sensitivityreaders:the sensitivity readers database is now live!we’re here to help writers fin
sensitivityreaders:the sensitivity readers database is now live!we’re here to help writers find sensitivity readers to match the needs of their stories (both original work and fanfiction). we’re now accepting applications for sensitivity readers, as well as requests for all your current wips and projects-to-be.quick links: become a sensitivity reader · make a requestimage description:Dark text on a pink background, quoting from the article ‘Sensitivity reading: what you need to know, and why it matters’, from Book Machine. It reads:A sensitivity reader is someone who is hired to read and assess a manuscript with a particular issue of representation in mind, one that they have personal experience of. The author usually isn’t from that marginalized group, or doesn’t have direct experience of the topic they’re writing about, and so a sensitivity reader is hired to assess the book.Sensitivity readers are worth the investment because they can help eliminate stereotypes, bias, potentially harmful content, and false information or inaccuracy. Sensitivity reading isn’t about censorship or taking away freedom of expression (despite what some articles would have you believe). The reader’s role is to improve the book by guiding it towards better representation, educating the author/publisher along the way. Diversity in books is incredibly important, but it’s equally important that diverse books portray whatever they’re writing about accurately and without perpetuating stereotypes.Aside from improving a book, sensitivity readers are vital in opening up a conversation between marginalized groups and those outside of that sphere.(end image description.) -- source link
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