Bring a draft
Paste your writing or upload a TXT, DOCX, or PDF. Confirm its genre and the audience you have in mind.
Beta reader feedback for fiction writers
Meet your story
through other eyes.
Get passage-level feedback on character, pacing, clarity, and plot from up to five distinct AI beta readers. Compare their perspectives and decide what serves your story.
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For the draft you believe in.
And the one you’re still figuring out.
Inside a readingIllustrative example
The second cup
By eight, the tea had gone cold.
Clara cleared one place at the table, then stopped. She put the second cup in the cupboard, where she would not have to see it.
When the knock finally came, she left it there.
3 perspectivesCharacter & connection
“I believe she misses him. Hiding the second cup tells me more than saying she feels lonely would.”
A small action makes the emotion feel earned.
From a first impression to your next revision
A thoughtful read.
A clearer way forward.
Follow the reading as it happens, then bring the observations together in an editorial report.
Gather your readers
Choose up to five AI readers with different tastes. Give each a focus, from emotional authenticity to plot logic.
Find your next revision
Read their reactions beside your words. Use the editorial report to explore patterns and decide what deserves another look.
Keep the author’s chair
Feedback is a conversation.
You have the final word.
Different readers can disagree. That’s useful. Roundtable helps you see those differences and return to the passages behind them. It’s an AI perspective on your work, with every creative decision still yours.
- Reactions connected to your manuscript
- Reader focus you can shape
- Saved feedback to revisit as you revise
Bring a revision question to the table.
See how a passage, different reader reactions, and an author's choice fit together.
Opening chapter feedback
An opening can withhold the answer and still give readers their bearings. Use Roundtable to examine whether your first chapter creates curiosity about the story you mean to tell, or leaves readers unsure what is happening.
Pacing feedback
Slow prose is not automatically a pacing problem. A pause can deepen anticipation, give a loss room to land, or interrupt a moment that needs to move. Roundtable helps you connect a reader's loss of momentum to the passage behind it.
Character motivation feedback
Readers can dislike a decision and still believe the character would make it. Use Roundtable to explore that distinction when a betrayal, sacrifice, or change of heart feels unearned in your draft.
Before you bring your draft
What is Roundtable?
Roundtable is an AI manuscript feedback tool for writers. It brings together up to five AI readers with different perspectives, connects their reactions to passages in your draft, and brings observations together in an editorial report.
How does an AI beta reader work?
An AI beta reader uses a language model to respond to your writing from a chosen perspective. In Roundtable, you can give readers different tastes and focus areas, such as character connection, pacing, or plot logic, then compare what they notice.
Can AI feedback replace human beta readers or an editor?
AI feedback can help you explore a draft before sharing it with people. It can also miss context, misunderstand your intent, or give conflicting advice. Human beta readers bring lived experience, and professional editors bring judgment that an AI panel cannot guarantee. You decide which suggestions serve your story.
What can I upload?
You can paste your writing or upload a TXT, DOCX, or PDF file. Confirm the extracted text, genre, and intended audience before starting a reading.
Can I try Roundtable for free?
You can create an account and try Roundtable with free starter credits without a payment card. Credit use varies with manuscript length, reader setup, panel size, and additional reports. The Pricing page explains the current allowances and paid options.
Will my manuscript be used to train AI?
Roundtable does not use your manuscript to train AI models, and we have opted out of training with our AI providers. We send relevant manuscript text to those providers to generate analysis and feedback. Training opt-outs do not mean zero retention; the Privacy policy explains provider processing and storage.
Will my manuscript be published or shared publicly?
No. Uploading to Roundtable does not publish your manuscript or make your feedback public. You keep your rights to your writing, and we do not acquire publishing rights or permission to use it in public marketing. Relevant content is processed by the service providers described in our Privacy policy.
Do you store my manuscript, and can I delete it?
Yes. Roundtable saves your manuscript and feedback in your account so you can return to them. You can delete a manuscript or contact support to request deletion. Active readings must finish before manuscript deletion. Deletion may not immediately remove backup copies, and external providers follow their own retention arrangements. See the Privacy policy for details and account deletion requests.