Volunteer editor offering services

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Hello everyone. I just returned to this site after about a 2 year break and have been thinking about offering my services as an editor once again. I edited quite a few stories back then and have a decent amount of experience, although I'd by no means call myself an expert.

How does it work?
1. Post a reply in this thread or send me a PM describing your story in a few sentences. Include a quick overview of genre, setting and plot, as well as the dominant fetishes. Wordcount of the story is also useful to know.
I tend to both give technical corrections (spelling, grammar, word choice, etc.) and some story feedback where needed (character development, plot holes, inconsistencies and such). Should you have a preference for one over the other that would also be useful to note, as it saves me some time by only focusing on the parts you actually want help with.

2. If I'm not too busy and your description didn't turn me off right away (see below), I will ask you to email me your story for review. This will have to be a MS Word document, or alternatively you can share a Google Docs document with me. I'll quickly scan it to get a feel for the general state of the writing. This will give me an idea of how much work it would be to edit, after which I'll let you know if this fits into my schedule, as well as a general estimation of how long it would take me. This is more so a vague guideline than a hard promise, as my schedule is a bit unpredictable and some stories take more time than others.

3. Once I'm done editing you will receive your story back by email. I use a combination of the track changes feature of MS Word and comments in the document (or the equivalent features of Google Docs). Please make sure you understand how these features work before you review my feedback, I've had people ignoring the stuff from track changes before by accident, or thinking they didn't need to do anything with the document after they got it back.

Stories I don't accept
Generally speaking, most stories should be fine, as long as they're in English and provided in a format Microsoft Word supports (or shared on Google Docs).
However, the following genres/fetishes will ALWAYS BE REJECTED by default:

• Anything that is against the Literotica rules. If you can't post it, I won't edit it either.
• Gay/bisexual males (exception might be made if it's only one scene or a minor element)
• Watersports, toiletplay and related fetishes involving bodily fluids.
• Very extreme BDSM, disfiguring, excessive/glorified/sexualized gore and/or extreme violence, etc.

This list might be expanded later, and I might still reject stories that don't fall in the above categories on a case by case basis. I'm pretty open-minded, but this is a volunteer thing and I won't sit through a story that I am not into or that makes me uncomfortable.

What do I ask in return?
Some credit for the editing at the top of your story using my full username (ThisNameIsntTakenYet).
Also, the promise that you actually do something with my feedback. I won't fix your story for you, instead you will get advise and suggestions on how to improve your story. This will require some work on your part, and in the past I've seen writers post stories that have basically all the problems I pointed out still in them. I spend a lot of time on the editing process, and while my feedback is just a suggestion, I would appreciate it if you actually intend to do something with it (unless you disagree with a suggestion of course).

 

[storyteller19]

Story for editing

Hi, I was looking to get my story Harrowing Halloween edited.
It is a first time, romance, mystery story about a kid who moves to a town in the woods and ends up meeting a Ghost on Halloween who is the victim of an unsolved murder.
The main plot is about the kids friendship and eventual relationship with the ghost girl as he also tries to help her solve her murder and move on. He can only fully see and interact with her once a year on Halloween. There is a second love interest of a living girl once the main character is a senior in high school.
Also bully problems. Also the killer is still around.

The word count is in the 15-20000 word length if I remember correctly off the top of my head so it is kind of a long one.

I wouldn’t be in a rush to get it edited, want to get it fixed up to resubmit for Halloween.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Hi, I was looking to get my story Harrowing Halloween edited.
It is a first time, romance, mystery story about a kid who moves to a town in the woods and ends up meeting a Ghost on Halloween who is the victim of an unsolved murder.
The main plot is about the kids friendship and eventual relationship with the ghost girl as he also tries to help her solve her murder and move on. He can only fully see and interact with her once a year on Halloween. There is a second love interest of a living girl once the main character is a senior in high school.
Also bully problems. Also the killer is still around.

The word count is in the 15-20000 word length if I remember correctly off the top of my head so it is kind of a long one.

I wouldn’t be in a rush to get it edited, want to get it fixed up to resubmit for Halloween.

