PennyThompson
Orgasm Fairy
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- Nov 17, 2024
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So this is partially a brag, but on other people not on myself!
I just submitted a story for publishing that I'm really proud of, significantly longer and more plot-heavy than anything I've ever written, and at different points along the development and writing process five different Lit friends gave me various forms of alpha- and beta-reading assistance.
@SinclairGroupLLP encouraged me to stick with it when I was intimidated by the length it was turning into, and was drip-feeding him a couple thousand words at a time.
@THBGato gave me invaluable advice on the finer points of slow burn lesbian romances, some of which I ignored, probably to my detriment
@Actingup and @Nynah tag-teamed me in a google doc, helping me think about pacing and tone and plotting. Watching both of them pick apart my story via google doc comments is the closest I get to BDSM, but I kind of loved it...
And the wonderful @EmilyMiller gave me a fantastically detailed and insightful beta-read, and made me realize that I had over-used a couple of words to an embarrassing degree
Having a diversity of readers like this was so incredibly helpful, they each brought a different perspective and set of skills and they all unquestionably helped me make my finished story ten times better. When you find beta readers that will give you honest, critical, constructive feedback, never ever let them go
I just submitted a story for publishing that I'm really proud of, significantly longer and more plot-heavy than anything I've ever written, and at different points along the development and writing process five different Lit friends gave me various forms of alpha- and beta-reading assistance.
@SinclairGroupLLP encouraged me to stick with it when I was intimidated by the length it was turning into, and was drip-feeding him a couple thousand words at a time.
@THBGato gave me invaluable advice on the finer points of slow burn lesbian romances, some of which I ignored, probably to my detriment

@Actingup and @Nynah tag-teamed me in a google doc, helping me think about pacing and tone and plotting. Watching both of them pick apart my story via google doc comments is the closest I get to BDSM, but I kind of loved it...
And the wonderful @EmilyMiller gave me a fantastically detailed and insightful beta-read, and made me realize that I had over-used a couple of words to an embarrassing degree

Having a diversity of readers like this was so incredibly helpful, they each brought a different perspective and set of skills and they all unquestionably helped me make my finished story ten times better. When you find beta readers that will give you honest, critical, constructive feedback, never ever let them go
