What is the longest novel excerpt you'd be willing to read?

a priori about 1 page

a poteriori it could be the whole thing

in practice rarely more than 2-3 pages

i suggest you pull out *scenes* from your chapters
those would be (at least should be) short enough to be reasonable

 

there are 5 levels of editing

spag is the last and lowest level that needs to be done
and it shoudl be done last but needs to be correct if you expect help at higher levels

so that seing said
i am not willing to do a development edit full of spag errors

and if you need spag help i expect you to have used the computer tools to fix as many as you can before i proof it

 

Punctuation and capitalization are good.

 

there is a time and place for every purpose under heaven

internet discussions do not merit formal writing and editing

 

They absolutely do. Did you notice that pretty much every single poster on this forum has enough respect for the other participants to use correct English? That suggests that you're in a small minority.

 

Am I the only one who read this in a british accent?

 

i do not write like that
spelling and grammar are correct
content is priceless

 

there is nothing incorrect about my english
turn on text to speech and it will sound like we are talking

 

But it just looks so... unprofessional. It's as simple as a couple of keystrokes.

Regardless, to answer the question: I think I would be willing to read an entire manuscript for someone if their first few chapters interest me enough.

 

There's another thread in which you were indirectly told by a mod that it's part of the community rules to engage with respect to grammar conventions.

 

Found it.

 

On the upside, at least he doesn't have a stuck capslock key like that other guy.
Less shouty, should count towards an attempt, I think?

 

In answer to the OP: Depends how good it is.

 

i keep the content quality high
not obsess over the formatting

turn on text to speech and it will sound like we are talking
i use speech to text to post my comments
sorry if that bothers you

 

Is there a reason you need to use speech to text? I'm not trying to be nosy, and if there is (like, limited vision or whatever) I'm sure we can all adapt. You don't need to tell us what the reason is, but you can just tell us you need to use speech-to-text and we can leave you alone.

In the absence of a reason, though... could you not bend to community standards on this one? It's harder to get to your content if we're having to sort through the rest.

 

Unless you are genuinely unable to use punctuation and caps, that's simply not acceptable.

 

I suppose we have different definitions of high quality content.

 

if you equate spag to quality then yes.

i consider the ideas and information as the content.

in a formal situation my writing is formal and my editors will impose their personal preferences on what i wrote
in INformal situations i prefer to use speech to text and not worry about formatting but rather concentrate on ideas and information content

 

I smell bullshit.

 

i use all that is necessary for formal writing when i write formal documents

turn on text to speech if you prefer it sounding like we are talking
because i am talking to speech to text to post

 

After wasting a few hours setting up my laptop, it was a pointless exercise.
I don't like yelling at my computer. Madness has it's limits.

 

And that's unacceptable. As I said.