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To beta read? Or to die like men instead? (kbin.social)
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Do you have a beta read your fics before you publish them? Or do you prefer to do your own checking & hope that's good enough?

Personally, I'm not keen on the idea of having a beta reader (no shade to any who do). I re-read (& sometimes re-write) my chapters A LOT.
And when I'm happy with them, I give it a few days & re-read them again for SPAG issues or inconsistencies.
And then when I've posted them, I re-read them again because my brain won't let me in case they magically changed between pasting & posting. (I do the same with emails & the like. 🤷‍♀️)
After all that, having someone else re-read it yet again seems kind of redundant.

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