Tag: Defrosting The Thaw
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Defrosting The Thaw: Analysing Beta-Reader Feedback
For my post-apocalyptic novel The Thaw, I’ve been lucky in that I have recently gained a great deal of useful feedback from a series of beta-readers, all of whom have now completed their reading of the third draft of the book and submitted their reports to me. These comments are extremely useful and I’m grateful…
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Defrosting The Thaw: Planning Process
My post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw has had some positive feedback on the third draft from beta-readers, which is really encouraging. Some of the most heartening feedback on this draft has been on the quality of the planning. This surprises me as the planning for The Thaw took me a long time, and looking back…
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Defrosting The Thaw: Surveying Beta Readers
I’m currently in the process of gaining feedback from a selection of beta-readers for my work-in-progress post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw, which is now at draft 3 stage. I’ve had three out of the eight people who have been sent the work respond, and I’ve undertaken a couple of beta-reads myself in that time. First…
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