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I am quite confused. You are hiring an editor for a novel you are writing, but it is not SK related. Looking for free labour on a game forum? At least move it to gremlin chatter.

Edit: Well derp. I guess it was moved from when I first saw this thread. My point still stands though, looking for free labour on a novel, and put in a way that it seems like you will be profiting monetarily from.

You are a writer, or want to be. Words mean things. Use them correctly.

Also, learn that ideas in themselves are worthless. You could have thought of writing an epic family saga set against a backdrop of war all on your own, but it wouldn't make you Tolstoy. It's what you do with them that counts. The more paranoid you are that other writers will steal your precious nuggets of inspiration, the less likely you are to engage your peers in ways that will actually teach you something.

@Demonicsothe: If he actually manages to profit from this "novel" in the real world, I'll eat a Nitronome.

Or quit writing, and all other kinds of artistic pursuit, right now.

Second step: realise that if your first five years of serious writing produce anything worth keeping, you're blessed. Treasuring the turds you're producing now is the worst thing you can do for your artistic development.

I've been there. I know.

P.S. How old are you, roughly? I really hope you're not out of your tweens.

Doom-Dude, you are promising "pay" that cannot be promised. "Fame and glory?" We have no idea who you are. Now, normally, the WRITER goes to the EDITOR with a full and finished manuscript, a manuscript finished to the best of the writer's ability, unless, say, you're working for a newspaper. Then you can submit a draft to the editor and it goes from there. See, now, what you're looking for a peer-review, and a volunteer to proofread your stuff. You're certainly not hiring someone, because that implies pay. Seriously, that's in the definition of the word. If you hire someone, you pay them a fee for their services. This has been pointed out to you already. Why is that important, and why has it been pointed out? Because it showcases a mistake in your writing, one that the "editor" will need to deal with.

Based on your starting post, it honestly looks like you want an "editor" because you're too lazy to proofread your own stuff. I mean, look at this:
"There will be plentiful who will qualify so to vote for the best I only ask that you right a short passage about something Spiral Knights related to test you skill."

Did you even bother to look that over once before you posted?!

Here's the thing. "In a rush" isn't a valid excuse. You created the screening process because you don't want anyone to waste your time... right? It goes both ways. How do applicants know that they aren't wasting time with you? We don't have any samples of your work, or any idea of your skill, aside from your post- a post riddled with errors, which makes you look lazy in your writing and poor in skill. You haven't even bothered to fix the post after the errors were pointed out. How does an applicant know they won't have their work ignored? We don't know what your project is in the slightest... and "sorry hush-hush confidential it's a secret don't tell anyone NDA stuff" doesn't fly here nor in many places; we don't know if your idea is worth our time or something we're interested in. If you tried that with a real editor, they'd laugh in your face. And what if you "hire" someone, and they hate your idea, or don't like working with you? What Derpules is saying is the truth. You need peer reviews, and you need to understand the more peer reviews you have, the better. Sharing your ideas does not hurt you; in fact, it is quite the opposite. You'll receive recommendations, new ideas and different points of view from angles you did not expect- and that makes the story more interesting. Even better, you can pick and choose from what you like, and pick up new skills from other writers.

The reason you're getting many troll posts is because, with what you've showcased, these people don't think you're worth the time/you'll waste editor's time. Working for free, with no promise of any pay in any form? Working for a low-skilled author, with no idea what the project is about? Does that sound like a raw deal to you? This is what people draw from your post, not the "opportunity" to work on an exclusive project. Would you work for yourself, given what impression you've shown?

Oh. And your entire application screening process is broken. Why? Because writing skill does not mean that the person has editing skill, though the latter helps the former.

And something that's a bit... dodgy. If this REALLY is your job, why the heck are you advertising on a forum for a somewhat small, online F2P computer game?! There are many other, much more relevant websites much better suited to your needs, which may have a more positive response. You know, like the websites that have to do with WRITING. Of course, you may have chosen the SK forums for a very specific reason... though, as I've implied, we have no idea what that reason could be. Unless that reason is, "they're free."

trying to auction his drawings on the bazaar. Two threads so far. Seems pretty earnest. . . .