Beta Reading

You’ve finished a draft of your book! Or you’ve almost finished a draft! I can be one of your helpful first readers.

We start by clarifying your goals. A book of childhood memories that you’ll self-publish for your heirs requires a different approach than a memoir that you want to publish traditionally.

Together, we identify your intended audience.

Next, I turn a compassionate and discerning eye to your work.

I read for whole book concerns such as plot, character, pacing, theme, and narrative tension.

I also read in order to respond to all of your questions.

Finally, I consider structure. Are there other forms this work could take that may help it be more fully itself?

We end our time together with a series of conversations and editorial support designed to embolden and empower you in your revisions.

Send me a message if you’d like to set up a free, virtual, get-to-know-you.