Proofreader/Editor volunteering

Discussion in 'General Board' started by Dvorak42, Jul 6, 2018.

  1. Dvorak42

    Dvorak42 Virgin

    Hi all,

    I’m relatively new to the site, and loving it! So many great stories here! Several days in, and I am already a big fan.

    A bit about me: I am and avid reader of high fantasy who does editing, translating, and localization for a living, on a varied set of mediums, but mostly of late for video game producers. I would like to try writing something on here someday, but am relatively new to the medium and still waiting for that killer idea to come along. So while waiting for the Muses to favor me...

    I’d love to get some more editing experience in this medium and interact with active authors. With that in mind, I’d like to volunteer my services (free of charge, naturally) to any authors who would like a second eye on their work to help catch those typos that would make it past spell-check (wrong homonym, awkward phrasing, etc.)

    I would edit your work with absolutely no creative feedback unless requested, in which case I would still keep it to minimal and constructive suggestions. I’d rather learn from you on that front! With that in mind, if we work well together, I might occasionally pick your brain on story structure, your creative process, etc. as I try to find my own stride.

    My one caveat: I don’t kink-shame, but may politely turn down turn or skip heavily through any material with more intense rape fantasy or scat.

    If anyone is interested, feel free to shoot me a message and we can try to set something up :)

    —Dvorak42
     
  2. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    Some authors offer their story ideas in the Story Ideas forum as they haven't enough time to implement them.
    Maybe one of them inspire you ;)
     
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  3. Dvorak42

    Dvorak42 Virgin

    Good point! I noticed that forum not long after posting this— I’ll have to give it a good thorough perusing soon :)