Tender Talon Editiong Services

gyrfalcon · 2008-06-16T00:08:57Z

Hello all! Well, here I am, gyrfalcon, willing to trade my amazing editorial services for just a scrap of cake. ;) To be honest, I’m a picky editor, and I may not be right for everyone, so please read the following and decide if you’d like to place the sweat of your brow and child of your imagination in my tender claws. Some things I’m good at: Characters (this would probably be my greatest strength) Word choice/avoiding awkward wording Sentence and paragraph structure and content Spotting redundancy and/or lack of information Grammar Killing clichés Dialogue Overall Flow (this encompasses everything from a sentence to a chapter to—if I really like your work—the whole story) There are probably some other’s that I’m fairly okay at, but that’s what springs to mind. Here are a couple examples of my typical critiques: Scavenger by TL G-Wooster (this is my normal fiction style of critiquing—this one happens to be a fantasy story; I’m on both pages, by the way) http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/posting.php?mode=newtopic&f=188 Dear Mr. Publisher by Eimear (a rare example of my poetry-critiquing) http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/post370968.html?highlight=#370968 Repercussions by JFW1415 (again, a typical fiction crit, but of realistic fiction rather than fantasy) http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/post361351.html?highlight=#361351 Now, here’s what I like critiquing: Fantasy Sci/Fi Historical Fiction Action/Adventure Other Fiction Some poetry (but this is not my strong suit—I’m fairly good at “traditional” stuff that rhymes and doesn’t try to be all metaphysical, but if you give me something “modern,” I’ll probably just smile and nod) Any rating, except please don't give me anything with graphic sex scenes. What I don’t like: Lyrics Most poetry Romance (that is, graphic sex scenes--I don't mind it sooo much otherwise) Now, as for Advanced Critiques, I’d be more than happy to help you out with those, but only if: 1) It’s in a reasonably decent state already—I’d rather not read first draft please 2) I like it. I mean really, personally, truly enjoy your story. This last one, to a certain extent, applies to all my critiques. I don’t have to be a fan of yours to give you an honest and (hopefully) helpful crit, but if you want me to do more than one thing of yours, I’m going to have to be enjoying myself. My price: nothing. As I said, I want to enjoy what I read (and edit) and that’s price enough. If you did feel compelled, out of sheer gratitude, to critique something of mine in return, that would be great, but is in no way compulsory. Please don’t give me points. Well, bring it on!

BigBadBear

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Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm

BigBadBear says... · Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm

Eh, it's deleted. Not worth critiquing for. So yeah. Skip me! ^_^

-Jared

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Would love help on this.

romance otaku

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Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:00 am

romance otaku says... · Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:00 am

could you please review my chapter two of my story, Heart Stabbed Blade? it is an fantasy-school-romancy type thing, but the romance isnt that strong yet, so you should be good.

the link is in my sig, and if you would like to read chapter 1 first, there is a link to it on chapter 2

thank you
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Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:56 am

DreamyAlice says... · Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:56 am

Hello, I am one of the res crew mods here on YWS. This is a message just to inform you that I will lock and archive this thread as it is not active anymore. We have to archive and lock the inactive threads to keep the forum organized so no worries, if you'd like to reopen it at any point in the future please contact a current resources moderator, we would be happy to reopen it for you ^-^

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