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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks for re-posting, Chris!
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Welcome Charli – great post by Geoff 😀
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Good post. I must confess, I’ve considered beta readers as akin to line editors–finding my typos and grammar errors. I can see why that’s not their purpose (though errors likely distract them from fulfilling their function). Thanks for this.
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You live and learn Jacqui 😀
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Hope it helps
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My betas have been good at spotting mistakes but not great, hence I’ve always paid an editor at the end of the process; they do give me great feedback on the story and the plotting and so on.
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Thank you for this post! I will give it a deep consideration… I’m always looking for beta reader, but outside my community of friends since these aren’t enough critical and almost always willing to approve every stuff I present… as much for the italian writings. When then I translate it in english (or french and spanish) is even became more difficult to find someone to help me!
Have a lovely week :-)claudine
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Good luck with the search Claudine…
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Good luck; over time I’ve found the blogging community a good resource for referrals and also things like local book groups (my local book shop had a list of emails usually if they were seeking new members) and a number of people stepped forward. I agree about those close to you lacking critical insights, or the ability to be honest enough. Hope you find what you need.
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thanks Chris!
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Welcome Geoff – great post 😀
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