late night phone calls

[soul_cake_duck]

i am such a bad person. i feel so fucking guilty cause i need to beta this story, but its like - ugh. for one thing it doesnt really go. but i cant be bothered to point out everything thats wrong cause like, that would be so much. and im never really able to put into words what i feel. its just like, the whole vibe of the story is off. the characters are kinda off, but i dont know how to explain it to the dude. and its like, ive never even watched an episode of the bloody program, but i can tell that things are off. but then there are some parts which show promise, so then again its like. blaaaaaaah. oh well. at least im on vacation this week. so yeah. it'll get done. even if it'll be really quite late. well, not late. but ive had it for a while now and its like, something always happens.
but, moving on.
oh god. the drama. heh. i think my mum has learnt something. but shes such a good person. man, if i was in her position, i'd just have been like, 'yo people, get the fuck out of my house!' but she was all, peacemaker and shit. but anyway. too much fucking drama for me man. im a boring person. i like stability, predictability and peace and quiet. thats all i want.
but anyway. JOAN CALLED YESTERDAY!!!!!! *massive squee*
that was soooooo nice. dude, we were on the phone for like, 3 hours just talking about random shit, and it was so great man. i miss her so much. but hell yeah, im so going to go see her during the summer. now all i need to do is figure out how to get a ticket from dad. but uhm. other than that, yeah. things are looking up.
and then agnes is coming to visit soon, which is niiiiiice. its only for a week though, which is so ridiculously short, but it'll be so nice to see her as well. and yeah, hanging out with the big sister. good times.
and uh. the rugby! well, ofcourse france were gonna win. even if they played absolutely like shit. i dont know what the hell was wrong with them. but thats always what they do. against good teams, they play really good(mostly), but against teams they are obviously much better than, its like they cant be bothered to work really hard for it, so its all scrappy and shit. which is kinda annoying, but well. thats france. anyway, italy did good. i cant wait till they improve. couple of years, and it'll be like, woah.
and the football! oh yeah. oooh yeah.dont mess with my team people. arsenal man. that is where its at. hah. they beat chelsea(again), and dude. man utd suck so bad. i mean, for fucks sake, they drew with leeds. i mean. its great for me, cause this way arsenal get a bigger lead, but like. leeds are so bad. and man utd like to think they are so great. and they couldnt even win against a team who are 2nd from bottom of the premiership. pathetic. but big up leeds. alan smith. i hope they manage to stay up.
my phiolosphy on getting a good team that survives in the premiership is that you need stability. get a good coach, who stays for more than one bloody season, and you start getting results. but ofcourse, once the cycle of losing starts, the first thing people do is fire the manager, which generally leads to more losing, which ends up being one of those vicious cycles. but uhm. yeah.
enough with the ranting. the evil cousin is visiting again. well, at least its just a visit. but ugh. get away.
anyway. i should go...cook or something.

Comments

[lugonn.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't feel like a bad person for struggling to beta such a story. I know what you are talking about, and it is quite rough. You almost feel like saying, "this is way off, come back when you have something close enough for me to work with it," but *that* wouldn't be nice.
What you might want to do -- give some comments that are obvious to you. Then explain to the author what (in general) is wrong. That you think the characterization, etc. is not quite right. Tell him/her that you need to think about it to figure out what exactly is wrong, and he/she should do the same and you'll chat again later. Point out those things you think work, but say that the story as a whole doesn't work for you. Maybe give one or two examples of the problem, even if you can't figure out what the general problem is.

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[soul_cake_duck]

you make so much sense.