I have a very similar process to yours, and I did not come up through writers' groups or fanfic (just as a data point).
Of course, I have carefully trained my offspring to be beta readers for me. Just today on the phone Twin B insisted I email him the "new opening" because his sibs had mentioned it and he wanted to read it. Of course, Daughter is my best critiquer, and Spouse is also good but in a totally different way. Twin A has yet a different take. Maybe the problem with family members is that they know one too well, so some things they can totally catch and others -- not so much?
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Date: 2008-05-27 02:57 am (UTC)Of course, I have carefully trained my offspring to be beta readers for me. Just today on the phone Twin B insisted I email him the "new opening" because his sibs had mentioned it and he wanted to read it. Of course, Daughter is my best critiquer, and Spouse is also good but in a totally different way. Twin A has yet a different take. Maybe the problem with family members is that they know one too well, so some things they can totally catch and others -- not so much?