MadeYaLook
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- Aug 7, 2011
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Hi 
I'm looking for an editor who "beta reads" the story I'd like to publish next. Chronologically, it was the second story I've ever written with Literotica in mind - that was some time ago, and it has never made it to this site, or any other human's eyes.
While I'm usually quite capable of telling whether a fictional story of mine will meet "the crowd's" taste or not, the issue with this piece is that it is essentially the story of my first relationship (in fact, right now it's probably too close to the truth, so I will have to alter some other things to protect her (and my) privacy). Therefore, even after plenty of time, I simply don't fully manage to take that step back and judge the piece from a reader's point of view.
This means that I'm not looking for input regarding any major plot changes because it should stay what it is - the story of my first relationship. I'm rather looking for someone who tells me whether it's worth to publish the whole thing, where I move too fast and where it's dragging, where more details are needed and where I can drop something.
The story is currently roughly 25,000 words, and I intend to publish it in the Romance category (although, there is no happy ending, but that's not a necessity, is it?). I've split the story into four chapters:
- "First sight", 8 pages
- "Getting to know each other", 11 pages
- "Becoming a couple", 18 pages
- "All good things come to and end", 5 pages
(- "Epilogue", 1 page)
The quality of the piece is fair at the beginning and gets worse towards the end. I'm very much aware that I'll have to re-write many parts - also because my writing in English has improved significantly since I wrote this draft - but I don't want to do that if my beta reader tells me "don't bother, I fell asleep half way through"
That doesn't mean that it's full of mistakes. It's easily readable, I just hadn't had the time to start playing around with sentences to make them sound "nice", add "wit" and so on - from my personal experience, I have to read through the piece ten to twenty times and keep fiddling with it until I'm happy If you like a glimpse of my style, you can check out the story I've published on Lit (although this piece isn't as good yet from a literary point of view).
If you're interested, please PM / Email me or reply to this thread.
I'm looking for an editor who "beta reads" the story I'd like to publish next. Chronologically, it was the second story I've ever written with Literotica in mind - that was some time ago, and it has never made it to this site, or any other human's eyes.
While I'm usually quite capable of telling whether a fictional story of mine will meet "the crowd's" taste or not, the issue with this piece is that it is essentially the story of my first relationship (in fact, right now it's probably too close to the truth, so I will have to alter some other things to protect her (and my) privacy). Therefore, even after plenty of time, I simply don't fully manage to take that step back and judge the piece from a reader's point of view.
This means that I'm not looking for input regarding any major plot changes because it should stay what it is - the story of my first relationship. I'm rather looking for someone who tells me whether it's worth to publish the whole thing, where I move too fast and where it's dragging, where more details are needed and where I can drop something.
The story is currently roughly 25,000 words, and I intend to publish it in the Romance category (although, there is no happy ending, but that's not a necessity, is it?). I've split the story into four chapters:
- "First sight", 8 pages
- "Getting to know each other", 11 pages
- "Becoming a couple", 18 pages
- "All good things come to and end", 5 pages
(- "Epilogue", 1 page)
The quality of the piece is fair at the beginning and gets worse towards the end. I'm very much aware that I'll have to re-write many parts - also because my writing in English has improved significantly since I wrote this draft - but I don't want to do that if my beta reader tells me "don't bother, I fell asleep half way through"
That doesn't mean that it's full of mistakes. It's easily readable, I just hadn't had the time to start playing around with sentences to make them sound "nice", add "wit" and so on - from my personal experience, I have to read through the piece ten to twenty times and keep fiddling with it until I'm happy
If you like a glimpse of my style, you can check out the story I've published on Lit (although this piece isn't as good yet from a literary point of view).If you're interested, please PM / Email me or reply to this thread.
