Talking to another author today about Fanfiction
Christine Pope, one of my author buddies, started off in fanfic too. We both admitted we can’t go back to it. It feels so confining after writing an original series. I want to write it, but it feels like putting on a shoe that doesn’t fit.
I’m still ridiculously proud of my fanfiction though. I…
I’m curious. At what point in the process do you engage your beta readers? I will be sending my work to beta readers probably next week, but it’s after I’ve done four full revisions.
I actually engage two betas from the start, that way they catch things as I go along. Then I reread everything and fix anything I see that’s wrong. And then my number one beta rereads everything. I make any changes she catches on the second pass. Then I hand off to four more betas. I haven’t had to do major rewrites at the end of a story (so far). Mostly, it’s just tweaks for clarity.
Ragnarok is massive. My fans say that’s the way they wanted it … I have to admit I’m afraid some people will see the length and be put off.
