Beta-reading

Are you seeking insightful and useful feedback to see how your manuscript resonates with readers before moving forward with revisions?

 

Do you need someone reliable who is a supportive team mate?

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This beta-reading service offers useful feedback to help you understand how your story is being experienced from a reader's perspective; allowing you to make intentional, confident changes during your revision stages.

 

Stepping into a beta-reader role, I set aside my editorial lens to focus on my experience to give you honest and high-level thoughts about your story to help with self-editing.​

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This service is a deeply intentional way to see how your story touches others and highlights areas where you can bring more clarity, emotion, or depth to the narrative. Together, we’ll ensure your manuscript is experienced just as you’ve envisioned it.

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Reader Report

After reading your entire manuscript, I’ll create a detailed reader report*, in the form of 3-5+ pages, sharing my thoughts on your story from characters, plot, world-building, and more. I will also include a few resources.​

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Investment

$500 for under 40,000 words  

$700 for 40,000–80,000 words  

$900 for 80,001–120,000 words  

$1100 for 120,001+ words

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After each chapter comments can be supplied for an additional fee.

Payment plans and custom packages available

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Difference between DE and Beta-reading:

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Beta Reader Feedback:

I liked the main character, but they felt inconsistent at times. In the beginning, they seemed confident, but later they doubted themselves without much explanation.

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Developmental Editor Feedback:

The protagonist’s character arc feels underdeveloped. In the first act, they’re portrayed as confident, but in the second act, they exhibit self-doubt without a clear cause. Consider adding a scene early on that introduces a personal flaw or external challenge to explain this shift in behavior. This would make their development more coherent and relatable.

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Beta Reader Feedback:

I was confused about the world in some places. It wasn't clear how the magic system works.

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Developmental Editor Feedback:

The magic system’s rules and limitations need more clarity to enhance the believability of the world. For instance, in Chapter x, the protagonist uses magic in a way that contradicts how it was introduced in earlier chapters. A more explicit explanation of the system’s mechanics in the early chapters would help avoid confusion. Consider XYZ. Here’s a resource: ABC.

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Ready to explore how your story connects with readers? Let’s collaborate to bring your vision to life!