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A Survey on Beta Reading

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Topic: A Survey on Beta Reading

Posted By: lisafox10800
Subject: A Survey on Beta Reading
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 9:37pm

Hello, fellow writers.

Longtime NYCM participant @andrea and I are conducting some research about beta reading, and would appreciate your help!

This survey --> http://forms.gle/Wmk5E9vBP6HwBAZdA" rel="nofollow - https://forms.gle/Wmk5E9vBP6HwBAZdA http://forms.gle/Wmk5E9vBP6HwBAZdA " rel="nofollow - will only take about five minutes of your time.

Very much appreciate the support! If you have any questions, please feel free to DM me.

Best,

Lisa

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Posted By: Jennk
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 10:17pm

Hi Lisa,

I just completed the survey. I'd love to see the results afterward. Will you share them with the group or through a DM with the participants?

Thank you!

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Posted By: Nlvbucsko
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024 at 11:12am

Completed the survey :)

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Posted By: CoachLisaB
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2025 at 2:46pm

Done!

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Posted By: Frey_a
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2025 at 6:55pm

Done!

I love betas and I’ve learnt so much and made great writing friends doing it. It adds a lot of fun to writing. But I’d also really love if contests asked writers to list their beta count.

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Posted By: NMiller
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:51pm

Done! Great questions!

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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 2:19pm

Thank you so much, everyone! :)

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Core Truths and Passageways: Short Speculative Fiction now available wherever books are sold

Posted By: userpoets
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 10:25am

Answered!

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Posted By: Tinabeans
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025 at 2:57pm

Done! :D I find beta reading so helpful as someone still relatively new, and would love to become a better beta reader myself.

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Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025 at 4:11pm

Interesting survey.

I've enjoyed giving beta feedback in the past, and yes, I've gotten beta feedback as well, but I tend to not have a lot of expectations because beta reading is a flow that you have where you are doing way more than copy edit or even structural edit. To me it's about reading a story to get the layers of meanings and feelings from the story.

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Posted By: Caro
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025 at 4:53pm

Great survey on Beta Reading. Very interesting questions that will no doubt have interesting answers when collated.

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Caro

Posted By: Outofthecastle
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:24pm

I did the survey!

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Posted By: TreeSee
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 12:05pm

I was going to take the survey, but realized too many of the. Answers did not apply to me. I hardly ever use beta readers, Wish there was a NA response. Good luck with your survey!