Seeking Beta Readers/mentor for shorts

BlueCricket · 12-20-2012, 05:24 PM

My pops always said "eat your shorts", but for some reason I'm lacking the publishing flavor. Seeking a beta reader/ mentor for my shorts. I think a beta reader would be best. A mentor would be welcomed. PM me your email to get started. We'll be using google docs.

Unimportant · 12-20-2012, 10:11 PM

BlueCricket, you may have better luck if you approach this by spending some time in the AW community, getting your post count up to 50, and putting one of your short stories in the Share Your Work critique subforum. That way, you'll get multiple people critiquing your work, the critiquers are more likely to be readers familiar with whatever genre you write in, and you won't be missing out on the large proportion of AW members who can't/don't work with Googledocs.

Ton Lew Lepsnaci · 12-20-2012, 10:57 PM

I wonder if the title of this forum could do with a change. It includes mentors. So newcomers ask for mentors, but it is a very big ask. I've not seen it fulfilled. Unimportant gives good advice: the SYW forum is a great way to get critique and beta readers can fulfill the role of mentors if they are more experienced or have different experiences from your own.

BlueCricket · 12-21-2012, 03:12 AM

Thanks guys I'll give it a shot.

12-20-2012, 05:24 PM	#1
BlueCricket New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Seeking Beta Readers/mentor for shorts My pops always said "eat your shorts", but for some reason I'm lacking the publishing flavor. Seeking a beta reader/ mentor for my shorts. I think a beta reader would be best. A mentor would be welcomed. PM me your email to get started. We'll be using google docs.

12-20-2012, 10:57 PM	#3
Ton Lew Lepsnaci A WIP Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Near the waves Posts: 710	I wonder if the title of this forum could do with a change. It includes mentors. So newcomers ask for mentors, but it is a very big ask. I've not seen it fulfilled. Unimportant gives good advice: the SYW forum is a great way to get critique and beta readers can fulfill the role of mentors if they are more experienced or have different experiences from your own. __________________ To tell is human - writing for kids, YA & Y@Heart

12-21-2012, 03:12 AM	#4
BlueCricket New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Thanks guys I'll give it a shot. __________________ defpoetsociety.blogspot.com is the blog.

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12-20-2012, 10:11 PM	#2
Unimportant but appreciated anyway... Join Date: May 2005 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 4,328	BlueCricket, you may have better luck if you approach this by spending some time in the AW community, getting your post count up to 50, and putting one of your short stories in the Share Your Work critique subforum. That way, you'll get multiple people critiquing your work, the critiquers are more likely to be readers familiar with whatever genre you write in, and you won't be missing out on the large proportion of AW members who can't/don't work with Googledocs.