BSV Forum - Writing - Beta

Hoping to put together small writers' group?

May 31 2010 07:08 pm   #1ghostyouknow27
Hi!

So I was wondering if anyone would be willing to form a small Spuffy-friendly writers' group? We would beta each others' work, discuss ideas, etc. etc. If you want to get an idea of my writing style, I have one fic archived here and another at TSR (Spike's a ghost, so I'm not submitting it here). I'm also on the beta list, where I discuss some preferences and strengths.

Anyway, if you're interested, let me know! If there are more than a few responses this thread could perhaps spawn a couple different groups ...
May 31 2010 10:07 pm   #2slaymesoftly
Hey ghost, Did you mean Spike's a ghost as in that's who he is? Or that he is a ghost now (after having been a vampire)? There's no reason why he can't be a ghost as long as he's the ghost of the Spike we know from canon. (And Buffy's the Slayer).  In my fic "Things That Go Bump..." he's a ghost for most of the fic, gone for a bit of it, and semi-human at the end. But he's our Spike, so it works. If your fic is something like that, it's fine.  If it's way too AU (he's a ghost named Spike haunting somebody), then, no.
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I am upper management.
May 31 2010 10:36 pm   #3ghostyouknow27
He's the Spike of the series, only he got trapped in the amulet for a hundred years while the Dollhouse's technology ended the world. He's stuck as a ghost, but he's a vampire-ghost. The original Buffy was wiped, but she is still the Slayer. It's a pretty ridiculous plot, actually. But it's post-Chosen and Spike and Buffy are from canon. So it sounds like it would actually be okay to post? In that case, I'll submit it after I put in some elbow-grease.
Jun 01 2010 02:34 am   #4slaymesoftly
I think it's probably fine, as long as it not an actual crossover with Dollhouse and readers don't need to know that show to understand what's going on.  As long as it's canon Spike and Buffy, just in the future, it should be okay here.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Jun 14 2010 05:26 pm   #5maryperk
This is a good idea.  I used to have several people that I did just this type of thing with.  Unfort. most have drifted away from the fandom because of RL.
Jul 13 2010 07:08 pm   #6Legen
i would love to be apart of something like that. i will warn you know though i can be flaky with fanfic cuase of rl. but i would still love this. so please keep me in mind.
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Jul 16 2010 01:51 am   #7KnifeEdge
 I might be interested. I'm still fairly new to the fandom, and right now my beta is pretty much my only option for bouncing ideas, etc. 
 

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