If/How to Stop Using Betas Before Sending to My Agent? How Do You Know?

Is it the next step to taper off using beta readers? If so, how?

A reader asks:

I’ve got to the point in my writing where I feel like I need to be able to send it to my agent without it doing several rounds with a beta reader. But that’s terrifying - how do you know when your work is good enough to show to your agent without external validation?

Oh, I feel this one in my bones myself. Like you, I’m a writer who comes o…