Sunday I posted
some thoughts about beta readers, what they do — and don't do — and an author's responsibility regarding them.
Not exact matches
Emma Cunningham echoed my
thought about giving
beta readers some idea
about the type of feedback we want.
If you're genuinely interested in improving your work, then listen to what your
beta readers tell you, and remember that if they tell you that a particular aspect of your story just does not work, there's very likely a reason for that that you need to
think about.
If you're self - publishing, looking for an agent, or submitting your manuscript to calls for submissions, then you may not have to
think about such agreements, but you do need to trust your
beta reader not to plagiarize, post spoilers online, or distribute copies of your manuscript.
Thinking you need
beta readers is one of the deadliest myths that has come
about in this new world.
Like I mentioned in my post last week
about reader - character connections, we can ask our
beta readers what they
thought the story was
about, or what the message of the -LSB-...]
It got me
thinking about the differences between
beta readers and editors and why a lot of writers
think that they don't need an editor when they have
beta readers.
Just
think about how you can create situations that are win - win with your
beta readers, and they'll promote your work every time.
Think about who your ideal
reader is (age, gender, interests, favourite writers) and look for
betas in this group.
Also, we can
think about the feedback we've received (whether from
beta readers, critique groups, or editors, etc..)
The
beta readers have handed me a sizable chunk of comments that I'm
thinking about, so a month, probably.
(
Beta Read) I just posted a request for info
about mentoring and I
think I posted it to some poor
readers comment.
Wondering what your
thoughts are
about using Scribophile or Critique Circle or others as
beta readers?
Samsung is working on releasing the final build of Oreo sometime this month for
beta testers, and while we wait for that to happen, we
thought we'd ask you, our
readers,
about their opinion on the last Galaxy S8 Oreo
beta (build number ZRA5).