Editor needed for non-human

[Shyee]

So I'm back with another story since my pc blew up.

Current Story:: Werewolves and vampires

Jist:: Wolf looses mate, then finds out centuries later shes been reborn so starting their life all over again.

Words:: 15886

Other Info:: It's going to be a story series, unsure of how many chapters atm.

I'm after someone who can help me divide my story into chapters. I'm shocking at knowing where a chapter ends. But also to give me suggestions if I'm using the same word over again like the last one I wanted to post but lost. Also with grammer. I seem to ramble on in some sentances. I have to be reminded not to be long winded.. lol.

From the way I'm writting now, depending on how many grammerical errors I make, it would just be a few weeks work for me to complete the series with the help of dividing the story up. So it would probably be always around the 15k words in each part of the emails.

I think if I haven't made to many mistakes, all I'd need is someone to go over it and throw back suggestions of what I've missed so I can correct it.

I do take critisim well so throw whatever you got at me.. lol.

Just post here and throw me a private message if your interested.

Cheers.
Shyee.

 

[Shyee]

So patience isn't one of my virtues. lol.. If someone could tell me how many words should go into a chapter that would help me as well. I can get feedback after I post with what I can improve on.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

So patience isn't one of my virtues. lol.. If someone could tell me how many words should go into a chapter that would help me as well. I can get feedback after I post with what I can improve on.

Just me, but I aim for 6,000 - 7,000 words. Sometimes less, sometimes more, the important thing is to end the story at a logical stopping point. I would advise against ending mid-stroke, so to speak.

I don't know, but if your post is written like your stories, you have spelling and grammar issues. Use spellcheck to assist here. The grammar tool in Word can at times be helpful, but can also be a distraction. You have to know when to "believe" it and when to "ignore" it, which comes with experience.

I do edit but I lack the time to edit a story this long as I also enjoy writing. I can take a quick look this weekend if you want, but it won't be a word-for-word edit, just a skimming. Better than nothing I suppose.

PM me if you're interested in this.

 

[Shyee]

Thanks for answering and yes, that would be perfect. I just need a guide and a reminding what I'm doing. Been a few years since high school and I failed english.. lol.

 

[PennLady]

I find that about 10k words is good for an installment of a story, although of course where you wish to end a chapter is up to you. This was also recommended to me by the editor at Erotica Republic. I tend to write -- usually -- in Word and a "chapter" is 18-24 Word pages (3-4 Lit screen pages). I myself tend not to read anything longer than 3-4 pages, as I simply don't have the time, so I try not to make that demand of readers.

As AsylumSeeker noted, the first thing I would do is a run a spell and grammar check on your stories, and try to make sure you have the basic punctuation and grammar rules covered. It's frustrating, as an editor, to see basic rules ignored. Most often this seems to happen in dialogue, but I also see it incorrect use of apostrophes, etc. For example: its = possessive adjective; it's = it is or it was; a contraction.

PennLady

 

[Shyee]

I went thru it last night to correct what I could see I did wrong and ended up putting in chapters which I think fit into the flow of the story so up to chapter five now. Some chapters are shorter than others but that's the only way it felt right to do. But with going with what you just said, PennLady, they might be to short.. lol. So I'll go over it again and toss the begining together as one so chapter two can be where the good stuff starts.

I think my biggest problem is because I'm a Aussie and we spell things differently so I get myself into trouble with that. But I spent four hours going over it slowly to see what I could was wrong and then did the grammer and spelling a few times when I corrected things.

Even after doing that, I know I'm missing something, I just don't know what it is.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

I went thru it last night to correct what I could see I did wrong and ended up putting in chapters which I think fit into the flow of the story so up to chapter five now. Some chapters are shorter than others but that's the only way it felt right to do. But with going with what you just said, PennLady, they might be to short.. lol. So I'll go over it again and toss the begining together as one so chapter two can be where the good stuff starts.