Have to say, that does sound like a very interesting story. I'd love to edit it for you, but I'm currently editing two stories around the 50k wordcount each, on top of being busy with school... Would you mind sending me a PM about the story in, say, about 2 weeks or so? By then I think I should have some more room in my schedule for a story of that size. If you haven't found a different editor by then of course, which is fine too. But Halloween is still pretty far away, so if you would mind waiting a bit I'd love to edit it for you.

 

[storyteller19]

Sounds great

Yeah I can send a pm in about 2 weeks, I am in the middle of working on something new at the moment so I don’t mind waiting a bit before you can look at it.

I think I saw a post that you said you were working on your first story to submit as well?

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Sounds good, looking forward to it.

And yes, I'm also working on a story for the Nude Day contest, which would be my first submission here. That's where most of my free time goes at the moment because of the deadline.

 

[FoxyLux]

First story

Hello,

I've put a story to paper, for the very first time.
But English isn't my native language, writing is far from my dayjob and editing isn't my strong suit.
Maybe you'd be interested in proofreading/editing my story before I unleash it on the site's population?

Quik summary: Intern wants info on a jobopening and finds a different kind of opening to fill..., from the co-workers prospective.

If you're interested, please pm me.

Regards,

FoxyLux

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Hello,

I've put a story to paper, for the very first time.
But English isn't my native language, writing is far from my dayjob and editing isn't my strong suit.
Maybe you'd be interested in proofreading/editing my story before I unleash it on the site's population?

Quik summary: Intern wants info on a jobopening and finds a different kind of opening to fill..., from the co-workers prospective.

If you're interested, please pm me.

Regards,

FoxyLux

Seems like you haven't turned on private messaging (it's disabled by default). To quote Lynn:

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[FoxyLux]

It's fixed now, My account wasn't active yet.

Thanks for letting me know

 

[Arkfisting]

Hi, Taken
I have chapter 2 of my story "The Swim Team" ready to go, but I would like an editor to look it over if you're available. It is 9900 words for this chapter and is slated for the Exhibitionist & Voyeur category. fff, mff, voyeur are the tags. I posted the first part after self editing, but some of the feedback suggested I get an editor.
The story centers on a wealthy widower, Mr. B, raising a daughter and becoming smitten with the daughter's best friend. Both girls are on the high school swim team and other members of the team come over to use the pool and occasionally have fun. This chapter is the first time that Mr. B gets the impression that perhaps the friend is attracted to him as well. Other members of the team enjoy each other during a sleep over, unaware that the security system has a camera.
I hope that piques your interest. I look forward to hearing from you.

Arkfisting

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Hi, Taken
I have chapter 2 of my story "The Swim Team" ready to go, but I would like an editor to look it over if you're available. It is 9900 words for this chapter and is slated for the Exhibitionist & Voyeur category. fff, mff, voyeur are the tags. I posted the first part after self editing, but some of the feedback suggested I get an editor.
The story centers on a wealthy widower, Mr. B, raising a daughter and becoming smitten with the daughter's best friend. Both girls are on the high school swim team and other members of the team come over to use the pool and occasionally have fun. This chapter is the first time that Mr. B gets the impression that perhaps the friend is attracted to him as well. Other members of the team enjoy each other during a sleep over, unaware that the security system has a camera.
I hope that piques your interest. I look forward to hearing from you.

Arkfisting

It does sound interesting. However, I've got a few pretty long stories to work on at the moment, which will likely keep me busy for at least the next few weeks, maybe longer. There's a bit of a waiting list, at the moment. I could put you on it if you want, but expect a month or more before I have time to look at it.

 

[jackanory6969]

Hello everyone. I just returned to this site after about a 2 year break and have been thinking about offering my services as an editor once again. I edited quite a few stories back then and have a decent amount of experience, although I'd by no means call myself an expert.

How does it work?
1. Post a reply in this thread or send me a PM describing your story in a few sentences. Include a quick overview of genre, setting and plot, as well as the dominant fetishes. Wordcount of the story is also useful to know.
I tend to both give technical corrections (spelling, grammar, word choice, etc.) and some story feedback where needed (character development, plot holes, inconsistencies and such). Should you have a preference for one over the other that would also be useful to note, as it saves me some time by only focusing on the parts you actually want help with.

