do is ask questions about concepts to see how fleshed out the writer has them.  From there a Beta should watch for continuity mistakes and small oversights.  Alpha readers watch plot flow and the like as well, or at last that is my understanding.

Zuriel:
I understand published authors using a beta, for all of these reasons, and that makes sense.  There's a lot at stake.

But I guess I have the old-school thought that I should take full responsibility for my stories, and if I make mistakes, then so be it.

But then I can also take all the accolades for writing a good one, if I'm lucky.   ;)

Maybe I'm just not into sharing...   ::)  Or maybe I'm just frustrated - jealous maybe? - because I've not been able to find a beta.   :(

cenwolfgirl:
if i could do the spelling grammar thing i would offer to look at it
but yours is better then mine  ::)
you will fined some one i am shore

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