This first quarter of 2019 has been a whirlwind, for sure. I can’t believe we’re already into April. I’ve just returned from an exciting weekend at the WisRWA conference in Wisconsin where Angela and I were able to present together, be schooled in the world of cheese curds, and spend some quality time just hanging out.
Now that I’m back, I have no firm deadlines for the first time in I don’t know when. So I’m excited to catch up on stuff and get back to my regular duties, which includes some much-needed critiquing.
Critiques 4 U!
CONTEST CLOSED!
If you’re working on a first page (in any genre except erotica) and would like some objective feedback, please leave a comment. Any comment :). As long as the email address associated with your WordPress account/comment profile is up-to-date, I’ll be able to contact you if your first page is chosen. Just please know that if I’m unable to get in touch with you through that address, you’ll have to forfeit your win.
Two caveats:
▪ Please be sure your first page is ready to go so I can critique it before next month’s contest rolls around. If it needs some work and you won’t be able to get it to me right away, let me ask that you plan on entering the next contest, once any necessary tweaking has been taken care of.
▪ I’d like to be able to use portions of winning submissions as illustrations in an upcoming presentation I’m creating on first pages. By entering the Critiques 4 U contest, you’ll be granting permission for me to use small writing samples only (no author names or book titles).
Three commenters’ names will be randomly drawn and posted tomorrow. If you win, you can email me your first page and I’ll offer my feedback.
We run this contest on a monthly basis, so if you’d like to be notified when the next opportunity comes around, consider subscribing to our blog (see the left-hand sidebar).
Best of luck!
Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and its sequels. Her books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers blog and via One Stop For Writers—a powerhouse online library created to help writers elevate their storytelling.
I love you all for entering these contests! The winners for this round are Lori Widdison, Sarah Joyce Bryant, and Mary Jo Hazard.
It’s so hard not to be able to pick all of you, particularly those of you who enter month after month. Keep trying! Have a great weekend :).
This would be very helpful for me right now!
You’re awesome.
I appreciate the opportunity to have you look at my first page. It’s ready to go!
Thank You,
I’d love to be included!
I would love a critique of my first page.
Was nice meeting you both over lunch at WisRWA. The seminar on Emotional Wounding was SO helpful. Would love for you to see my first page.
Glad you had a good time away. You have been busy! Always welcome a critique.
After almost three years, my first page (and the rest of this book) has been through the wringer with rewrites, pro edits, and beta reads. It’s still not there. Help!
Sounds wonderful. Sign me up! Thank you.
Hey! Thanks! I’d love to be included!
I LOVE this pic of you two 😀 <3
Yes, please. Count me in.
Yes please, wonderful!
My first page is the best!
Maybe?
I like this idea! Thank you for the opportunity to enter!
I’m 100% ready and would love your critique.
I keep trying. Thanks for these contests.
You guys are the best!
Thank you for this opportunity! I would love any feedback you might offer.
Thanks for doing this. It’s the kind of feedback authors covet.
Yes! Thanks for the opportunity!
Fingers crossed!
Yes, please! And thank you for this opportunity.
I love the photo of you and Angela together. I don’t need the critique.
I would love to win a critique of my first page. Thank you for the opportunity!
Hi Becca
The first page of my new novel is ready and waiting!
Cheers
James Osborne
Thanks for the opportunity for help in seeing my first page clearly.
It’s a romance.
You are such a great help to the writing community. Thanks for the opportunity to be chosen for a critique. It’s a modern romance.
Spending quality time together is always a nice bonus 🙂
Thanks, Becca–I’ve just started something new, and would love your critique!
Pick me! Please. 😉
Count me in! Fingers crossed. 🙂
What a great opportunity! Thank you for offering this.
Count me in!
I’d be honored! Sounds like a much needed presentation, Becca.
How can I pass up a chance like this? Thanks for the opportunity 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity. Thanks mostly for the great help you give to the writing community.
I’ll give it another try. Thanks.
Thanks so much for this opportunity Becca! I am looking for feedback on a Time-travel Romance novel I’ve written.
You do so much to help writers write the best stories they can. Thank you.
I would so love to win this time! But thanks for running this, even if I don’t!