#AlphaReader

[bryan-aiello]

Science Fiction Author Abby Goldsmith

Abby Goldsmith is an American Science Fiction author, best known for her Torth Serial. Abby Goldsmith has interests in social science fiction, interpersonal power dynamics, free will, peer pressure, cults, hive minds, and odd sociology. Her sci-fi Torth series, originally released on Wattpad and RoyalRoad with 700,000+ reads, explores these issues on a galactic scale. Abby’s short works are…

[sapphire-sunset]

About two and a half years ago I was commissioned to proofread a 10k short story. The mystery was deep, and the prose was beautiful.

I dreamt of that story for a month after finishing it.

Imagine my absolute delight when the author returned with a full novel length work! Also, if if I ever wrote a food and book blog, this book’s recipe (to be eaten while reading) is paella. Specifically the coastal variant.

[allthetropes]

last november i wrote 100k words in 1 month

and then i left the wip in the wip drawer for like a whole year

this november i deleted ~30k words and continued to write

today dec first, it graduates from wip to first draft! yaaaaay it's done!

[suffarustuffaru]

How's your Omegaverse fic going?

hello anon. i see you are also a person of good taste. thank you for being interested in the omegaverse fic's development.

so my omegaverse fic is connected to @nyacoart 's current wip omegaverse fic bc i got so inspired i wrote fic for it, so you should 100000% check out that when its done :3 that being said im also to blame for that bc i still need to finish betareading it :<<< alphareading it, if you will. as the poets say.

anyways, let me tell you about my secret master plan. :) so i definitely Totally wasnt busy with schoolwork and other various things i need to write and i Definitely Absolutely dragged it out into november purely so the omegaverse fic release date could be in November of all months (use your internet knowledge to know why this time is significant). that being said, im an excellent alphareader. what can i say. *walks back into my dms to find myself being held at gunpoint*

so aside from that, my fic is a prequel to nyaco's :) it's actually fully finished at uhhhh a whopping 15k words :> it just needs a few edits + i need to finish beta alphareading !! stay tuned in november!!!! we stay silly!!

[olenvasynyt]

Omg ERIS’ CHILDHOOD?!? I neeeeeeed it

OKAY I wanted to do this for Eris week last year but I forgot to invest in it SOOOOOO!

The summary:

Eris is young and is locked in The Roots for the first time after Beron is disappointed in his performance during a fire-wielding lesson. The Roots is a maze of tunnels and Eris struggles to find a way out. Stumbles upon different prisoners and sees the violence Beron commits in a different light.

I have no idea how it end it lmao I should ask people to alpharead for me 🫣 BUT I just love it, I love showing off my Forest House worldbuilding! And The Roots, which is the name for the prison, is one of my favorites.

[nyacoart]

hey. subaru analysis. chop chop

sincerely, your dear alphareader

UHHH UHHMMM UHMMMMMMM ALPHA???? ALPHA ASKING ME TO WRITE MY SUBARU ANALYSIS????

(I think this emote is 10x funnier after you read my ABO fic)

[jev-urisk]

Writing Share/Last Line Tag✨️

Tagged by @zackprincebooks @lychhiker-writes and @the-golden-comet

More from 🌐7 Circles🌐 Ch2: A Fallen Star

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"What do I call you?" Probes the voice, and this time their own voice cooperates just long enough to rasp out their name.

"The-Stars-In-Their-Eyes-Seek-The-Spirit-Of-The-Cosmos.."

"...Well that's a downright mouthful." he mumbles, and their stiff neck eases their head towards his sound.

The voice is revealed to be coming from a head on the floor and Seeker's stomach flips with shock. They then realise with wonder.. he's in a pool of sorts, with only his copper-haired head and slight shoulders above the dark surface of the water. The scent of the ocean.. Did that pool connect to the sea?

The ginger is frowning, "Eyes that seek.. Will calling you 'Seeker' do?"

What a short utterance to refer to someone!

But they were far more interested connecting with man in the water to fuss over it, and perhaps it would make the troubled man more comfortable to have things his way. They decided to simply accept the nickname.

“Um, yes. Yes ‘Seeker’ will do fine.” They say with a smile, bemused at what must be a surface custom. Now that they’d said it aloud, it was actually somewhat adorable in it’s shortness.

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Tagging @katenewmanwrites @wyked-ao3 (thanks for alphareading btw) @fortunatetragedy @cowboybrunch @smellyrottentrees (no presh) +Open tag

[panzerkatzee]

NaNoWriMo Journal V

Soooo…. uhm… remember how I was like: "Oh nooooo… I don't know if I will make it much farther than the daily minimum… weeeep…"

I uhm… kinda overshot it.. a bit.

