Want an Editor?

[ms.read]

Okay, maybe I'm feeling a little generous right now. Maybe I want a firsthand preview of some of the best erotica there is out there right now.

You want to get a general feel of what readers are going to say about your story. You want to improve, get a better rating, maybe even become good enough to get published and make money. Sounds good so far?

So what's the catch?

Me. I love to read. ( you could tell by the screen name right?) I take reading to the extreme, maybe thats why I'm on the computer so much.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind doing a little editing for you, if you are willing to take an honest look at something you put alot of time and effort into.

I'm quite blunt, and will tell you if it sucks. Please don't take it personally, it reflects nothing on your character ( no, not the people you are writing about).

If its good, I mean really good, I will be the first one to back you up and give you a standing ovation for your prose.

So, here are the requirements:

1. Run your document through a spell checker other than your four year old sister, Remember I'm doing this for fun and if I can't read it I'll dump it. I may suggest better words for you to use in certain instances, but those tend to be rare.
2. I only accept .rtf files or the copy and paste option in email. PM me for more details for submitting to me.
3. My last request is that you either pm me the basic outline of your story, or post it in this thread.

I will not read anything that has scatplay, snuff, or anything that has to do with armpit hair.

I will attempt to do a case by case basis on anything else.

This thread will be updated with any further notice of what I don't like to read.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Ms R,

Just sent a PM your way that includes an offer you can easily refuse along with the trenchent observation that you are really into heavy pain.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[DerelictionOfSanity]

Well, I mostly edit my own work, but if you'd like to follow the link to my stories and give me an honest opinion, it would be appreciated. I'd prefer not to convert them and send them, but since they're already up on Lit, you have full access to them and can decide whether the format is convenient enough.

 

[buxxxom]

If you're planning to edit for grammar, a brush-up on the usages of your versus you're and proper placement of commas might be a good idea.

 

[ms.read]

If you're planning to edit for grammar, a brush-up on the usages of your versus you're and proper placement of commas might be a good idea.

please find examples of where i mixed your and you're. I would be glad to fix them...

oh and I am not editing for grammar. I know what a published page should look like but, like many people on here, we are all human and we always ere on the wrong side of grammar.

As you can see, the above paragraph is purposefully horrible.

 

[buxxxom]

Okay, maybe I'm feeling a little generous right now. Maybe I want a firsthand preview of some of the best erotica there is out there right now.

You want to get a general feel of what readers are going to say about your story. You want to improve, get a better rating, maybe even become good enough to get published and make money. Sounds good so far?

So what's the catch?

Me. I love to read. ( you could tell by the screen name right?) I take reading to the extreme, maybe thats why I'm on the computer so much.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind doing a little editing for you, if you are willing to take an honest look at something you put alot of time and effort into.

I'm quite blunt, and will tell you if it sucks. Please don't take it personally, it reflects nothing on your character ( no, not the people you are writing about).

If its good, I mean really good, I will be the first one to back you up and give you a standing ovation for your prose.

So, here are the requirements:

1. Run your document through a spell checker other than you're four year old sister, Remember I'm doing this for fun and if I can't read it I'll dump it. I may suggest better words for you to use in certain instances, but those tend to be rare.
2. I only accept .rtf files or the copy and paste option in email. PM me for more details for submitting to me.
3. My last request is that you either pm me the basic outline of your story, or post it in this thread.

I will not read anything that has scatplay, snuff, or anything that has to do with armpit hair.

I will attempt to do a case by case basis on anything else.

This thread will be updated with any further notice of what I don't like to read.

Bad grammar will cause me to abandon a story quicker than any other reason.

 

[DerelictionOfSanity]

Bad grammar will cause me to abandon a story quicker than any other reason.

Bad grammar isn't the prime dissuasion for me, but truly horrible messes will send me running faster than bad spelling. Bad spelling only indicates a lack of caution/attention. Truly bad grammar makes the content confusing as well.

 

[buxxxom]

I tend to dump all those things (bad spelling, grammar, improper word usage, etc.) into the same bucket. A truly remarkable plot or characters aren't good enough to make me wade through the muck of grammatical errors to finish a story. If I don't finish, I don't vote. Many readers can discount those elements and find the good parts of a work, I'm simply one who can't. There are lots like me, and it's for this reason that I think an author should be able to expect an editor to catch things that spellchecker won't, in addition to being able to comment on plot or character development, etc., unless you're doing a proofread or editing for specific things. An editor who is unable to make the author aware of things like that is doing him or her a disservice.

 

[English Lady]

I tend to dump all those things (bad spelling, grammar, improper word usage, etc.) into the same bucket. A truly remarkable plot or characters aren't good enough to make me wade through the muck of grammatical errors to finish a story. If I don't finish, I don't vote. Many readers can discount those elements and find the good parts of a work, I'm simply one who can't. There are lots like me, and it's for this reason that I think an author should be able to expect an editor to catch things that spellchecker won't, in addition to being able to comment on plot or character development, etc., unless you're doing a proofread or editing for specific things. An editor who is unable to make the author aware of things like that is doing him or her a disservice.

For the love of smut, don't read anything of mine then!