Tag Archive | beta reader
Beta What? Why Indie Authors Don’t Live in a Vacuum
Originally posted on Rachael Ritchey:
FreeImages.com/pll As a writer, just starting out and afraid to tell anyone I was writing, I couldn’t imagine having anyone look at the title let alone the very essence of the story I had so painstakingly laid upon the altar of paper. I could have easily been living in a…
“The brunet”, “the blond”, and “the younger man” are ruining your books! And here’s why! #epithets #makeitstop
Originally posted on Leta Blake:
I DNFed two books this week because I couldn’t deal with the authors’ wild overuse of epithets. One was self-published and the other was published by a press, so this isn’t just a self-pub thing. Authors, beta readers, editors, please, for the love of all that is holy, understand that…
5 Ways to Improve Your Writing Style
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Why is it that two different writers could write in the same genre, write about the same ideas, plot devices and themes yet one writer creates beautiful prose while the other makes the reader never want to read again? Every time I write a chunk of prose that…
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