Tag: fiction
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The Secrets We Carry Wins Two Reader Views Awards
Over the course of my 76-plus years on this planet, I’ve written thousands of compositions, ranging from elementary-school book reports to full-length novels. Some of these writings were not very good, and even those that were never received any recognition beyond a grade of A. That changed last Sunday when Reader Views notified me that…
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Beta Readers Offer Helpful Revisions
Beta readers play a key role in the writing-publishing process. As their name suggests, they aren’t the first ones to see a draft manuscript. Alpha readers see the first draft as it is being written and offer feedback on clarity, character development, and plot continuity, and how the composition reads as a whole. Beta readers…