Active Beta and Sensitivity Readers
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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: •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  •Adult Only
Ratings I'll sensitivity read for: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only
I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days
Experience: My beta reading experience is limited as far as fan fiction is concerned. I have done a little for writers for other shows like Merlin (2012). However, my professional work is research based. As such, I have more than 15 years of experience editing and peer reviewing other people’s writing, and have collaborated extensively on papers and articles in my field. I imagine that my professional experience may prove useful as a beta reader. 
Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:
Additional Comments: I watched all 144 episodes of BtVS and all 110 episodes of  Angel: The Series as they aired. I also purchased all of the DVD box sets as they were released and watched them all again. I have been a Buffy fan since the 1992 film, and a Spuffy fan since the Season 2 BtVS finale, “Becoming Parts 1 and 2.” I also own and have read all of the canon comics (I was already a comic book collector so it was a simple matter of expanding my pull list).
Suffice it to say, I know a lot about BtVS, its lore, and the world building.
I have a keen interest in stories that expand and enhance aspects of the BtVS world building that were not as well fleshed out in canon. (e.g. The Guardians, The Council of Watchers, Order of Aurelius, etc.) It’s why I love stories like “Life Hard” and “The Darkling” and the WIP “Hindsight” If you need help exploring concepts, research support, or proofreading/editing support, I am happy to help. Feel free to reach out to me here. You can also DM me on the Elysian Fields and/or the Sunnydale After Dark Discords. 
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 :)
Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13 
I can help beta read: •British English  •Canon Elements  •Plot Suggestions 
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days
Experience: I haven't beta'd before but I want to start. 
Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: All human, character bashing (especially Buffy) and anything pornographic.
Additional Comments:
Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 
I can help beta read: •American English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 
Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days
Experience: None
Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I don't like reading smut/porn without plot.
Additional Comments: I'm currently between jobs so if you just want feedback real quick I'm probably a good choice. I'm alright at catching little grammar errors and if it's less than 10k I'll probably respond within a day.