I think my biggest problem is because I'm a Aussie and we spell things differently so I get myself into trouble with that. But I spent four hours going over it slowly to see what I could was wrong and then did the grammer and spelling a few times when I corrected things.

Even after doing that, I know I'm missing something, I just don't know what it is.

As offered earlier, PM me, it still stands.

 

[Shyee]

I did. I'll do it again.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

I did. I'll do it again.

Going through it now. Many mistakes, you tend to end sentences lacking punctaution. Just a few remarks. This being my largst complaint so far.

Not bad writing, actually quite good, but just bad form.

Don't be discouraged, but encouraged!

Lots of red, lots to improve upon

Just me.

 

[KiaraNightshadow]

If you're still looking for help, send me an updated copy and I'd be glad to help you out.

-KN

 

[AsylumSeeker]

If you're still looking for help, send me an updated copy and I'd be glad to help you out.

-KN

Thanks. maybe the writer will. Sent me an unfinished story, might be looking for a final edit you may be agreeable to. If this is the case be on the lookout for sentences without periods. To be honest I have never before encountered someone who writes so well and yet so terribly.

 

[Shyee]

Not sure if I should take that as a compliment or a insult.. lol.

I'm a Aussie, so we don't do stuff the same way as the US. So I'm guessing that's what the problems are with my writting. Once I get the start of it back from Asylum, I can fix up the other half of the story that I've done so it won't be as much work.

Doing English in primary and secondary school, we didn't do much work in grammer and punctuation. Primary school, they taught us the basics, then in high school, they don't correct it at all. When I went, they did more reading then actually writing. Like, having to read works from Shakespear and Chaucer, having to disect their works into what we understood. We never did any type of story writting for ourselves, so that's why I suck with the basic stuff that Editors know.

So, Kiara, once I get the first part back and correct it in the second part I've done. If your interested, I'll send it over to you to re-check it. I don't want to put Asylum thru another round with my stuff. Sounds like it was already up to twelve rounds.. lol.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Not sure if I should take that as a compliment or a insult.. lol.

I'm a Aussie, so we don't do stuff the same way as the US. So I'm guessing that's what the problems are with my writting. Once I get the start of it back from Asylum, I can fix up the other half of the story that I've done so it won't be as much work.

Doing English in primary and secondary school, we didn't do much work in grammer and punctuation. Primary school, they taught us the basics, then in high school, they don't correct it at all. When I went, they did more reading then actually writing. Like, having to read works from Shakespear and Chaucer, having to disect their works into what we understood. We never did any type of story writting for ourselves, so that's why I suck with the basic stuff that Editors know.

So, Kiara, once I get the first part back and correct it in the second part I've done. If your interested, I'll send it over to you to re-check it. I don't want to put Asylum thru another round with my stuff. Sounds like it was already up to twelve rounds.. lol.

Fair enough, should probably not have said anything. Shame on me. But I was caught by the excitement of your fine writing, yet was also mentioning a few minor details for other editors to be aware of.

Z-Z-Z-I-P!

 

[Shyee]

It's good that you did. I see where I was going wrong so next round of editing on the rest of the story, it shouldn't be as dirty as the chapters you worked on.

Thankyou very much for helping me see the errors of my work. And I really mean it. I have a few stories going on at the moment, so now I know how to make them look better than they are now. I really needed someone to point out where I was going wrong, so thankyou again for the help on it.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

It's good that you did. I see where I was going wrong so next round of editing on the rest of the story, it shouldn't be as dirty as the chapters you worked on.

Thankyou very much for helping me see the errors of my work. And I really mean it. I have a few stories going on at the moment, so now I know how to make them look better than they are now. I really needed someone to point out where I was going wrong, so thankyou again for the help on it.

I will still apologize in hindsight for sharing what I did when it could/should have been kept private. But at the same time, what ends well... you know the rest.

Best of luck with it.

But for the benefit of those reading this, let's specify that "dirty" means it had some writing mistakes, mainly with punctuation, lest they misunderstand. Of course that might boost interest, lol.