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Beta readers and critic partners
Hi everyone, I have a quick question:
Where do you find your beta readers and critic partners?
I've tried a group on Facebook, but I wonder if that's the right way to go.
any comment, map and other directions most welcome 😊
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Then you'll go back yourself and spot loads of errors etc, it's not worth paying to get a critique at that stage. Get it as good as you can, then go for a critique.
Bear in mind there are two types - a critique is a structured assessment of the manuscript in terms of what works and what doesn't. They won't necessarily tell you how to fix it as they are then stepping into the creative space and even technically ghostwriting it...Personally I just need to be told what's rubbish. Once it's been pointed out to me it's rubbish (like a Voodoo member of the IRA - what WAS I thinking) then you'll be like me - what was I thinking. LOL
A full manuscript edit deals with grammar and technical elements of the prose and paragraphs etc. A critique may comment on these but won't offer to fix them and a proof-reader type person may comment on some aspects of the narrative but their main focus is the spelling etc.
A proof reader isn't required until the thing is ready to be read, if that makes sense? You probably know all this. Then if you get published you have to do it all again 5 times!!!