ROUNDTABLE: BETA READER QUESTIONNAIRE
https://roundtable.works/guides/beta-reader-questionnaire/
Prepared with AI assistance. Updated September 12, 2026.

Choose a short selection of questions that fit this draft. Invite open comments
and ask for chapter or passage references. Readers can skip what does not apply.
For a chapter excerpt, replace question 10 with expectations for the next chapter.

READING BRIEF
Title and draft version:
Genre and intended audience:
Word count and scope (full draft or excerpt):
Relevant content notes:
Agreed return date and format:
Feedback requested at this stage:

1. At what point did you first want to know what happened next?
   What created that interest?
   Passage / response:

2. Where did you start skimming, pause, or feel tempted to stop?
   What was happening in that passage?
   Passage / response:

3. Which moment needed more space, and which felt longer than you wanted?
   Passage / response:

4. What did you think the main character wanted, and when did that become clear?
   Passage / response:

5. Which choice was hardest to understand?
   What did you expect the character to do instead?
   Passage / response:

6. Where did your feelings about a character or relationship change?
   What caused that shift?
   Passage / response:

7. Where were you unsure what was happening, who was speaking,
   or why an event mattered?
   Passage / response:

8. Which unanswered questions made you curious,
   and which made it difficult to follow the story?
   Passage / response:

9. Before the main reveal, what did you expect? Which details led you there?
   Passage / response:

10. Which promise or question felt resolved by the ending?
    What still felt unfinished?
    Passage / response:

11. Which scene or detail would you most want preserved in a revision, and why?
    Passage / response:

12. What is the one reading experience you most want the author to understand
    that these questions did not cover?
    Passage / response:

AI responses are simulations, not independent human audience evidence.
Check passage references and use your own judgment about revisions.