Update on the Ron Ficathon...

[icarus]

I am soooooo not into this story *drudgery, drudgery* and it is very, very dull.

Very dull. I apologise in advance for inflicting this story on the fandom.

*heavy sigh*

Wow, this sucks. I'm not exaggerating, it's lifeless.

*Icarus does CPR*
*Then kicks fic*
It doesn't even twitch.

I hate het.

Comments

[sarka.livejournal.com]

This is interesting. I'd never thought about it like that. See, this is why I asked you. I knew you'd come up with an answer :)

Miss Pince.

P.S. I'm sorry if I sounded like I was trying to start an argument at first. English is my fourth language and sometimes it doesn't come out quite the way I want it to... and I end up saying something totally different from what I mean.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Damn, my loooong answer yesterday didn't post. I think I was all argumented out (ha, I should copyright that phrase) from something else that was going in LJ.

Anyhow, I've almost finished the Ron Ficathon piece (19 pages in and I just have to write the final scene), and now I'm trying to track down a ruthless beta. Most of my stuff in the past has come out fairly finished in the first draft, but this one is very rough and I know it.

But I managed to stick very closely to Mags request: it is Quidditch and plot-centric. It is about corruption in Quidditch. The only real pairing is Ron/Hermione, and while their relationship is central to the story, this is not one of my porn stories. It may be a little darker, more angsty and more romantic than she planned, because what got my interest was the moral dilemmas the situation suggested.

Icarus

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Well, congrats on getting the story done. I'm having trouble getting into mine. (The "Where do I start?" dilemma.)

Anyway, if you need the sort of beta who goes; "Uh... don't think he'd do that..." or someone who's well versed in R/Hr, I can do that. I'm good at spelling as well but grammar and punctuation kick my arse. As for wording, I can usually tell if there's something wrong with it, but not what it is... I'm not sure if I'm a ruthless beta, though. Not unless I'm expressively told to be nasty. Just thought I'd offer :)

Miss Pince.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, thanks! I've asked tinderblast and ygrane to beta, but thanks for offering.

Characterisation's probably not the issue, though I'm sure I describe Ron and Hermione's relationship differently than anything else out there, as I've never even read Ron/Hermione.

I'm going to withhold judgement on the story and wait for what they have to say.

Icarus