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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jun 5, 2015 6:18:59 GMT -5
I don't use my husband as an alpha since I love him and killing him would be bad for our marriage.  Hehe. Same here. He is great as a final proofreader though! I admit, I pay an editor to do a first pass. She always manages to either pick up the things I deep down knew were a problem but didn't want to fix, or has perfect suggestions to fix the things I couldn't figure out how to fix. Then my sister does a beta read, and that's mostly it for me. I've tried more passes, but I tend to just be ready to throw the book at the wall if I go over it too many times. |
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Post by Daniel on Jun 5, 2015 7:54:09 GMT -5
I've tried more passes, but I tend to just be ready to throw the book at the wall if I go over it too many times. Yes! I have a process I trust now, but by the time I finish my final read-aloud proof pass, I'm so ready to be done with the book. By then, it's the best I can produce at that time. I started with beta readers on my first book because I didn't feel comfortable with the idea of sending my work straight out into the public. Once I learned how valuable their feedback was, I vowed to use beta readers for every book. Alpha/beta readers also helped me learn to love revision because I'm always amazed at how much better I like the resulting story. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Jun 5, 2015 12:46:25 GMT -5
Agreeing that those final proofreading passes through the book are agonizing. Each one takes me a solid four days. Hideous.  |
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Post by Suzy on Jun 5, 2015 13:33:55 GMT -5
Agreeing that those final proofreading passes through the book are agonizing. Each one takes me a solid four days. Hideous. My editor says that when you want to vomit on the book, that's when it's truly finished. She does FOUR passes. Torture. |
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Post by carlos on Jun 5, 2015 16:11:33 GMT -5
My editor says that when you want to vomit on the book, that's when it's truly finished. And here I was thinking that I had eight unfinished novels--by this test they were all finished long ago, even my current WIP. Thank heaven for that. |
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