lovecraft68
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I know Mistress Lynn has set some rules for threads here, but I think this qualifies to be here.
First off let me say that as far as VE Editors go I appreciate the fact that these people are willing to give their time to try to help people out. I also understand at the end of the day its free and you get what you pay for.
I don't expect the VE Editors to be professionals or even have worked in that type of field. What I would expect just in common sense is that for someone to think they can edit they should feel they know something of the English language.
After going without and editor for awhile, I was getting tired of having the same "good story, but grammar issues" comments and figured I would seek one out. I found one here in the available editors thread and they did a story for me.
When I got it back I noticed there did not seem to be many changes, but thought well, maybe I'm improving. Then I noted that once the sex scene started there was not one change. Not one. I would have thought okay, maybe it squicked them, but when they gave it back they called out how hot the scene was and why so they read it.
That made it occur to me that once the heat started they just turned into a reader and lost all focus on what they were doing. In my final pass I found several things on my own. I posted the story and as I do gave the editor a nod.
I then received the same bad grammar comments including one entitled "this was edited?" I also received a private one that called out several mistakes.
I know its free, but I got a little pissed. Fact is if you don't know anything about cars would you offer to fix your friends breaks? Of course not, so what possesses people to say they know their grammar when they don't? I mean I've improved, but if you can;t find a few mistakes in anything I write, you're pretty bad off, because grammar has always been my weak point.
What I am getting at is I think on the VE profiles there should be a way to rate the editors. Not stars or anything fancy, simply a "satisfactory, unsatisfactory" something to tell another author, yeah don't waste your time.
Does anyone agree with that, or am I just being to hard on people? I don't believe so for the simple reason that now that I've been here awhile newer authors will ask if I'll look at their story and help.
I always say yes, but the next thing I say is I'll only make comments and suggestions on the story itself. I will not speak about grammar, because I'm awful at it. Is it too much to ask for the same from an editor?
First off let me say that as far as VE Editors go I appreciate the fact that these people are willing to give their time to try to help people out. I also understand at the end of the day its free and you get what you pay for.
I don't expect the VE Editors to be professionals or even have worked in that type of field. What I would expect just in common sense is that for someone to think they can edit they should feel they know something of the English language.
After going without and editor for awhile, I was getting tired of having the same "good story, but grammar issues" comments and figured I would seek one out. I found one here in the available editors thread and they did a story for me.
When I got it back I noticed there did not seem to be many changes, but thought well, maybe I'm improving. Then I noted that once the sex scene started there was not one change. Not one. I would have thought okay, maybe it squicked them, but when they gave it back they called out how hot the scene was and why so they read it.
That made it occur to me that once the heat started they just turned into a reader and lost all focus on what they were doing. In my final pass I found several things on my own. I posted the story and as I do gave the editor a nod.
I then received the same bad grammar comments including one entitled "this was edited?" I also received a private one that called out several mistakes.
I know its free, but I got a little pissed. Fact is if you don't know anything about cars would you offer to fix your friends breaks? Of course not, so what possesses people to say they know their grammar when they don't? I mean I've improved, but if you can;t find a few mistakes in anything I write, you're pretty bad off, because grammar has always been my weak point.
What I am getting at is I think on the VE profiles there should be a way to rate the editors. Not stars or anything fancy, simply a "satisfactory, unsatisfactory" something to tell another author, yeah don't waste your time.
Does anyone agree with that, or am I just being to hard on people? I don't believe so for the simple reason that now that I've been here awhile newer authors will ask if I'll look at their story and help.
I always say yes, but the next thing I say is I'll only make comments and suggestions on the story itself. I will not speak about grammar, because I'm awful at it. Is it too much to ask for the same from an editor?