Today is National Proofreading Day and I'd love to give a big shout-out to Mouse who is my first proofreader on every article as part of how she edits. Proofreading is a very important part of the writing process. Unless you, through experience or magic, make everything perfect on your first draft every time, you'll probably want at least one proofreader if you are publishing anything.
In turn I find myself proofreading for others at times. Usually Mouse or Kevin. Mouse has her fanfiction, and I usually proofread that, and then Kevin has sporadic stuff he sends me. Actually the latest thing was this bizarre apartment complex crossover fanfiction that also had Invader Zim characters in it. Off the top of my head, it has Zim and Gir, Strong Sad, Luigi, Hip Hop Harry, the Rookie from Club Penguin, a couple of Kamen Rider characters,The Electric Mayhem from the Muppets, Alex Kraile, Daggett Beaver, Daxer from Jak and Daxer, Dracula, Nickelodeon's Doug and Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force who was adopted by The Grimace and Tony the Tiger who are secretly married, among others. It's really something else.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks, Tom! I’m happy to be here. Also, Kevin is the kind of person who makes browsing AO3 difficult.]
Hey! You forgot to mention Ignignokt, Err, The Blue Meanie, Grumpy Bear, Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Nyan Cat were also there! They were very crucial to the plot. Other than that, solid article!
Oh boy that sounds like an...interesting fic. All hail proofreaders though! I don't have a beta myself, but googledocs spell check is usually enough to catch what I need.