A lot of (amateur) writers on here and on communities as fanfiction.net and fictionpress.com don't have English as their native tongue. Still, they often choose not to write in their own for several reasons, one may be a bigger public reach. However, as they're not fluent, they tend to make some pretty (silly) mistakes once in a while. This is why there are beta-readers, or proofreaders.
This guild is here for three reasons: to help writers fix their mistakes, to give willing beta-readers something to do and last but not least: to give writers an opportunity to swap ideas and give them a platform. So for all goes the following:
- Writers, are you in dire need of a person to check up on your spelling and grammar because you're just not sure it's correct? Don't be ashamed, we all go through that. Doubting your work and calling in help is not a sign of weakness.
Beta-readers, no writer can go at the task to write a great story alone, that's why we need you! Are you willing to help the people who love to write but who have to fight with grammar and spelling? Better yet: do you want to stand at the frontier of the greatest stories and make them even better with your insight?
- Follow the terms of Services as stated by gaiaonline.com.
Post your threads in the right forum.
No bumping/counting/spamming/being senseless, save that for the Chatterbox. We are here for a reason.
Respect everyone and their ideas, no flaming.
With any problems (with the Guild, members, etc.) or questions, contact the Captain first.
Have fun and be active! This guild is of no use if no one visits and posts.
Please answer the following questions in your join-request. Keep them around to post in the beta-list threads after acceptation!
- Do you need a beta or do you want to beta?
What is your native language and how good/bad are you in English?
Your fandom and/or genre you write most in or want to beta for? For romance: do you write/are you willing to beta female/male relationships and/or slash same sex relationships?
Any other notes you want to add. For example: about time taken to beta, special things you (need a) look at (like flow, plot, characters, only grammar), etc.
This guild was made possible with donations by:
radioactive alchemist, omgtehsuiso, kagome_chan001, Smudge-88
The original thread that started it all can be found here.
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