Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-2 weeks

Experience: I first gained beta’ing experience through story feedback exchanges with writer friends in the OF realm.
Since late 2022, I have started beta’ing for EFers on the regular and am loving it.
I try for a 7 day turnaround but have set it to 1-2 weeks for now because I am studying for my master’s as well as working 30h/week, so delays might occur. I am probably most helpful for spelling & grammar, structural edits and input on characterization and story flow. Ultimately I believe your story is your baby (or cat, if you dislike kids, lol) and my job as a beta is to make it shine more while keeping your writing style and ideas intact.

PS: I periodically forget that the DM function on the site exists. I am easier to reach via Discord DM (my username there is sari_simmony).

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I’m generally open to anything, though not a big fan of all human stories. But overall, I pick stories for the tone, themes, characterization and plot, so I wouldn’t categorically say no anything. If the concept excites me, I’m in. I usually want to see an excerpt to see if I'm the right person for your story before fully committing.

Additional Comments: + I speak/read/can help with use of foreign languages (German, French, some Spanish)
+ My day job is in social work so I’m familiar with psychology-adjacent topics.
+ I live in Western Europe so might be able to provide insight into European settings.
+ I love learning about history (especially European and American history), neurodiversity and musical theater. These look weird stuck together but I know a bunch about all three if that should ever, for whatever reason, become relevant. 

Ratings I'll beta: •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

Ratings I'll sensitivity read for: •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Grammar  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: Beta: I'm new to betaing, but I'm pretty fast at reviewing things, so I have a quick turnaround. I'm good at catching errors and tightening things up a bit. 
Sensitivity reading: I'm a therapist by trade and a fic writer by hobby, with over ten years of experience practicing. I'm also neurodivergent, AuDhd, and also have my own struggles with depression and anxiety on and off. 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I can't handle descriptive gore fics. Aside from that, I'm pretty open. 

Additional Comments: Words to describe me, if it helps anything, would be: Latina, bisexual, feminist, sex-positive, Aquarius, vegetarian, dog rescue mom, mid-thirties, a social introvert, chipper but with the personality of Garfield the cat 25% of the time, germaphobe, oversharer, non-judgy, and a huge Beyonce fan. I know that none of that is truly relevant but I wasn't sure what else to write here lol.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: I do not yet have beta experience, but I am very willing to help.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments: While I do not yet have beta experience, I am a very skilled writer with great knowledge of grammar, punctuation, and structure. I frequently proofread and review papers for my brother's and my friends' college courses. I excelled on the writing section of the SAT, scoring a 780 out of 800, supporting my understanding of the written word.
I have read countless Spuffy stories and am familiar with numerous authors and works, so I can provide input to help prevent any unintentional plagiarism and to develop unique plot devices.
I have watched BTVS and ATS numerous times, and I own most of the comics. Thus, I have a strong and vast knowledge of canonical and character elements within the Buffy-verse, and I can provide feedback on canon-compliance and characterization.
I'm super willing to help out or chat with anyone who might be interested!

Ratings I'll beta: •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: New to beta experience but willing to help anyone out if anyone needs it. 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: Angst, or Buffy hate. Or them not being together. Or no hea. 

Additional Comments: I need a beta as well. And will do the best I can to be a good beta to others. 

Ratings I'll beta: •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-2 weeks

Experience: I’ve helped few people with editing some works. Nothing professional at all. Though I can help with some small betaing, but nothing special. I have no qualifications.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:  I will not beta any fanfics that contain pregnancy, human!Spike, vampire!Buffy or rape. 

Additional Comments: By the way, English isn’t my first language, so sometimes I might be wrong, but I can speak fluently three languages and I am learning another two or three languages.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: I'm a great cook... in theory. I've eaten a lot.
I've done some beta work in another fandom under  a different name, but mainly I read a lot. You can also take a look at my writing here, such as it is. I have a good eye for grammar as well as flow, and a fairly good knowledge of canon.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments:

Ratings I'll beta: •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-2 weeks

Experience: I don't have any beta experience 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

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Additional Comments:

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: I have beta'd for fanfic for about 5 years and have experience helping fellow authors in a university creative writing degree program. 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments: BA in English - Creative Writing; experience editing both in the US and the UK. 

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: I have beta experience for different fandoms and original content for the past 3 years. Would love to help a Spuffy author! 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: - Claim fics need a great reason behind the claim. Not for the sole reason of just getting them together, because it’s too much of an easy cop-out. 
-Buffy and Spike raising a child. I don’t have much children experience. 
That’s it. 

Additional Comments: I was a writing tutor for 4 years. Granted it wasn’t just for grammar, but I can help with pacing, ideas, and characterization.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: None so far!

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I will basically beta anything that does not include drawn out scenes of rape, incest, underage sex, etc--you get the gist. If these things are mentioned briefly and necessary for the plot, that's ok. Happy to do all kinds of AUs, especially historical!

I also have not read the comics and haven't yet seen the last few seasons of Angel, so while I'm still happy to beta things that include these, I won't be much help with accuracy to canon there.

Additional Comments: I have experience copy-editing when I was in high school and college. I wasn't an English major, but I was in a writing-heavy discipline. I am an especially good option for historical AUs as I have a lot of random history knowledge and I love researching! I'm applying to grad school for fashion history so I can definitely make sure you get the outfits right :)