Writer's Road Recap: Finding Betas and Crit Groups
Here is an abbreviated recap of last Monday's chat on finding the right beta readers or critique group: Heather McCorkle Finding beta readers or critique groups can be the easy part. Finding GOOD ones, and keeping them, is much harder. #WritersRoad Yelena Casale to @HeatherMcCorkle There has to be a good balance betw a constructive critique and encouragement #writersroad Heather McCorkle The key is to know what you're looking for in betas or crit partners, and be ready to reciprocate. #WritersRoad Karen Strong It's important to know what you're looking for: Do you want structure, grammar, character development? Helps to know first. #WritersRoad Karen Strong For instance, I'm not much into grammar and misspellings. I like having CPs who can do structure/plot/character stuff. #WritersRoad Melinda Primrose to @Yelena_Casale and you have to be willing to take the constructive criticism #write...