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Beta Reading

BETA READING

Rate: $50-$100 per book

Turnaround Time: 4–8 weeks

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Beta reading offers an honest, thoughtful evaluation of your manuscript from a reader’s perspective. This service is designed to help you understand how your story will be received by your target audience. What draws them in, what might pull them out, and where your strengths and opportunities for improvement lie.

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What You’ll Receive:

  • Reader Feedback: Comprehensive thoughts on overall impact, emotional resonance, character engagement, pacing, and plot cohesion.

  • Strengths and Weaknesses: What’s working, what’s not, and how readers may respond to your characters, dialogue, world-building, and story arcs.

  • Actionable Suggestions: Targeted, constructive advice to help you revise your manuscript with the reader in mind.

  • Detailed Beta Reading Report: A structured document covering:

    • General impressions and emotional response

    • Plot engagement and pacing

    • Character development and dialogue

    • Style and tone

    • Specific areas of praise and concern

    • Suggested next steps for improvement

  • Inline Comments: Direct comments within the manuscript, offering contextual notes and pointing out specific moments that worked, or didn’t, from a reader’s point of view.

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Best For:

  • Authors seeking honest, reader-focused feedback before editing or publishing

  • Writers who want to improve character relatability, pacing, and plot clarity

  • Anyone looking for an objective outside opinion on overall story effectiveness

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Please Note:

  • Reader Perspective: This service reflects the impressions of an engaged, analytical reader—not an editor. It does not include structural or line editing.

  • Subjectivity: Feedback is based on personal reading experience and may vary. I aim to offer useful, balanced insights while respecting your creative vision.

  • No Revisions Included: This service provides feedback only—it does not involve editing or rewriting.

  • Confidentiality Guaranteed: Your manuscript is treated with complete confidentiality. It will not be shared, distributed, or referenced outside of the agreed-upon feedback process.

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