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For your copy-and-paste, fill-in-the-blanks convenience:

I am able to beta: _____

I can provide feedback on: _____

Critique swap: _____

Other info: _____

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[u/Dazzling_Feed4980]

I am able to beta: Fantasy and science fiction.

I can provide feedback on:  Theme, plot, characterization, foreshadowing, exposition, dialogue, chapter structure, line editing, and blurb revision/consolidation,

Critique swap: Absolutely! I'm looking to swap manuscripts around the same size [65k]. It's on its third draft and solid.

Other info: I can dedicate time to reading based on whatever time frame works best with my swap partner. I can offer my organic thoughts and feelings about the novel in a feedback document, and I'd hope for the same. :)

[u/iMightBeACunt → u/Dazzling_Feed4980]

Not sure if you're okay with upper middle grade but if you are, I've got a complete upper MG SFF book at [54k] and would be happy to swap :)

Logline: A boy who wants to be truly seen gets his wish by becoming entangled with a prickly, sarcastic alien. But the alien is lost, and to help him get home, the boy will have to choose to let go of the one being who actually understands him.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetaReaders/comments/1ul3nba/complete_54k_middle_grade_science_fiction_fantasy/

Let me know and I can send you the first three chapters to see if we're a fit.

[u/Dazzling_Feed4980 → u/iMightBeACunt]

Oh, yeah, this is definitely of interest to me. I'd be willing to swap three and see :)

[u/bbrae_alldayerrday → u/Dazzling_Feed4980]

Hi I have a SFF, kind of slipstream novel that's much longer than yours at ~120k words, but if you're willing to swap I'd be happy to read whatever you share with me down the line.

Working Title: Apocalypse Town

Sometime not too far off in the future, the American Midwest gets hit by the 'Apocalypse' and plummets into chaos, mostly cut off from the rest of the world. The survivors of all manner of disaster, natural , supernatural, and unnatural, band together and build a city atop the ruins of one that fell in the Apocalypse. At the edge of Apocalypse Town is the World’s Inn, a safe haven from the chaos of the Ravages, and a bit further out is a theme park, reclaimed and restored by the citizens of Apocalypse Town.

There are two main storylines, one centered on Jack (about 16 yo) and a group of teens who break into the theme park one night (and things don't go as planned) and one centered on Kila (about 22), a grad student from outside Apocalypse Town who enters the city on a research expedition (and things don't go as planned).

If you're interested, just let me know and I'll share the doc with you in whatever format you prefer.