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Beta readers
A public directory of beta readers, with a clear timeline both sides agree to.
Beta readers read a whole piece and tell you how it lands. Browse the public directory, see who is open, and set a timeline both of you commit to up front.
Reading, offering, and requesting are all free. What you trade is your time: list yourself as a beta reader, and keep your delivered reads level with the reads you receive. Every request carries a word count, content warnings, and a deadline, so nobody is guessing.
What it does
- Browse a public directory of beta readers and who is open, free.
- Offer to read and pick the genres and lengths you take.
- Request a beta read for free, with a timeline both sides agree to.
- See word count, content warnings, and a deadline on every request.
Be read
More ways to be read
- Peer feedbackTrade honest notes with other working writers, one read for another.
- Inline commentsLeave a comment right on the line it is about, and keep the conversation there.
- Reading heatmapSee where readers lean in, and where they slip away.
- Direct feedback requestsAsk a specific writer for a read instead of waiting on the queue.
- Sensitivity readsFind readers with lived experience in the areas your story touches.
- ChaptersSmall accountability groups with shared goals and live writing sprints.
- CompetitionsRegular writing competitions, judged by a blend of the prose engine and the community vote.
- Chapter forumsA members-only board inside every Chapter, for craft talk, stuck points and what you are reading.
- MessagesDirect and group messages for the conversations that should stay private.
- ReadingYour shelf, the public Library, and a place to keep reviews. All free.
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For writers 18 and up, on every device.
