8Hey. I'm sorry. But my story, "The Forgotten Island" will not be posted today. Maybe not even tomorrow. I'm going to aim for the 12th or 13th.
Now you may ask, "why". And I have an answer. You see, I had a beta-er. For you people unfamiliar with that term, it is someone who is given special privileges, they get to see my chapter/story one or two days prior before I submit it, exclusive access. But in return, they MUST look through that story, and check for errors. Grammatical, spelling, plot holes, etc. They must be committed and given true feedback and corrections. Seems like a fair trade off though, right? Apparently not for mine. I should of know he wasn't experienced, he didn't even know how to use DocX. But I sent him it anyway, making very clear that he was to look for errors. Twice. And the only words he said were "make it longer". When I asked if there were any errors, he said, "Nope. All good.". I was about to submit it, but several things caught my eye. Serious errors. Like "the sound of water echo his ears". And "he didn't really caring enough." Doesn't sound "all good" to me. So I am going to have to postpone this story. Indefinitely.
But this was a learning experience for me to. I was shocked to see that I even made these own errors myself. I usually never make stupid mistakes like that, but apparently, I did. I'm sorry. But the good news is that the story was originally going to be about 1,000 words, now it's going to be probably 1,500. And it should not have many errors. But I would like to say that, in this experience, a beta-ing position has opened up. So if you are truly interested, and know what you'll have to do, it would be amazing. You'll get special a special shout-out at the start of every new chapter too.
Thank you for reading, I am sorry for this mishap, and I certainly hope it will never happen again. And as for you, beta reader, you should be thanking me I'm not revealing your name. I should though, make sure that I'm not the only one who sends you this message, but no matter. And I'm still looking for input on Chapter 5, though the dates may be wrong. I got no reviews from that one, are you still out there?
Two Non-Story related chapters, I know, I will not happen again. I promise. Sorry if I disappointed anyone by thinking this was an actual update.