Free companion app

Feedback is only useful when you can act on it.

Open Beta Reader Lab .brl files, find every comment in context, edit the manuscript directly, rearrange chapters, resolve feedback and export your revised story.

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No account required. Your manuscript stays under your control.

The Glass Harbour · BR EditorAuto-saved

Chapter 2

Mara stopped at the end of the pier. The lighthouse had been dark for seventeen years, but tonight a pale shape moved behind the glass.

She tightened her coat and stepped forward. The letter in her pocket suddenly felt heavier.

“You came back,” someone said behind her.

The missing middle

From beta-reader notes to a revised manuscript.

Beta Reader Lab collects structured feedback. Beta Reader Editor is where that feedback becomes revision. Instead of juggling a manuscript, a notes file and a dozen search results, the comments travel with the story.

Free

Beta Reader Lab

Your reader highlights passages, tags issues, leaves comments and returns a portable .brl feedback file.

Free

Beta Reader Editor

The  beta‑editor app, allowing authors or editors to open the .brl file with all chapters, highlights, comments, and global feedback preserve.  Then edit the manuscript directly around that feedback.

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Open the .brl

Restore the manuscript, chapter structure, highlights, comments, tags and global feedback.

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Find the note

Filter by tag, chapter or status, then jump straight to the passage that needs attention.

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Edit in place

Rewrite directly in the manuscript, format text, add chapters or drag them into a new order.

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Resolve & export

Mark feedback resolved as you work, then export the updated session or manuscript.

An editor built around feedback

Stop hunting for the sentence they meant.

The feedback and the manuscript live in the same workspace, so revision becomes a sequence of decisions instead of a scavenger hunt.

Jump to comments

Click Jump and move to the right chapter and highlighted passage instead of searching for quoted text.

Filter the feedback

Show Pacing notes in Chapter 3, unresolved Character issues, or any combination of tag, chapter and status.

Edit the story directly

The manuscript pane is fully editable with live word counts, auto-save and text formatting.

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Rearrange chapters

Drag chapters into a new narrative order, rename them, add new chapters or remove ones you no longer need.

Resolve as you revise

Turn the comment list into a practical revision queue by resolving notes as you address them.

See comment density

A chapter-by-chapter density view helps reveal where beta readers found the most friction.

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Word tools

Double-click for synonyms and antonyms, check spelling, and click a suggestion to replace a word.

Read it aloud

Listen to the current chapter or global feedback to catch rhythm, repetition and awkward phrasing.

Write if you want to

Fullscreen, typewriter mode, formatting and chapter tools make BR Editor capable of drafting too, even though revision is its home turf.

Feedback without the fog

Eight comments. One chapter. Start with pacing.

Structured tags turn a wall of reader reactions into something you can work through. Filter, jump, edit, resolve. Repeat until the manuscript is quieter.

Tag: Pacing ▾Chapter: Chapter 2 ▾Status: Open ▾
Your manuscript stays yours

Editing software doesn't need to read over your shoulder.

BR Editor is designed around local storage. Your writing, projects and comments stay on your device unless you deliberately choose to move or back them up.

No account requiredNo login standing between you and the manuscript.
Local manuscript storageProjects and writing are stored on your device.
No analytics or trackersThe privacy policy states that usage analytics, cookies and tracking tools are not used.
Works offlineCore editing and feedback tools work offline. Word lookups are the exception.
Free to use

Your beta readers found the problems. Now fix them.

Open their .brl feedback, work through comments in context, reshape the manuscript and keep the revision moving.

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Beta Reader Editor is currently in development. Questions? info@theparsecpages.com