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What Is a Sensitivity Read? What It Covers, What It Costs, and When Your Manuscript Needs One
A sensitivity read checks your manuscript for stereotypes and false notes. Here’s what it is, who does it, what it costs, and whether your book needs one.
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Catherine Forrest
1 day ago8 min read


3 Types of Sneaky Writing Feedback (and What Your Reader Is Really Telling You)
Not every critique sounds like one. Here are 3 sneaky types of writing feedback, from “I didn’t finish it” to “No notes!”, and how to act on each.
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Catherine Forrest
1 day ago8 min read


How to Write Book Reviews as an Author (Without Burning Bridges)
Reviewing books on Goodreads and Amazon gets complicated when you're an author yourself. Learn the ethics of author book reviews, how to handle books you didn't like, when to say nothing at all, and whether to use a separate identity for your reviewing account.
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Catherine Forrest
Aug 217 min read


Delivering Praise and Criticism
Learn how to give writing criticism that actually helps: deliver praise broadly and criticism precisely, and why the compliment sandwich is doing it wrong.
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Catherine Forrest
Aug 127 min read


Be the Best Beta Reader You Can Be
A beta reader who tells you your manuscript is perfect is wasting your time. Here's what good beta feedback actually looks like — and how to ask for it.
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Catherine Forrest
Aug 78 min read


Identify Your Beta Readers
Your manuscript has bugs. Beta readers are how you find them before your readers do. Here's how to build the beta reading team that will actually make your book better—and who to use with caution.
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Catherine Forrest
Aug 710 min read


When your beta readers are doing their best (but you need better feedback)
If you’ve been frustrated by the beta reading process, if you’ve gotten vague feedback—or no feedback at all—and wanted a solution, I made this for you.
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Catherine Forrest
May 134 min read
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