Getting feedback on your story is such an important part of the writing process. The thing is, though, giving feedback is surprisingly hard if you’ve never done it before.

Not all of us have easy access to story experts, and we might be relying on friends and family to tell us what they think. And these people (well-meaning though they are) usually aren’t familiar with giving feedback.

So to make life easier for them (and YOU!) here is a checklist of questions you can hand over to anyone who has agreed to give you feedback on your book or story. This checklist is especially helpful if your beta reader isn’t a writer or they’ve never given story feedback before.

So here it is, the most important questions you need to ask your beta readers:

1. Did you like the main character?
2. Did you feel like their personality came across on the page?
3. Was their situation relatable?
4. Did you understand why they did what they did every step of the way?
5. Were there any parts of the story that felt rushed?
6. Were there any parts of the story that felt too slow?
7. Was there anything in the story that you found confusing?
8. Was there anything in the story that you didn’t find believable?
9. How did you feel at the end?
10. Who do you think would like to read a story like this?

And if you’d like more information on how to give feedback, as well as how to deal with receiving feedback on your story, check out my 10-minute video below!