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    Posted: 24 Nov 2022 at 7:18pm
A lot of the comments on peoples' work start with "I loved seeing this in beta and now it's great to see where it ended up."

What is this beta - is there feedback people get and collaborate on as they are writing? Curious about how it works.

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Hi ErikaM, 

Beta readers are other writers in the competition who participate in the forum. They read the stories of other participants, giving feedback and offering suggestions about everything from characters to punctuation. Usually, Beta lists appear on the forum at competition times, where writers add their details and availability. Also, some of us joined a Discord writers’ group where we do the same thing. Link: 

https://forums.nycmidnight.com/nycm-writers-group-discord-server_topic34218.html

Hope that helps,

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That's awesome! Thank you so much for the quick reply. Will definitely participate for my next competition.

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Originally posted by ErikaM ErikaM wrote:

That's awesome! Thank you so much for the quick reply. Will definitely participate for my next competition.
Beta readers are so, SO helpful! It's great to get notes while you can still make fixes. Multiple eyes are great at finding plot holes, points of confusion, typos, etc. Not to mention helping you red-line your too-long story to get it under the word limit. Of course, it does take more work on your end since reciprocating is standard practice, but even that part is quite valuable. 
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