{"id":267,"date":"2022-05-01T00:18:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T00:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regularlywe.com\/homepage\/?p=267"},"modified":"2022-05-01T00:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T00:18:25","slug":"5-questions-to-ask-when-looking-for-beta-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regularlywe.com\/homepage\/5-questions-to-ask-when-looking-for-beta-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions To Ask When Looking For Beta Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beta Reading, for those who don\u2019t know, refers to the concept of having someone read your writing for feedback. For any piece, I suggest having multiple beta readers, but asking yourself multiple questions in order to find the best ones for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People have beta readers who are friends, family, colleagues, or strangers from the internet. They are a necessary part of long-form writing. Sometimes, it&#8217;s hard to know where to start and what to look for in a beta reader. That&#8217;s why you need questions to ask beta readers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below you will find some key elements to look for in your beta readers:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions #1: Do You Respect Them?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may seem obvious, but <\/span><b>respecting those who read your work is paramount<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Writers pour their hearts, souls, and lives into writing. If you\u2019re having someone read it early, then that piece may be as sensitive as an open wound. Why would you give it to someone you do NOT respect?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give your manuscript to someone you admire. <\/span><b>If you\u2019re looking for feedback to actually GET BETTER, then you need to respect the mouth that feedback comes from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, I\u2019m currently working on a novel and recently finished my second draft. I know a lot of writers who I could ask to beta read, but if I don\u2019t respect their writing, I know their feedback will be some I won\u2019t listen to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they are someone who I find obnoxious, I won\u2019t believe them if they say something that\u2019s probably valid, but still critical of my work. If you respect the person you hand your piece to, then that beta reader will be able to give you wonderful feedback you may ACTUALLY listen to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-275 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regularlywe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading.png?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beta Reading in Bed\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Questions #<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2: Does this person have a different outlook than you?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a term in the literary world called \u201c<\/span><b>sensitivity readers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d These are people with a specific outlook who can read through your piece and let you know if certain communities or ideas are handled with the right amount of sensitivity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if you are a white man writing a book partially from the perspective of a lesbian black woman, you probably don\u2019t ONLY want a bunch of white men reading your book. You want AT LEAST a few people who are in the demographic of which you are writing to let you know if you\u2019re saying anything offensive or inaccurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a less obvious way, if you\u2019re someone who is an upper-middle-class person who has lived as an upper-middle-class person your whole life, please do not only have upper-middle-class people read your writing. <\/span><b>You want people from different backgrounds to read your book to provide feedback.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diverse feedback helps you do the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you\u2019re not offensive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add more rich texture to your book<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open up to a wider range of readers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People read, a lot of times, from a place of relatability. If you\u2019ve only written about your perspective, and only people with the same perspective as you have provided feedback, then your audience will be narrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions #<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3: Can this person give you the SPECIFIC feedback you require?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>A common error<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> people make when looking and engaging with beta readers is that they expect <\/span><b><i>one beta reader to provide feedback on everything<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: story structure, characters, grammar, pacing, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are looking for feedback, not everyone you talk to will give you the same quality of feedback. <\/span><b>It will be helpful for you AND the reader if you let them know specific things you are looking for feedback on.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if you\u2019re pretty far along in the writing process, and you\u2019re looking more for line notes and grammar, you want to tell that to someone. It may be that they are great at high-level edits or character, but their grammar is weak. That would be a bad fit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re early on in the process, and you want to know if your story actually makes sense, then receiving a line-edited copy back will be of NO help. In fact, it probably would hurt your writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ask for what you want, and make sure they can give it to you.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions #<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4: How does your beta reader communicate?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beta reading, at its core, is a communication about a manuscript. You, the writer, write a piece. You provide that piece to the beta reader who ingests it. They, in turn, reflect and provide feedback on the piece. Sometimes the back and forth continues, but in the end, beta readers provide feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re someone who doesn\u2019t like talking on the phone, don\u2019t get a beta reader who only works on the phone. If you\u2019re someone who hates line edits but loves an email, make sure that\u2019s something your beta reader accommodates. Also, If you need time to go back and forth with questions, make sure that is something they are willing to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Feedback doesn\u2019t help you if it comes in a format that you don\u2019t understand or work well with.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#5: Do you trust your Beta Reader?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This point could be #1. <\/span><b>You need to be able to TRUST your beta reader.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You have to trust them in multiple ways, too. Trust them to provide you with honest feedback, not steal your ideas, and do what they said they would.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people are not trustworthy. That can be fine in a bar-hopping friend or a distant acquaintance, but if you\u2019re giving someone 300 words to 300 pages, you want to make that they aren\u2019t going to steal your piece. You&#8217;ll also want to make sure you&#8217;ll actually receive and believe the feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people in this world won\u2019t steal your piece, but a lot of people may not deliver what was promised. Make sure you trust to whom you give your piece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beta readers are necessary. Plus, you need many for any long piece of work. Try out multiple people, and keep your favorites for the next piece. Beta readers can be friends, family, stranagers on the internet, or professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re interested, I do offer beta reading services through FIVR: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/share\/6K130A\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s talk.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I\u2019m happy to read a small sampling of your piece and learn if we\u2019d be a good fit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Make sure you use the questions to ask beta readers above!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have other questions you ask your beta readers? Mention them in the comments below, and maybe see them in a future update of this piece!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beta Reading, for those who don\u2019t know, refers to the concept of having someone read your writing for feedback. 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