Thirty Days of Fandom Writing: Day Twenty-Four

[lanalucy]

Betaing: How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?

I have a village of betas, including newnumbertwo and laura_mayfair as my long-time betas, and singerdiva01_sk and fragrantwoods as welcome extras, and red_b_rackham as out-of-fandom beta. I am very fond of my beta village.

I have a couple of horror stories about betas I DID, but not betas anyone's done for me.

Comments

[canonisrelative.livejournal.com]

Yay, beta villages!! I love that experience of getting to share a story with someone before it's posted, that feeling of interacting with a story and the friendships that beta relationships lead to is awesome.

[lanalucy]

That's actually how my writing works best, is when I have someone to bounce things off of, to riff with, so to speak. And yes, the friendships I've gained are priceless.