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It is time once again to organize beta readers for Yuletide! Beta readers can check your fic for style, language issues, canon compliance, specialized knowledge of various kinds, and making sure the whole thing makes sense. Being a beta reader yourself is a fun way to contribute to Yuletide--even if you're not writing a story!

If you're interested in beta reading somebody else's story, fill out the form HERE. It will ask about what fandoms you are willing to beta for, as well as other kinds of expertise you're willing to offer. Note that you will need to enter an email address, which will be visible to other users. After you've filled out the form, you'll get an email containing your responses and a link you can use to edit your answers.

If you need a beta, check the spreadsheet HERE. All responses will be visible in the tab "Form Responses." I'll be copy-pasting information from there into the other tabs as I'm able, to make them easier to find. Find someone offering the kind of help you need (make sure it's not your recipient!) and contact them directly. If no one is offering what you need, you can also comment anonymously on this post to see if someone can help, or you can sign onto the Yuletide Discord and contact a hippo.

If you have any questions, comment on this post or email me, eccentric.hat at gmail.

karios

Looking for someone familiar with your Yuletide canon and willing to help check your story? Wondering if you're getting the details right about your story's setting, the spelling of a line in another language, or the work your characters do? The beta spreadsheet is here for you.

If you're interested in beta-reading somebody else's story, fill out the form HERE. It will ask about what fandoms you are willing to beta for, as well as other kinds of expertise you're willing to offer. Note that you will need to enter an email address, which will be visible to other users. After you've filled out the form, you'll get an email containing your responses and a link you can use to edit your answers.

If you need a beta, check the spreadsheet HERE. All responses will be visible in the tab "Form Responses 1." Other tabs will be populated as Arithanas is able to update, to make them easier to find. Find someone offering the kind of help you need (make sure it's not your recipient!) and contact them directly. If no one is offering what you need, you can also comment (anonymously) on this post to see if someone can help, or you can sign onto the Yuletide Discord and contact a hippo.

If you have any questions, comment on this post or email arithanas@hotmail.com who is coordinating this year.

eccentric_hat

Looking for someone familiar with your small Yuletide canon and willing to help check your story? Wondering if you're getting the details right about your story's setting, or the spelling of a line in another language, or the work your characters do? The beta spreadsheet is here for you.

If you're interested in beta reading somebody else's story, fill out the form HERE. It will ask about what fandoms you are willing to beta for, as well as other kinds of expertise you're willing to offer. Note that you will need to enter an email address, which will be visible to other users. After you've filled out the form, you'll get an email containing your responses and a link you can use to edit your answers.

If you need a beta, check the spreadsheet HERE. All responses will be visible in the tab "Form Responses 1." I'll be copy-pasting information from there into the other tabs as I'm able, to make them easier to find. Find someone offering the kind of help you need (make sure it's not your recipient!) and contact them directly. If no one is offering what you need, you can also comment (anonymously) on this post to see if someone can help, or you can sign onto the Yuletide Discord and contact a hippo.

If you have any questions, comment on this post or email me, eccentric.hat at gmail.

kate_nepveu

Here is an unofficial form to offer to be a beta, for spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) only; non-English languages; areas of expertise, including locations; and/or specific fandoms. Include a machine-readable email address and you'll get a copy of your answers and the link to edit your responses in a handy reference email.

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

If you need a beta for something that no-one's offered on the spreadsheet yet, you can (1) try the Discord; and/or (2) post here ANONYMOUSLY to say "I could really use a beta about X!" and see if anyone adds something to the spreadsheet or comments here to give your their contact information.

(If you also want to post some/all of the information you submit to the spreadsheet, here in the comments, feel free! Or just post here in the comments, up to you, but I will not be transferring that information over to the sortable spreadsheet.)

Let me know if you have any questions!

kate_nepveu

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

Let me know if you have any questions!

(I no longer post to LJ, if someone wants to post a link there, feel free.)

kate_nepveu

Hi all,

I usually do a Google form + spreadsheet so that people can offer to be beta readers (last year's).

I would love it if you would let me know if you actually use this to look for betas? I'm putting a poll at the end of this entry for DW users, to make it easier to respond, but comments are very welcome as well.

(It's not that much work for me, thanks to the joy of forms, but I hate to think of people doing signups for no reason?)

Edit: if people have contacted you because they saw you on the spreadsheet, feel free to count that as a "yes"; sorry I forgot to include that in the poll!

Edit^2: it does seem that people use it, yay! I shall continue it this year, then. Other feedback also welcomed, thanks so much.

Poll #24630

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 93

View Respondents

Have you actually used the spreadsheet to look for a beta reader?

View Answers

Yes, it's great.
40 (43.0%)

I didn't know it existed, but I will if it exists in the future.
36 (38.7%)

I don't (or wouldn't) find it useful.
17 (18.3%)

kate_nepveu

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

(If anyone would like to help with the indexing, let me know; it's just some copy-pasting!)

If you need a beta for something that no-one's offered on the spreadsheet yet, you can (1) try IRC (less populated lately, I'm told) or Discord; and/or (2) post here ANONYMOUSLY to say "I could really use a beta about X!" and see if anyone adds something to the spreadsheet or comments here to give your their contact information.

Let me know if you have any questions!

(I no longer post to LJ, if someone wants to post a link there, feel free.)

kate_nepveu

Here is an unofficial form to offer to be a beta, for spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) only; non-English languages; areas of expertise; and/or specific fandoms. Include a machine-readable email address and you'll get a copy of your answers and the link to edit your responses in a handy reference email.

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

(If anyone would like to help with the indexing, let me know; it's just some copy-pasting!)

If you need a beta for a fandom or a topic that isn't on the spreadsheet yet, you can (1) try the IRC chat (less populated lately, I'm told) or the Discord server; (2) post here ANONYMOUSLY to say "I could really use a beta about X!" and see if anyone adds something to the spreadsheet or comments here to give your their contact information.

Edit: if you also want to post some/all of the information you submit to the spreadsheet, here in the comments, feel free! Or just post here in the comments, up to you, but I will not be transferring that information over to the sortable spreadsheet.

Let me know if you have any questions!

(I no longer post to LJ, if someone wants to post a link there, feel free.)

kate_nepveu

Here is the unofficial form to offer to be a beta, for spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) only; non-English languages; areas of expertise; and/or specific fandoms. Include a machine-readable email address and you'll get a copy of your answers and the link to edit your responses in a handy reference email.

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

If you need a beta for a fandom or a topic that isn't on the spreadsheet yet, you can (1) try the IRC chat or the Discord server; (2) post here ANONYMOUSLY to say "I could really use a beta about X!" and see if anyone adds something to the spreadsheet or comments here to give your their contact information.

Let me know if you have any questions!

(I no longer post to LJ, if someone wants to post a link there, feel free.)

(Edit October 2 10pm: reverted form to old version of Google Forms so I could specify a font size, because the new version was so tiny that I think people were missing important bits of the instructions.)