Don’t ask ‘did you like it?’

Instead, ask:

1) What bores you
2) What confuses you
3) What don’t you believe
4) What’s cool? (So I don’t accidentally “fix” it.)

These questions come from Mary Robinette Kowal, who uses them for early beta readers (http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-and-why-i-use-online-alpha-readers-while-writing-novels/). What’s great about them is how they focus readers on giving big picture feedback, which prevents them obsessing over micro details that will probably change anyway (I.e. spelling errors).

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