Stages of meeting new beta readers:
1. Elation! Somebody's read my first chapter and wants to read on! I am God!
2. Excitement! Thank you so much for volunteering. I want to build statues to your awesomeness.
3. Nervousness. You're such a nice person, I don't want to disappoint you. I'm worried the rest of my novel might not be any good.
4. Panic. Oh my God, I can't send you this piece of trash, do I have time to rewrite from scratch?
5. Resignation. I am a fraud. Everyone will find out: it is inevitable. The quicker I hit the send button, the quicker I can end my inevitable humiliation.
6. Attempt to drown self in alcohol and After Eights.
I think I need to reread what I told myself when I sent my beta draft to readers for the first time.
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*hugs*
ReplyDeleteRemember, crit is the step before that last revision which is the step before pure awesomeness. :D
Coming from someone lucky enough to beta for you, and who is working her way through the last 3rd...
ReplyDelete*THWAP*
Stop that right now. :-)