{"id":559,"date":"2012-12-13T10:56:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2013-01-06T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T16:02:49","slug":"betas-and-cps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/betas-and-cps\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on Betas and CPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is going to be a bit of a gushy blog post. Mostly because I feel like everyone should gush about their betas and critique partners. There\u2019s so much that they do to help build up your manuscript to its best level that they deserve endless praise.<\/p>\n<p>For those that don\u2019t know, a <strong>beta reader<\/strong> is someone who offers their time and opinions to review a freshly finished manuscript or set of revisions to see if you have accomplished your goals.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>critique partner<\/strong> is someone who you swap manuscripts with to go through with detailed notes covering everything from what works to what doesn\u2019t (among many other cheeky comments to boot).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/readers2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-561\" title=\"readers2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/readers2.png?resize=300%2C199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/readers2.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/readers2.png?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every time I have given my manuscript over to readers, there\u2019s a certain amount of anxiety before the intense trepidation begins once they have the story in their grubby hands. I\u2019m always petrified about what people might say. Mainly \u201cI hate this\u201d. After the fear subsides, I am constantly amazed by the skill and adept eye for detail these readers come up with. Sure they find problems I had noticed myself, but other times they pick out holes I couldn\u2019t see or mistakes that never caught my eye.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, you want to find someone who enjoys the genre you wrote so they don\u2019t feel burdened to read as if the story is a chore. Sometimes the fit isn\u2019t right so try to see if your prospective readers fill these 3 categories:<\/p>\n<p><em>1-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They enjoy reading your genre<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They are part of your target audience<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Their goals and intentions for your MS match your own<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And when you locate that special person to fill beta or CP shoes, it\u2019s honestly magical. I love each and every one of the readers that have helped me in the past and those who intend to help in the future. My manuscript(s) wouldn\u2019t be even half of what they are without you!<\/p>\n<p>How do you feel about betas and CPs? Share your experiences!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is going to be a bit of a gushy blog post. Mostly because I feel like everyone should gush about their betas and critique partners. There\u2019s so much that they do to help build up your manuscript to its best level that they deserve endless praise. For those that don\u2019t know, a beta reader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[64,35,47,28,34,50,73,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audience","category-discovery","category-editing","category-gifts","category-inspiration","category-musings","category-reading","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-91","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}