I’ve been interested in learning about the process of beta reading, and one thing I haven’t seen touched on a lot is the means of communication for talking to betas.

Do you use a rich text editor like Word or Google Docs, adding them as an editor? Or do you simply post the work as you normally would, and communicate with your beta in the comments? Or do you post the work without tags or any way for outsiders to easily access it, and let them comment on it that way?

Or is there some other method you use, or you’ve heard of others using?

  • @RebekahWSD
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    213 days ago

    When I was writing fanfic and had a beta, I sent them a word doc in something Google, and we’d discuss it over Skype.

    As Skype is dead, and no one seems to like me using open office, I’d probably just post with no beta.

    Which I did do for a long time! I feel they were worse though. More rambling.