tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post3973071520532868063..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: I Really Don't Care About Your "Beta-Readers"Scott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-40767037426947322892011-01-12T08:04:11.854-08:002011-01-12T08:04:11.854-08:00HA! Thanks! I love how you always cut to the chase...HA! Thanks! I love how you always cut to the chase.<br /><br />~ <a href="http://thatrebelwithablog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">that rebel, Olivia</a>Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-91102830408147469312011-01-07T21:08:22.923-08:002011-01-07T21:08:22.923-08:00Not actually about today's topic, but MJ David...Not actually about today's topic, but MJ Davidson talked about Kate Duffy, whom I first heard of here and I thought you might like to hear the nice words. Between the two of you, I really wish I could have known her. http://maryjanicedavidson.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-use-terrible-word-to-describe-my.htmlClothDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542830590515695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-56161620109653524972011-01-07T15:40:37.792-08:002011-01-07T15:40:37.792-08:00Patricia Lynne, about wanting to find a not-friend...Patricia Lynne, about wanting to find a not-friend to beta your work, I'd say it depends on your friends. I know mine are actually <em>more</em> brutal—and more accurate, for that matter—than most of the online critique I receive. (By "accurate", I mean that they actually know what they're talking about, not trying to correct a misspelling that's consistent throughout the story and is actually an archaic spelling of the word being used.)<br /><br />I'm fortunate in that, I guess. My friends know that if they don't like something I write, they can stop reading and tell me. (They do, too.)<br /><br />All that said, I understand that my experience is the exception and not the norm. I as a reader cringe when a writer boasts that "all" his/her beta-readers love the novel. That "all" tells me that the writer is catering to a specific reader base, and I'm probably not in it.Carradeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431561739001270522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-15357553986898323502011-01-07T11:21:28.287-08:002011-01-07T11:21:28.287-08:00Nothing wrong w/ a little brutal honesty.
I think ...Nothing wrong w/ a little brutal honesty.<br />I think I got lucky. Out of my three friends I asked to read my story over and critique it, only one went nuts with a red pen and when I say nuts I mean NUTS. I rewrote the whole ending because she said she thought it wasn't that good, that it was too quick. Still, I wonder if I need to find someone that's not a friend, maybe get a little more brutal with honesty.Patricia JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582005500429122486noreply@blogger.com