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The Beta Reader Process

  • Writer: Allie McCormack
    Allie McCormack
  • Aug 17, 2017
  • 1 min read

Okay, Jenna Moreci is my goddess of the Beta Reader process!  She has a series of youtube vlogs on beta readers.  It’s from these that I’m basing my own beta reader process as I get started. Here’s a comprehensive list (so far) of her vlogs on the subject. These are really fun to watch as well as informative, she’s just fabulous! And yes! I will be using the specific questions she suggests!

She’d done some older vlogs, but has started a new, more updated set of vlogs on the topic, the newest first:

Then the older ones, which are also well worth watching:

I’ve also just found this FABULOUS blog post on What is Not Required of a Beta Reader… PLEASE read, whether you’re interested in being a beta reader, or interested in finding beta readers! Really, this has invaluable information!

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