Sentences with phrase «finding good beta readers»

Yes, finding good beta readers can be a challenge, especially in certain genres.

... That means finding a good beta reader for you, not just a beta reader.»

Trying to find a good beta reader is harder than you think..

Not exact matches

Another good place to find beta readers is in Goodreads forums.

I found this helpful list which goes into some broad details about how to treat beta readers well.

-LSB-...] We can communicate with our beta readers about the style of feedback we find most helpful, like I discuss in these tips for being a better beta reader.

The guest post built off several articles I've shared here on my blog, such as my suggestions of how to find beta readers and my advice about being a good beta reader -LSB-...]

One of the best things we can do to find beta readers for our work (at least among our network of author friends) is to offer to beta read for others.

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A beta read exchange — entering into a short - term critique partnership with another writer — is a probably the best way to find a Beta Reabeta read exchange — entering into a short - term critique partnership with another writer — is a probably the best way to find a Beta ReaBeta Reader.

Honestly, substantive editing is so expensive (thousands of dollars), that, as a self - publishing author, you're probably better off finding a workshop and / or good beta readers (other writers, not friends / family) to critique your work.

Good to hear you've found the right beta readers.

For great beta reading relationships, we have to find a good match and we have to be the best beta reader we can be.

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A beta reader is «a non-professional reader who reads a written work with the intent of looking over the material to find and improve elements such as grammar and spelling, as well as suggestions to improve the story, its characters, or its setting.

The guest post built off several articles I've shared here on my blog, such as my suggestions of how to find beta readers and my advice about being a good beta reader ourselves.

A beta reader is «a non-professional reader who reads a written work with the intent of looking over the material to find and improve elements such as grammar and spelling, as well as suggestions to...

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But my current publishing team of beta readers and editors are also so good at finding what I need to fix that I appreciate the push — and the opportunity — to make my stories better.

One place I found encouragement, insight, advice and my best beta readers is WANA Tribe.

Yes, I might like to give critiques a try sometime so good information at Mythic Scribes Comment: I found this article helpful and also contains good guidelines to provide beta readers.

If we've found a beta reader who's willing to work with us and sticks to deadlines but their feedback isn't as helpful as we'd like, we can try to help them provide us better feedback.

One of the best things we can do to find beta readers for our work (at least among our network of author friends) is to offer to beta....

If we found a beta reader we liked but they didn't want to work with us, make sure we were giving as good as we got.

One of the best things we can do to find beta readers for our work (at least among our network of author friends) is to offer to beta read -LSB-...]

Because of that arrangement, it's essential that we become good beta readers ourselves if we expect to find others to read for us.

In fact, my number one piece of advice for finding beta readers is to offer to read for others and make sure we're providing good feedback.

For great beta reading relationships, we have to find a good match and we have to be the best beta reader we can -LSB-...]

Good, objective beta readers are hard to find.

I've read a half - dozen issues on my iPad using the beta version of the reader and have found that it does a pretty good job, though it's definitely got some room to improve.

And I asked him something on behalf of several authors who have mentioned to me what I call the «friends and family problem»: writers who use associates as early («beta») readers frequently find that people outside the business (who can be your best gauges of a non-publishing crowd's reaction) have trouble with plain MS format.

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However, adding graphics to make your genre more apparent can help you with networking as well... finding critique partners and potential beta readers, etc..

A good editor will find holes in the plot that the beta reader may have missed, things that need further explaining.

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Some authors use a dozen or more beta readers, but keep in mind if a beta reader is only finding a few typos and is NOT contributing to your rewriting, they may be better off as a reviewer instead.

Then I did my own copyedit pass and found some truly awful errors that had amazingly slipped past every one of my own reads as well as those of my beta readers.

Luckily, there are plenty of other ways to find beta readers, so it's best to try those avenues first.

If you're bootstrapping your book, find even more betas: good beta readers can mean forgoing the cost of a developmental editor.