FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Once your manuscript is written and redrafted into decent shape, what are your beta/editing steps? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: What kind of guidelines do you give your beta readers? What feedback do you request from them? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Beta readers are a fantastic resource, if used wisely. What instructions do you give your betas, and what do you ask them to do? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer LV Lloyd: How do you manage your beta reads – what to accept and what to discard? especially when a) they contradict each other or b) they all query the aspect you thought was the key to the whole story? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
Hey all, Welcome to our second annual submissions week – were we’ll talk about all things submissions. This is a great opportunity for our newer authors to learn things from our veterans – how to prepare your story (whether it’s a short story, a novella, a novel, poem etc) for submission to a publisher. Today we’ll tackle something many self-publishing authors neglect – having someone else proof your stuff before you publish it. They’re called “beta readers”, and they may or may not be professional editors. We’re all too close to our own work – we often can’t see the … Read more
Today’s topic comes form QSFer Jon Keys – how do we find good beta readers for our work? It’s a question many newer authors have – we’re told again and again that it’s not enough for us to proof our own work, that we need an outside eye to help us catch things we might miss – typos, errors, and general confusion in places that seem clear to us as the authors. So my questions today: How do you find your beta readers? Are you one, and if so, how do you approach this delicate work? What makes a good … Read more
Hey all, Welcome to our first submissions week – were we’ll talk about all things submissions. This is a great opportunity for our newer authors to learn things from our veterans – how to prepare your story (whether it’s a short story, a novella, a novel, poem etc) for submission to a publisher. Today we’ll tackle something many self-publishing authors neglect – having someone else proof your stuff before you publish it. They’re called “beta readers”, and they may or may not be professional editors. We’re all too close to our own work – we often can’t see the flaws, … Read more