I don't understand how to...demand what I need out of a beta. This is a personal problem; I'm not very good at asking for favors for some things.
For betas who're excellent and give me all the kinds of crit I need, I don't understand how to demand more of their time. Particularly because I really only want to demand lots of someone's time if they're really really REALLY into the story. Personally I like to beta (I have no trouble understanding being a beta; I think I'm rather good at it). And once I had to beta for someone whose story left me seriously meh. I still beta'ed it and I still ENJOYED betaing, but because I like to beta, not because of the story. The idea of demanding all the time I feel I need and dumping all the stuff I would want to dump on someone who was not really really into the story for the sake of the story makes my skin crawl.
For betas who don't give me what I need as far as crit, I don't know how to get it through their heads. they do the spelling and grammar stuff. I say, what about content? And then they talk about word choice and sentence structure. And I say, okay, but what about the plot? And they say oh that's fine. Obviously, in this case, I need a new beta.
But I don't understand how to find new betas in new fandoms. Which is part of the bigger problem of finding a place at all in new fandoms, but WHATEVER, apparently I needed to get my whine on.
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For betas who're excellent and give me all the kinds of crit I need, I don't understand how to demand more of their time. Particularly because I really only want to demand lots of someone's time if they're really really REALLY into the story. Personally I like to beta (I have no trouble understanding being a beta; I think I'm rather good at it). And once I had to beta for someone whose story left me seriously meh. I still beta'ed it and I still ENJOYED betaing, but because I like to beta, not because of the story. The idea of demanding all the time I feel I need and dumping all the stuff I would want to dump on someone who was not really really into the story for the sake of the story makes my skin crawl.
For betas who don't give me what I need as far as crit, I don't know how to get it through their heads. they do the spelling and grammar stuff. I say, what about content? And then they talk about word choice and sentence structure. And I say, okay, but what about the plot? And they say oh that's fine. Obviously, in this case, I need a new beta.
But I don't understand how to find new betas in new fandoms. Which is part of the bigger problem of finding a place at all in new fandoms, but WHATEVER, apparently I needed to get my whine on.
I'm through, now.