#I don't think I want to beta outside my comfy circle of moots

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Phei of the Wind | Beta Call

Hiya! I'm looking for some beta readers who like the idea of reading through the draft of gust and poking at it a little bit. I'm not gonna describe the whole story and stuff, you all know what it's about, but I will list some practical things:

The draft is 110000 words, divided among 29 chapters. I will use Google Docs for the betaing (since it's small scale) and will probably make a document for each quarter of the book. This makes sense both from the plot as well as the word limit. Google Docs can get a bit funky sometimes

What am I looking for | Feedback on characters, plot, themes, general pacing. Basically: the big stuff. Inline comments about things you like / are confused about are welcome, but not stuff like 'This sentence ruined the paragraph flow.'

What am I not looking for | Inline feedback, paragraph edits, spelling/grammar check etc.

What do I offer in return | My eternal gratitude. I also want to try to return the favour and beta one of your projects in the future. I'll of course add a cute thank you at the end of the book and if I decide to publish the story at some point I will do whatever it takes to get a physical copy into your hands

Timeframe | I am currently doing some last revisions to incorporate the notes I wrote down during the writing process of draft 3. The starting date I am planning is March 16th. I would like to start working on the pre-ultimate draft after I'm done writing my thesis, so at the latest I would prefer it if you could have read it by September 1st.

Disclaimer | And last, please only sign up if you like my writing style. If you like the idea of Gust but not the way I write you're not going to have a good time and I don't want that! I want it to be fun.

If you'd like to sign up please do so here. I will probably pick around three people, and will try to message you asap!

xx

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