Dec. 7th, 2017

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So when I finished nano they had all these sponsor things at the end and you could get a discount on their stuff etc. One of the links was for this website called Scribophile and it looked interesting so I made a free account on there. The idea behind it is pretty neat: you critique (beta read) other people's stories to earn karma points and when you have enough karma points you can post something you wrote for other people to critique. The turnover seems pretty fast, I posted something there today and got three comments in under 12 hours.

You're basically guaranteed 3 commenters on your writing before it falls out of a spotlight list and three is a really respectable amount, holy shit!

You can even ask for specific kind of feedback, like if you want content or spag comments etc.

I'm not sure how well it works when you post chaptered stuff (like your nano novel for example) as I think people will be more likely to comment on things called chapter one, as then they don't have to spend time familiarizing themselves with all the previous chapters etc. Anyway it seems neat and I'm gonna keep poking at it some more.

I got one person who said really encouraging things, one person who mostly commented on mechanical style things and one person who said the beginning was too long and kind of boring, which I have to admit hurt my feelings, as I thought I went straight to the point. :D (I have never been praised for my brevity btw)

Hmm what else, oh I'm almost done with my Yuletide prep and can start writing this weekend, which will be a relief. I really hope the recipient will like the story and because the canon is so dear to me personally I feel extra pressure... augh!

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