It doesn't have to be deep bone tissue massaging of the work, but a fresh pair of eyes can snag on to stuff that the writer's eyes can't. But getting a beta is hard.
*whines*
So I tend to self edit, which means printing out stuff, going through it with a green ink pen, putting it down for a few days and then coming back to it.
I mean, I'm loath to say what should be included or not, because a lot of stuff (apart from basic grammar) is a matter of style and presentation, which thrills some people, and turns off others.
For instance, nothing gets me to backspace quicker than dialogue only 'fic', because people don't tend to realise that since you're writing/ narrating, you the writer have to do a lot of heavy lifting for the reader and no, descriptors do not count.
You have to set place, pace, describe, because you don't have a penciller nor letterer nor inker.
I've been waiting to do a post about writing fanfic from a comic book/heavily visual medium for ages, but I'm lazy. I should hop to it and post in my LJ though.
Yeah, I'm all for a beta reader before you post
*whines*
So I tend to self edit, which means printing out stuff, going through it with a green ink pen, putting it down for a few days and then coming back to it.
I mean, I'm loath to say what should be included or not, because a lot of stuff (apart from basic grammar) is a matter of style and presentation, which thrills some people, and turns off others.
For instance, nothing gets me to backspace quicker than dialogue only 'fic', because people don't tend to realise that since you're writing/ narrating, you the writer have to do a lot of heavy lifting for the reader and no, descriptors do not count.
You have to set place, pace, describe, because you don't have a penciller nor letterer nor inker.
I've been waiting to do a post about writing fanfic from a comic book/heavily visual medium for ages, but I'm lazy. I should hop to it and post in my LJ though.