Cheerleader and Beta Offers and Resources

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If you would like to offer your services as a cheerleader or beta for the Sundial Exchange, please fill out the form below and post it as a reply here. And if you know of any other resources about beta-ing that others may find helpful, please comment and I will update this post ✨

Using a beta is entirely up to the creator - some people find it helpful, others find that it does not aid their creativity. This post is simply to help those who would like a cheerleader or beta to find one. Also please note that betas and cheerleaders offer their services because they enjoy doing so - you are not annoying them by asking them to beta for you 🥰

With thanks to teaotter for allowing us to use her post as a template!

<strong>User name:</strong> <strong>Pronouns:</strong> <strong>Preferred contact information (email, chat, whatever you want to use for beta, etc.):</strong> <strong>Types of work you're willing to beta/cheerlead (art, fic, podfic, etc.):</strong> <strong>Source(s) (drama/novel/RPF/combinations):</strong> <strong>Crossovers or AUs? (yes/no/maybe, under X circumstances, contact me first, etc.):</strong> <strong>Language(s):</strong> <strong>Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?:</strong> <strong>Feedback you're specifically good at (encouragement, colour, structure, spelling and grammar, sex scenes, etc.):</strong> <strong>Limitations (nothing incomplete, nothing over X words or minutes, no explicit sex or violence, nothing focused on Y character, etc.):</strong> <strong>General likes:</strong> <strong>Anything else you want to say</strong>

Resources
Here are a few links - with thanks to bonibaru - with some thoughts on beta reading that might be helpful, but there is no 'one size fits all' way to be a beta, and these aren't rules!

What is a Beta Reader? Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Getting and Giving Feedback on your WIP

What Should We Look for in a Beta Reader?

Three Tips for Being a Better Beta Reader

Comments

[yantantether]

User name: yantantether
Pronouns: she/her
Preferred contact information: Dreamwith DM, twitter (yan_tan_tether), or reply here
Types of work you're willing to beta/cheerlead: fic
Source(s): drama, novel, RPF, Detective L, a few other other Zhubai series/ads (but maybe check in with me first to see if I'm familiar with the source)
Crossovers or AUs?: AUs for sure, crossovers most likely!
Language(s): English
Do you feel comfortable giving feedback on Chinese language/culture?: No
Feedback you're specifically good at: SPAG, flow, tone, sex scenes
Limitations: I'm not your best person for help with major plot or structural revisions
General likes: Fluff, romance, porn, caretaking, angst with a happy ending
Anything else you want to say I'd love to provide any help or cheerleading that I can, so if you think I might be able to help, hmu!