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Beta Reading Review



I just got done reading a piece I was asked to Beta.  They asked me to go over it with a magnifying glass, pointing out typos, inconsistencies, character deviations... you name it, they wanted it brought up.

I can honestly say I have rarely ever read a more miserable piece of shit.  The dialogue is terrible, the characterizations are WAY off base (has Angel - not Angelus - ever told a dirty joke?), and it reads like a cheetah on a pogostick.  Not to mention the spelling and grammar.  GAH!  Looked like someone with dyslexia was sitting at the keyboard (I have a friend with that condition, and my heart goes out to him every time he writes a poem... beautiful stuff, but he beats himself up when someone has trouble reading it).  The person that wrote this should find a dictionary and read it cover to cover before even going near a keyboard again.
 
 
 

This was my impression after re-reading what was my original one-shot version of Soul Mating.  And, somehow, three weeks later, I was working on Intervention.  The differences in style floored me.  It looked like someone else wrote it.  For anyone who liked the teaser and was looking forward to more, expect a bit more of a delay.  I was thinking another week to polish it up, but at this point, I'm hoping it'll be ready in two.

So, if I don't review a fic and send praise where it might be due, forgive me.  I'm trying to correct some horrible mistakes I've made.

Phoen Dusk (who is needs a new pen from all the alterations he made)
 



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