Wrote ~5200 in total yesterday, finishing two chapters, still working on Chapter VI, which will be done soon aswell.. sooo yeah..

Daily Task - Action scene inspired by the fourth image of my pinterest start page. 200-300 Words max. (Story below)

Today's song: Extra Terra - Neural Link

Why is it on my playlist? Well… I suppose the title already makes it kinda obvious… buuut as I like to profusely explain things… let me tell you. ITS A) AMAZING.. B) BADASS C) exaCtly what I imagine playing in Clubs all over the fantasy world I created. I am a huuuge fan of the Cyberpunk Genre… something I never quite realised until listening to Extra Terra's music. Normally I am not huge on the umbrella term of EDM… sure I dance to it sometime and my favourite cheer-up music is absolutely (Russian) Hard Bass, thanks to my lil' brother, who showed me DJ Blyatman. Buuut.. most of the rest isn't my kind of tea.. except for this dark, rhythmic Cyperpunky music.. it's like Luminary, which blows up on Bookstagram at the moment.. it gets me to dream about a futuristic world, with huge sky scrapers, neon lights and crushing hypercapitalism.. Soo… I would give Extra Terra a lot of credit, when it comes to inspiring me~

Buuut enough of the chit chat… let's get to writing. I actually already did write half a paragraph before remembering, I hadn't faced my daily challenge.. but that's a good thing.. means the hyperfocus has finally come and the book is going to get finish…

Although… I will have to do some cleaning up and editing the stuff my alphareaders flagged, which should come first…. eat the frog and all..

Sooooo its 17:01, first real break for the day after starting this morning. Another chapter done, second one is at the halfway point. I introduced a new character and had her have quite the dialogue with my protagonist… Writing is sooo fun right now… Buuut… I will treat myself, with a hot bath… bc I earned it and need it.. tbh.

Smell ya later, suckers <3

Daily Challenge

By AeLi Kim

The bodyguard hefted her lance, while the two attendants made a valiant attempt to user the lady away from the party that had waylaid them in the alley. Too late… the two bouncers from Ashin's, Fjinna had hired only yesterday, upon realising three people might not be enough, had closed in from behind, and now blocked the way, shiteating grins on both faces. Brutes…, the mage thought with an exasperated huf, before reaching for the veins of golden energy, thrumming just at the tips of her fingers. Air and water, best for controlling a fight. In the end she didn't want to kill a guard just doing her job. Nodding to Barn, he tightened his enormous fists on the club and barraged forward, embodying the inevitability and majesty of an Isenbergen landslide. The sharpened lance, adorned with the House Song dragon, its maw opened around the sharp blade, snapped foreward so fast, only Fjinnas affinity for messing with time, made her even realise what was going to happen. Not wanting to see her friend gutted in the high street, having to deal with some very prickly questions and Legion pursuit, the aspiring career criminal, made a snap decision to completely and utterly change the plan. Her fingers moved forward just as fast and a wall of ice rose in front of the lancers charge. By no means strong enough to stop, but sufficient to slow. Ice burst with it glacial ringing, as the guard battered through it, giving Barn the time he needed to adjust his stance from offense to defence. Still sparks flew as lance met the iron studs of his club and Fjinna surged forward. The gust, rustled through her robes as it carried her over the guard and hurled down a trio of ice spikes, hoping to sow some confusion and create more obstacles for the soldier to maneuver around. A miscalculation, she sensed, before feet touched the ground. Of her opponent mostly. That bitch fought mages before. A realization scraped along the edges of her mind as she drew the rapier from the cross belt, tyring to get in close from behind. But it was as if the wind, usually a kind and loving friend, had found someone better. At a rapid pace, the woman swirled and twirled, almost causally warding of the smaller attackers fast stabs and the giants laboured swings.

[lexisawitch]

new novel “the eye of Thaiyan”

this brand new novel I’m writing is doing amazing! I have finished writing the first two chapters in their base draft which of course is still unedited.

once i finish writing part one I will be hoping to get some alpha readers that may give me some feedback on the draft, so reach out in dms if you want to be an alpha reader please!

the story is in a fantasy setting with a semi-romantic plot with some juicy plot twists, sooo :D

[lorweaver]

Alpha Reader versus Beta Reader

So, there’s a thing for writers that I don’t think very many people, in general, know about.

It’s called an alpha-reader.

Alpha readers, as far as I understand it, are readers who can receive a manuscript or pieces of a manuscript during its development and give notes on the excerpts and drafts they receive. This can include first impressions, issues with overall plot, enhancing character development, and anything that can help improve the story. 

