Beta Readers are an important resource for writers that can help strengthen your WIP.  So I thought I would go over some points regarding getting some beta readers.

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What Are Beta Readers?

Beta readers are people you recruit to read your unpublished work in order to suggest improvements, catch errors, and give you a “reader” perspective.

Writers are too close to their work and no matter how many edits you put your work through (and it should be several!) you will always need another pair (or several pairs) of eyes to check over it.

Beta Readers are typically avid readers of your specific genre and do this as a voluntary