31 Days of Rut-Busting Tips For Writers for 2025—Day 19

Call for Critiques

Beta readers can be one of your most valuable resources as a writer. Whether you seek them out through online resources or ask for help from members of your writers group, you will get the feedback you need to improve your work.

Once you’ve created your list of beta readers, be clear what you want from them.

On my Be a Beta Reader! page, I list some of the tasks beta readers can provide, from giving initial gut reactions on the piece to flagging those annoying clichés and repe...