Weekly snippeting/beta-seeking/chatting post!

[littlebutfierce]

Round two for the pilot of this idea -- did folks find last week's useful at all (in theory or in actuality!)?

Please feel free to post snippets for feedback &/or cheerleading; request a beta; &/or... ?

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Beta wanted for Natsume Yuujinchou fic

[littlebutfierce]

I'd really like a fandom-specific beta for my Natsume Yuujinchou fic for help_japan. It's not quite ready for beta-ing yet, but I hope to get it there by the end of the weekend (in part through the magic of the writing session tomorrow). The fic is ~2500 words, gen.

If anyone knows the series & is able to help out I would appreciate it! & happy to return the favor, natch.

Re: Beta wanted for Natsume Yuujinchou fic

[lacygrey]

Sorry I don't know Natsume Yuujinchou fandom. Is there a good résumé/pimping post you could point me to?

Re: Beta wanted for Natsume Yuujinchou fic

[littlebutfierce]

Aw, I've been meaning to do a proper promo post for the series for ages! I still haven't managed it, which is a bummer (season 3 of the anime comes out this summer, so I ought to do it before then).

I'm hoping to finish up the fic in the next few days, if possible, & I've managed to find a beta who's already familiar w/canon--but thank you!

[lacygrey]

I've just replied to the thread at last week's post. Sorry that took a bit of time.

[littlebutfierce]

I am really horrible at replying to comments promptly, so there is no need to apologize!!

[chibifukurou]

Between being sick, my computer crashing, and RL I got basically nothing written this week. /:

But I am still looking for a Nabari no Ou/Doctor Who beta if anybody is interested:
http://writethisfanfic.dreamwidth.org/40394.html?thread=276938#cmt276938

[littlebutfierce]

I'm glad you were able to make it to the writing session then! Did you get a decent amount done during it? (I saw you doing a sprint, which is awesome--I'm at an editing stage, rather than the early just-get-some-words-down stage, otherwise I would've done it w/you all!)

I hope you're feeling better soon & the computer is better too!

[chibifukurou]

I think I got a little under 2,000 words written before I had to disconnect my computer. We had to pack up in case of a tornado, but thankfully nothing happened in my county. We didn't even get to much of a thunderstorm.

I'm thankfully mostly better on the sickness front, or at least I'm well enough to stop taking the medicine that knocks me out. So hopefully I'll be able to make some progress on my projects this week.

Thanks for the well wishes and best of luck with your editing!

[terajk]

I wrote three lines last night, and I have no idea what the story is. (Oops). They are Ranma 1/2-related lines.

He found Ranma sitting in front of Tendo training hall, and punted him.

"Good," Ranma said into the dirt. "You found my signs."

"You mean the ones that say, "Challenge this way, you jerk!'?....You jerk!"

(I'm still waiting on Ranma's next move. He swears it'll be a truly awesome comeback, but I have my doubts).


Go....me? Maybe I can make a drabble out of it.

[littlebutfierce]

AHAHAHAHA. I've only watched a bit of Ranma, & that was years ago, but hee! Of course Ranma swears his comeback will be tremendous.

[raletha]

I've not written much that doesn't need a good polish, so finding a snippet is hard!

Here's something?

“Would it be all right if I kissed you?” Trowa asked, smiling his little smile.

“Perfectly all right,” Quatre answered, also smiling.

So Trowa did; it was a tender, lingering kiss: chaste but not innocent. Quatre could feel the intention and desire lying hot but undisturbed beneath the soft press of their lips: the ash covered embers of yesterday’s fire. But Quatre did not dare to reach into the kiss for more. He wouldn’t demand; he would only accept.

When Trowa pulled back, his eyes were a softened glimmer in the faded light. His smile bowed slightly with regret. “That’s all I can manage right now,” he said.

I am miles away from needing a beta, but if there's someone familiar with Gundam Wing and who likes Trowa/Quatre well enough, who would be keen to look it over eventually, that would be cool. I don't need a line edit so much as someone to quality check it overall and point out places where the plot creaks too much, or I've waxed overly sentimental, or flubbed characterisation.

[charamei]

I vaguely know Gundam Wing, although I haven't seen it the whole way through and I last watched it years ago. I was in the fandom for a while, so I'm vaguely aware of the plot.

Basically, I'm willing to beta, but I can't do canon-checking.

(OH AND ALSO if there is porn you do not want me betaing for you being as I am an aromantic asexual virgin who skips sex scenes on the grounds that they're boring. Romance is fine, though.)

Let me know if I'll do ;)

[raletha]

Thank you so much for the offer (and I'm sorry to be so late with my reply). There is a fair amount of sex in the story though; it started out as a fic for the LJ comm, 30_lemons, and then grew a plot to go with the porn. Which is good, but yeah, there's probably too much porn. Thanks again for offering! I hope your writing is going well. :D

[littlebutfierce]

Aw, sweet kiss!

Those are the sorts of things I tend to need from a beta as well--I tend to worry a lot as to whether the characters would reaaaaallly do the things I make them do, or if I've crammed in too much of my own sappiness.

I am so not familiar w/GW but I hope you find a beta by the time you need one!

[raletha]

Thank you!

Yeah, I am mostly okay with the language mechanics and stuff, it's the other stuff that gets me. I didn't used to worry quite as much about character (I always felt like I was getting them right) until recently rereading a bunch of my really old stuff and finding it way too sappy for my current views of the characters! So it's funny you mentioned that specifically. SO now I am worried about it. ^^;;

I should be able to find someone on my reading list to beta, if not from the comm. It should work out! Thanks again!