{"id":545,"date":"2014-03-17T22:02:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/?p=545"},"modified":"2014-05-16T14:19:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T14:19:01","slug":"looking-for-beta-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/03\/looking-for-beta-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for beta readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The time has finally come&#8230; The early sections of \u2018The Plains of Kallanash\u2019 have been critiqued and revised on a chapter by chapter basis, and now it\u2019s time to see how it works as a whole. So I\u2019m looking for volunteers to beta read for me.<\/p>\n<p>What is a beta reader? Basically, someone who will read the complete book and assess it from the point of view of a reader, and answer a few basic questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the opening engaging?<\/li>\n<li>Is the plot easy to follow?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any plot holes, or parts you didn\u2019t understand?<\/li>\n<li>Are the characters believable?<\/li>\n<li>Did you get a good sense of place?<\/li>\n<li>Did you lose interest anywhere?<\/li>\n<li>Is the writing style readable?<\/li>\n<li>Were you emotionally engaged (excited, sad, did you laugh)?<\/li>\n<li>Is the ending satisfying?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll be revising again after feedback, and then getting professional proofreading, so there\u2019s no need for detailed reports on grammar, spelling or punctuation errors. It\u2019s more of an overview of what works and what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to volunteer, please email me at pmross AT paulinemross.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has finally come&#8230; The early sections of \u2018The Plains of Kallanash\u2019 have been critiqued and revised on a chapter by chapter basis, and now it\u2019s time to see how it works as a whole. So I\u2019m looking for volunteers to beta read for me. What is a beta reader? Basically, someone who will read the complete book and assess it from the point of view of a reader, and answer a few basic questions: Is the opening engaging? Is the plot easy to follow? Are there any plot holes, or parts you didn\u2019t understand? Are the characters believable? Did you get a good sense of place? Did you lose interest anywhere? Is the writing style readable? Were you emotionally engaged (excited, sad, did you laugh)? Is the ending satisfying? I\u2019ll be revising again after feedback, and then getting professional proofreading, so there\u2019s no need for detailed reports on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}