I <3 betas! I'm on roughly the 10th draft of a story, and I would really like someone else's perspective. I am kind of at the point where I can no longer accurately tell if the story is entertaining or not, alas. D:
Pen Name:
worksofstone (see AO3 profile for previous work)
Rating of the story: Teen for strong innuendo and completely clothed kissing.
Spoilers/Time Line/Era: EWE
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Beta Type: I'm looking for someone who can give me a quick set of editorial opinions. Spelling and grammar checking would be great, but what I really need is someone who can diagnose a story and go 'this part works,' 'this part doesn't' or 'the emotional arc doesn't make sense.'
Harshness: Feel free to say anything you like.
Warning: No warnings apply
Extras: The story is 4,659 words long, and is post-war Ministry co-workers snark and fluff, with a side of drunken confessions. I need someone who can do a 24-hour turn-around on this story. I know that's an obscenely tight deadline, and I wouldn't expect a line by line crit. Even a paragraph of 'this worked for me, this didn't' would be fantastic.
If you're interested and able to beta this story, email me at stonywrks@gmail.com and I'll send you the files. If more than one person would like to volunteer, that'd be great!
Note: I did put up request posts at
hp_betas and
hp_betas_wanted, but made the strategic mistake of linking to AO3 in attempt to provide more info to potential betas. Now both my posts there are probably in the Queue of Permanent Death, due to the LJ whitelist issues. I'm contacting the mods to see if I can get those posts out of the queue. Definitely a strategic mistake to link to AO3 on those counts! D:Betas found! Thank you so much, community! <3