2. If I'm not too busy and your description didn't turn me off right away (see below), I will ask you to email me your story for review. This will have to be a MS Word document, or alternatively you can share a Google Docs document with me. I'll quickly scan it to get a feel for the general state of the writing. This will give me an idea of how much work it would be to edit, after which I'll let you know if this fits into my schedule, as well as a general estimation of how long it would take me. This is more so a vague guideline than a hard promise, as my schedule is a bit unpredictable and some stories take more time than others.

3. Once I'm done editing you will receive your story back by email. I use a combination of the track changes feature of MS Word and comments in the document (or the equivalent features of Google Docs). Please make sure you understand how these features work before you review my feedback, I've had people ignoring the stuff from track changes before by accident, or thinking they didn't need to do anything with the document after they got it back.

Stories I don't accept
Generally speaking, most stories should be fine, as long as they're in English and provided in a format Microsoft Word supports (or shared on Google Docs).
However, the following genres/fetishes will ALWAYS BE REJECTED by default:

• Anything that is against the Literotica rules. If you can't post it, I won't edit it either.
• Gay/bisexual males (exception might be made if it's only one scene or a minor element)
• Watersports and related fetishes
• Very extreme BDSM, disfiguring, excessive/glorified/sexualized gore and/or extreme violence, etc.

This list might be expanded later, and I might still reject stories that don't fall in the above categories on a case by case basis. I'm pretty open-minded, but this is a volunteer thing and I won't sit through a story that I am not into or that makes me uncomfortable.

What do I ask in return?
Some credit for the editing at the top of your story using my full username (ThisNameIsntTakenYet).
Also, the promise that you actually do something with my feedback. I won't fix your story for you, instead you will get advise and suggestions on how to improve your story. This will require some work on your part, and in the past I've seen writers post stories that have basically all the problems I pointed out still in them. I spend a lot of time on the editing process, and while my feedback is just a suggestion, I would appreciate it if you actually intend to do something with it (unless you disagree with a suggestion of course).

Hi there
I can see you’re already very busy, and probably will be for a while, so I fully understand if the answer is ‘no’, but if you do have the time to read my story, I’d really appreciate your feedback, and if possible your help?
My story is about a Father and Daughter who head off on a catch-up vacation to the Caribbean. Only to find that the all inclusive hotel they’d booked us actually a swingers hotel. And to top it all off, they booked it as a married couple on their honeymoon, so as to get a further discount and room upgrade.
That’s how it starts. It’s slow to begin with as you get to know the characters and the situation they find themselves in. Then, as the tension, and sexual tension builds, it focuses on how they deal with the situation individually and together, as they discover new adventures for both of them!
If this sounds of interest to you, please get in touch, and we can discuss it further.
Kind regards
Jack
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[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

I've mostly worked through my backlog now, so the waiting time has significantly shortened.

 

[BrokenSpokes]

I’m looking for a potential editor/beta-reader for future chapters in my series Hard Landing. It’s a lesbian romance between a Army girl with a lot of emotional issues and an artsy nerd girl. Two chapters are up, chapter three is pending now. I think I’m looking at 7-10 chapters total, depending on how much feedback I get on length.

Love your user name btw.

 

[PopMyCeeri]

Have a short story. Would love an edit

Had a story rejected for grammar and punctuation. Two things I thought I took pride in.
So. I would love to get an impartial edit if possible.

I've written the first chapter in a pseudo incest stepdad/ step brother reverse harem with very mild BDSM.
Megan is 19yrs old and has secretly had the hots for Brad and Leo, her stepdad and stepbrother. Their first encounter starts the beginning of this erotic journey.

Please let me know if this is one you may be interested in editing. Thanks.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Had a story rejected for grammar and punctuation. Two things I thought I took pride in.
So. I would love to get an impartial edit if possible.

I've written the first chapter in a pseudo incest stepdad/ step brother reverse harem with very mild BDSM.
Megan is 19yrs old and has secretly had the hots for Brad and Leo, her stepdad and stepbrother. Their first encounter starts the beginning of this erotic journey.

Please let me know if this is one you may be interested in editing. Thanks.

I might be interested. What is the wordcount of that first chapter? That's always useful to know so I have a general idea of how long it would take me to edit.