: Re: Should beta-readers have genre experience? In this comments of How many elements can you focus on during worldbuilding? a conversation arose about the usefulness of non-genre savvy beta-readers.

@Debbie451

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Both are useful.

Someone who is genre-savvy will already know the rhythms and tropes of the genre, and can advise you about extra things to add, or say "This theme has fallen out of favor in the last two years," or point out "So-and-so did this already, so don't borrow too heavily."

Someone who is not genre-savvy will be able to tell you what needs explaining so that you can capture readers outside your genre.

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