I'll probably give that a try at some point if I decide to get more serious about getting feedback. Right now I'm more in the space where things keep staying in the WIP pile because of overthinking and perfectionism procrastination. Not sure I want to add a beta to that mess just yet.
But my worry is always that they won't help me be a better writer as much as try to turn my style into their style. (Certainly it's what I worry I'm doing when I beta.) I once had a popular BNF writer tear a writing excerpt of mine to shreds unsolicited and it was pretty infuriating because of the assumption that I would want to write more like they do. I don't.
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Re: Anyone else really miss candid comment culture?
(Anonymous) 2024-02-01 11:38 am (UTC)(link)I'll probably give that a try at some point if I decide to get more serious about getting feedback. Right now I'm more in the space where things keep staying in the WIP pile because of overthinking and perfectionism procrastination. Not sure I want to add a beta to that mess just yet.
But my worry is always that they won't help me be a better writer as much as try to turn my style into their style. (Certainly it's what I worry I'm doing when I beta.) I once had a popular BNF writer tear a writing excerpt of mine to shreds unsolicited and it was pretty infuriating because of the assumption that I would want to write more like they do. I don't.