New guest post by Kristin Savage on the #betablog (betareader.io/blog)! “Both giving and receiving feedback can be beneficial for someone wanting to improve their writing skills and write with more ease. Feedback can play an important part when it comes to your progress and it can help you determine which aspects of your writing need improvement. Giving and receiving feedback can be done in plenty of ways and when it comes to writing, it does not even have to be given in person. Here are some of the most important ways through which feedback can improve one’s writing.” #betareaders #feedback #writing #authors #betareadersneeded #publishing #readersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CCnMVNtAbfa/?igshid=1r8b7mbpjxpo6

Today is #worldbookday ! Go to your shelf and find that book you’ve always wanted to read. Finish it, and send the author some love! #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #book #livetoread #lovetoread https://www.instagram.com/p/B_T53gjAwOt/?igshid=1ujoycuh1q3q5

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At least not when it comes to taste. People will have lots of opinions about your book. Not all of them will “get” it, and only you know why you write and what you want to say. If you jump on every possibility to change something, you will end up zig-zagging together a mess of a story that’s farther and farther from yourself. So, unless it’s a typo or a verifiable fact, wait until at least three readers point out the same thing before you decide to tweak things. #betareaders #amwriting #writingcommunity #bookstagram #writing #writingtips #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/B9vsHhAgXVM/?igshid=1h81x9yyooz4o

Try to understand who your reader is and how they have read your text when you analyze their feedback. Use specialists to confirm details (e.g. a law enforcer to go through a crime scene, a doctor or nurse to verify medical details), professional editors to check your dramaturgy and phrasing, and regular bookworms to gauge the effect of your words on your target audience. #betareaders #amwriting #writingcommunity #bookstagram #writing #writingtips #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/B9omIoXAZ9J/?igshid=92dr2v1m3s1x

Handy tips for receiving feedback without breaking, #1: Stow away your ego If you are too close to your text, hearing about its faults can sound like it’s you who need betterment. This can cloud your judgement when deciding on how to improve the text. A good way to remedy this natural reflex is to pretend that someone else wrote your story, and that you are simply reading or listening to what another someone thought about it. #betareaders #writingcommunity #writing #writingtips #bookstagram #amwriting #amediting https://www.instagram.com/p/B9lPwQuA9Fp/?igshid=d2qjgdsc9ho0

Sharing is daring. Today’s blog post gives you three handy tips to help you handle feedback without breaking. Find it on the #betablog: betareader.io/blog #betareaders #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cFLZaA0YQ/?igshid=7unepgg2ruea

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 11: Lastly, did the climax feel climactic, was the payoff in the end worth reading the whole book? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8fkXZTAEpt/?igshid=1r0q1tl0zzn13

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 10: What enticed you the most, if anything? What grabbed your attention? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cHDm5A4gj/?igshid=12321w1jnprkd

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: How was the pacing between narrative and dialogue? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8UPFsRghUt/?igshid=1dnw1ykopg2oy

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 8: What's your favorite bit of the book? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8RxQpjAHwy/?igshid=n6u5grdryk3z

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 7: Were any parts of the plot predictable? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8M4ftpAxYE/?igshid=a426ncgvr751

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 6: Were there any points throughout that you found unbelievable or illogical? If so, why? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KR6xeAzGS/?igshid=1k12j3avnuirh

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 5: Did anything in the text confuse you? What? Why? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HeFjegKP2/?igshid=8tkb7kubz4bu

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 4: If you could change anything to make the story better, what would you change? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B8AA0E8AfmA/?igshid=4rrl3ctb2jnb

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 2: Did the dialogue feel natural? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B79UaV4AgA5/?igshid=1miiw2qxigfwf

The most popular questions for beta readers according to our users: 2: Which character did you enjoy the most? The least? Why? . . . . . . #betareaders #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #bookstagram #writingtips #questionsforbetareaders #betaquestions https://www.instagram.com/p/B76SOcEgxmh/?igshid=p8662xmpcewl