Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Oct 19, 2018 18:44:38 GMT
If you use more than one beta reader for your pre-published stories, chances are, some of them will disagree with one another. For example, one beta will say you don't use enough detail and they were unable to picture their surroundings. While another will say you used the perfect amount of light description and they were literally transported from the first page on.
So then the question becomes, do you use more description to help out your readers who are like the first one? Or do you leave it as is because readers like the second are the ones you want as fans?
I would say it depends how purposeful you were on deciding the amount of description. If you carefully chose a minimalist style because it's how you write, and it's how you plan on writing the rest of your series - then I'd say leave it and let it be a feature not a bug.
But if you were just writing and that's how it came out, and you don't have any real objections to being more descriptive, then get a few more readers to see which viewpoint pops up more, and go with your reader majority.
What suggestions or experiences do you have in dealing with beta reader disagreements?
