The Beta Readers – Part 1

In my humble opinion, beta reading is a highly important phase of the editing process and one which cannot be overlooked.

There are numerous benefits by having others read your work for you – provided that they are honest and critical. I have asked my diverse crew to be as brutal as they need to be, but I am also interested in hearing which scenes or characters spoke to them the most – and WHY!? I have five people – four of whom I am not related to and they are getting ready to “hand it to m...