Document Sharing & Reviews: Get Writing Feedback

Great writing needs feedback. Share your work with beta readers, editors, and writing partners to get the insights that improve your craft.

How Document Sharing Works

Share any document by generating a unique private link. Send that link to beta readers, editors, or anyone you want feedback from.

Recipients can:

• Read your document in a clean, distraction-free view
• Leave detailed reviews and feedback
• No account required—just click and read

Private and Secure Sharing

Your shared links are:

• Unique and unguessable: Each link is a long random string
• Private: Only people with the link can access the document
• Revocable: Delete the sharing link at any time
• Track who viewed: See when your document was accessed

Collect Feedback and Reviews

When readers finish your document, they can leave detailed reviews. All feedback appears in one place in your dashboard.

Reviews include:

• Overall impressions and feedback
• Specific suggestions for improvement
• What worked well
• Timestamp and reviewer identifier

Perfect for Beta Readers

If you're a novelist or screenwriter, beta readers are essential. Hearth makes it easy to share chapters or complete manuscripts with your beta reading team.

Share with multiple beta readers and compare their feedback. Different perspectives help you see blind spots in your writing.

Work with Editors

Share drafts with your editor and receive feedback without email attachments or version confusion. They see the latest version automatically.

After incorporating editor feedback, you can update the document and share a new link for the next review round.

Writing Group Collaboration

Part of a writing group? Share your work with the group and read theirs. Document sharing makes it easy to give and receive feedback within your writing community.

No more juggling email attachments, Google Docs links, and scattered feedback. Everything is centralized in Hearth.

Send Sharing Links Anywhere

Share your document link via:

• Email
• Discord, Slack, or other messaging apps
• Social media direct messages
• Anywhere you can paste a URL

View All Your Reviews

Your reviews dashboard shows all feedback you've received across all shared documents. Filter by document, date, or reviewer to find specific feedback.

Having all reviews in one place makes it easy to identify patterns—issues that multiple readers mention are worth addressing.

Control Access

You maintain full control over shared documents:

• Revoke access by deleting the sharing link at any time
• Create new links if you need to limit who can access
• Original document stays in your private workspace
• Shared versions are read-only—no one can edit your work

Export Before Sharing

Need to share a formatted version? Export your document to your preferred format, then share it through traditional methods alongside or instead of the Hearth sharing link.

Use Cases

Document sharing is perfect for:

• Novelists: Share chapters with beta readers
• Screenwriters: Get feedback on scripts from peers
• Poets: Share collections with mentors
• Academic writers: Collaborate with advisors
• Bloggers: Get editorial feedback before publishing

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