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A Trans-Dimensional Gate: Chp0 First Knockout (Stargate)[RT][FF]
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Author: u/None *
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Score: 5
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Created: 2016-04-02T19:21:37
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u/sparr [+9] *
Three grammar mistakes in as many sentences. I bailed by the end of the second paragraph.
u/luminarium [+3] *
I did too.
u/None [+1] *
I really need a beta, but I never found any longstanding volunteers to give the feedback as I needed, in the times that I asked for one. It's going to take ongoing feedback to get my technical writings up to notch, and I am afraid that's too much time for the vast majority of people. So I write blind. And it will continuously annoy the hell out of people.
u/FuguofAnotherWorld [+6] Roll the Dice on Fate*
Even without a beta, tenses and spelling aren't so hard to notice by yourself on a second draft/readthrough. Unless you're a non-native speaker?
u/None [+2] *
Yes. I am a non-native speaker. Yes, there are things I am going to go miss. Otherwise, I would not need a beta.
u/nolrai [+1] *
No. .you would still need a beta, just not as badly. Finding people to edit your work should be easy though, at least of you only ask for a small amount at a time.
u/sparr [+1] *
Try just using an automated grammar checker. It's better than nothing.
u/None [+3] *
Anybody wants to volunteer as beta? I constantly get complaint from people who bailed out on my stories because of my lack of technical writing chops and poor grammar.
u/Pakars [+2] *
Currently betaing your first post of the reboot on SB - Going to send it as a PM message when I'm done. If you like it, I might be up to beta more. It's not like I have more productive things to do while waiting for calls at work. Reading nonfiction can get draining after a while. Edit: Done, with a pass-through that took around half an hour. Check your PMs on spacebattles. The most 'comma-en'(hue) mistakes are misuse of commas(mostly overuse) and incorrect tense/word choice(Had/have/has, etc.). The early parts of the chapter have a higher incidence of mistakes than the later parts. Make whatever changes you desire, then strip the color formatting I used.
u/JulianWyvern [+1] Wayward Wanderer*
I do actually, certainly interested to see a Stargate rational story. That said you probably want to find someone else too, english isn't really my first language
u/SvalbardCaretaker [+2] Mouse Army*
Whats the Carter Father-Daughter Blackhole Special?
u/None [+3] *
Recall the episode in which General Carter and his daughter utilized what they learned in A Matter of Times to make the local star implode in a supernova. Presumably, this can be done with any two stargate and a black hole....which is super duper scary.