Sentences with phrase «through beta readers»

Through these beta readers I'm able to get a sense of what my book really is, not what I think it is.

It needs to go through beta readers or a critique group.

I guess my first novel was just good enough in its first revision — I had been through beta readers but probably needed a developmental editor anyway — that the people who didn't like it managed for the most part to say WHY.

-LSB-...] seek out different feedback even before an editor sees their book through beta readers and / or critique partners or groups.

Not exact matches

They read the book, found typographical errors, and suggested hundreds of changes to help clarify the argument and ideas (If you are interested in joining a future Beta Reader team, I will announce openings through the email newsletter).

People asking for a beta reader think we only read through the manuscript once.

Personally, my books don't go through the copyedit stage before I submit it to beta readers, but I do my absolute best to to make it the best it can be before I run it past other sets of eyes.

For many of us, we find our critique partners or beta readers through our connections with the writing community.

It is not perfect and no matter how many times you ring it through editors, line editors, copy editors, beta readers and anyone else, there will be something, someone, somewhere does not like or who finds a glaring mistake.

Having seen how many typos and such slip through my work, even with beta readers and a professional editor, I cringe at the idea of putting work out there that hasn't been through that process, but if you absolutely have no money to spend on this, then, no, you don't have to pay anyone.

A good beta reader will go through our «the best we can make it by ourselves» draft and give feedback about what we can't see.

If you send a chapter that's been through critique partners, beta readers, and you've self - edited it five times, but the rest of the book has only been gone over once, you'll probably get an e-mail down the road about how, due to the scope of the project changing, the quote will be increased, etc. and so forth.

With beta readers, I've already been through a few drafts and worked out a lot of the kinks on my own.

I'm workshopping chapters; I'm sending it to alpha and beta readers; I'm going through draft after draft.

Many authors have found that system through creating story beats, using that outline for a rough draft, and then editing with the help of beta readers.

If you go through Holly's whole process before sending your book in for developmental edit or beta readers, your book will be in a great shape already.

I work better if the author has gone through at least a couple of critiques or beta readers to get rid of the low - hanging - fruit problems.

The ethical beta reader makes clear the issues they have with your book in their feedback to you, not through a public review after the book has been published.

That said, I understand the hit to the wallet, so check through my posts here about beta readers and editors for ideas to save money.

That much - rejected book could be an unpolished gem that might get a contract if the author ran it through a few beta readers, cut the word count, and got somebody to proofread it.

And they rarely, if ever, look at their work and declare it good enough, especially before it has been through alpha and beta readers.

Beta - readers read through your manuscript and offer priceless feedback that helps you supercharge your book editing.

I think a better way to get feedback on your book is through a dynamite editor, or even through a large group of beta - readers.

, I am writing a brand new book, and I'm going to take a wild leap here, and do this one without a beta reader, cycling through, slowing down a bit now just to make sure that I have confidence in my story.

Second, consider having beta readers who go through your manuscript and can let you know where it's weak and needs work, as well as what they like.

* sigh * To all my contest judges, beta readers, and critique partners — I apologize for putting you through that.

You may even want to send your manuscript through a second round of beta readers if the changes are considerable.

There are more beta readers who supported me through the last leg of the journey.

I'm assuming you have finished the first draft and then gone through the major editing and beta - reader process, so you have a finished manuscript ready to go.

Getting a full - length novel through my critique group, beta readers and editor takes three months, at the bare minimum!

You can find alpha and beta readers through online or in - person writing groups (see Critique Groups and Partners).

Beta readers who sign up to read your book through a digital e-commerce platform provide their e-mail address as part of the process.

That is, it's been run through a critique group or some beta readers and revised carefully.

I hired an editor, took it through my critique group, used beta readers, did a final polish.

These days, you can design a pretty good cover yourself through sites like Canva.com, you can build a «street team» of beta readers to help you edit, and you can use inexpensive or even free and automated software to do your layout.

I didn't even know that these services existed ha - ha, except for Beta reader through your earlier article.

Read through the feedback from your beta readers and strongly consider revising any parts that confused or bored them.

Editors and beta readers would ideally catch any persistent errors or flaws in the work, helping the author realize their mistakes and working through that together.

I do have my book completed and I have a couple of beta readers going through it before I begin the publishing process.

I still strongly recommend a good profession editor before you publish, no matter how many times you've been through the piece or how many beta - readers you use.

Then I do a read through and edit and send it to the beta readers.

If your manuscript has not been through any kind of macro / story - level editing involving other people (so a professional editor or multiple beta readers.

Once the ideas are in good shape (through revisions after feedback from beta readers or a manuscript critique, or a substantive edit), line editing, also known as heavy copy - editing, looks at the style and flow of your writing to make sure those ideas are expressed as beautifully as they can be, while still retaining your distinct voice.

I don't pay for developmental editing because I go through several rounds of beta reading with other authors as crit partners, some bloggers, some voracious readers.

In other words, they have friends, family, beta readers, and an inexpensive editor go through their work, then publish.

The beta reader has a fresh set of eyes that see more clearly than the author, who has read the same work so many times through the many rewrites that he / she can't often see problems or errors anymore.

My novel has gone through several batches of beta readers and revising and I'm getting ready to start querying agents.

She finishes the book, it goes through editing, typically the cover has long been designed, and then it goes to beta readers.

Basically they do what the beta readers did in the prior chapters, and maybe even hold your hand through the first revision.

If your manuscript has been through several rounds of editing — especially after using many beta readers — your final editing costs probably wouldn't even be that much because you've done the clean up work ahead of time.