Beta readers usually receive a manuscript after a couple of revisions and is ready for more specifically targeted alterations. This can also include plot, character development ect, but there shouldn’t be any major changes needed at this point. It happens, obviously, but the goal is more towards minor tweaks to improve the story and the writing itself such as tone, voice, line editing etc--along with other storytelling elements.

If you have any more information on these two types of readers, reblog, comment and all that. I think it would help writers to know that it’s okay to get help on their work as early as they’re comfortable with. And if you’re willing to act as one or the other or both, let people know what genres you accept.

[liena67]

E con l'inizio di settembre e la fine di agosto facciamo un bel recap delle #letture fatte e quelle in corso. Ridendo e scherzando, comunque, mi sono resa conto che dal primo luglio al 31 agosto ho letto ben: 19 #libri + 4 riletture + 1 come #alphareader (per non parlare della #revisione finale del mio e pubblicazione). E da ciò si evince la mia quasi nulla vita sociale anche in vacanza 😅 #CosaHoLetto . Gli ultimi due libri della serie #mlm #storico "Consorzio di gentiluomini" mi sono piaciuti anche più del primo, il secondo soprattutto, nonostante Julius resti il mio pg preferito, ma Cyprian è a un soffio da lui nella mia adorazione. . Il secondo #giallo sulla Detective Kim Stone è #thrillerpsicologico coi controfiocchi ed è riuscita a sorprendermi sul finale. Applauso e standing ovation da 5 ⭐ #recensioni complete sul mio blog letterario Millelibripersognare che trovate in tutti i link in bio o qui: https://campsite.to/elianamatania #cosastoleggendo Nonostante abbia una voglia matta di comprarmi altri storici di @kjcharlesbooks che ho comunque messo in lista, o tutta la serie di Whyborne&Griffin, sempre tutti nella mia #wishlist di #Amazon e altri ancora usciti da poco che avrei tanta voglia di #leggere ho optato per l'economia e quindi mi butto su qualcosa di già comprato, smaltendo così sia la #bookchallenge2022 di svuota TBR che quella di libri consigliati: . Il #thriller di Rhys Ford mi è stato consigliato più volte. Non ho mai letto nulla dell'autorə e la cover con i manzi non mi avrebbe nemmeno spinta a leggere la trama, ma vediamo 😅 . Il romanzo di Nunzia Alemanno lo presi tempo fa proprio attirata dalla cover e poi dalla trama. . Proseguo con lo storico italiano. Un passo alla volta, non è uno di quei libri che divoro, ma interessante. E dalla regia è tuttohhhh 😅 #bookstagram #instabook #mm #romance #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqlove #readingtime #letturatime #libriletti #libriinlettura #romanzi #ebook #kindle https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch9S0-_spRF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sapphire-sunset]

Woohoo a new author found me!

As I write this I'm about 5 chapters into their story.

[lucyroyauthor]

When your #alphareader gives you feedback on the first third of your #firstdraft... #keepontrucking #gottakeepgoing #constructivecriticism #itsonlythefirstdraft #indieauthors #indieauthor #writers #writer #indieauthorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw0BtKUncWI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e1veys89dubm

[iguessaj]

Any #betareaders #alphareaders interested in short horror story? It’s 5217 words. Just need to tweak it and take it from good to great. I’d like to make it scarier and more realistic, too. #writing #amwriting #amwritinghorror #writingcommmunity #writerscommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/BzPRHEkhNyv/?igshid=h10vlsejes8t

[undeadgoathead]

#instawrimochallenge number 11: "Writing Buddies!" I wasn't sure how to go about this prompt - I have so many creative friends, and also professional colleagues who inspire me. For example, I was very humbled when published authors agreed to be critique partners with me, and swapped manuscripts with me to exchange feedback on each others work. The writing community is genuinely so supportive and healthy! But ultimately, I decided to tag 4 of my favorite alpha readers, trusted friends with whom I've shared my unpublished works, because I appreciate their honest opinions. Thanks, guys! I admire all of you for your talent and consideration! . #instawrimo @nanowrimo #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writingbuddy #writingbooks #writingblogs #critiquepartners #alphareaders #betareaders #healthy #supportyourfriends #supportothers #philosophy #psychology #selfcare #undead #goathead #creative https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5ru8qPnzo/?utm_medium=tumblr

[magnetictapedatastorage]

if anyone would like to betaread (or almost alpharead) tf2 fics let me know. honestly just getting some eyes on this to let me know where the vibe is at (weather it’s ‘very dark’ or not for example) can help just so i know how to title or tag certain things (there’s subjectivity in some tags). 

ideally a mutual but anyone in radblr is welcome