Bearing in mind that everyone has different preferences for how much detail they want, this might be one area where a good beta reader is helpful, if you can get one. An unbiased (positively or negatively) reader can help you pinpoint when and where you've started to go off the rails, while not cutting the interesting bits which seem boring to you because you know them already.
Yeah, I think I could really use a beta reader's help here. It's hard because it's for an exchange, so I don't want to advertise the details of the fic under my own name (as it will out me). I get the feeling from my recip's request that they would like to see something that goes into detail about the AU setting, which I'd be happy to do; but also that they could be difficult to please in other ways, which makes me feel like I might as well throw up my hands and do my own thing.
So, how do I get a beta reader for a tricky anonymous assignment that won't wind up set in the canon world? ;)
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Re: Writing AUs
(Anonymous) 2016-03-05 06:13 am (UTC)(link)Re: Writing AUs
(Anonymous) 2016-03-05 06:18 am (UTC)(link)So, how do I get a beta reader for a tricky anonymous assignment that won't wind up set in the canon world? ;)