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Critiques 4 U!

October 24, 2019 by BECCA PUGLISI

Happy October, people! The leaves may be changing where you are, or, if you’re me, it’s still hotter than Hades. Regardless, the writing and critiquing must go on, so let’s get to our monthly first-page contest, shall we?

CONTEST IS CLOSED. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH!

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 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 morning. 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!


One More Thing!

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For more information (and a 25% off code!), go here.

BECCA PUGLISI
BECCA PUGLISI

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.

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  1. Erin Holland says

    March 11, 2021 at 3:51 pm

    Am writing a book on crime and its a fictional book can anyone here give me a unique concept of fictional crime

  2. BECCA PUGLISI says

    October 25, 2019 at 10:04 am

    Ok! The winners for this month are Lisa Carlisle, Katelyn, and Amanda H. I’ll be in touch shortly with you three.

    Thanks for entering, everyone! Enjoy the fall weather (if you get it where you live), and I’ll see you next month :).

  3. JK Merryn says

    October 25, 2019 at 2:59 am

    Yes, please!

  4. Sara Beth says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    Super awesome thanks for offering these every month. Very fun. Also I love fall soo much. It’s been unusually warm here, but I can see all the leaves changing, and I Love it. I can’t wait to take photos

  5. Shannon says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    S.O.S.!!! Desperately seeking feedback!

  6. Sophia Brinton says

    October 24, 2019 at 8:57 pm

    This would be fantastic!

  7. Bonnie Woodward says

    October 24, 2019 at 6:02 pm

    I’d love to have my work critiqued. I can’t improve if I don’t know what is wrong. Thanks!

  8. Heather says

    October 24, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    Thanks for the generous chance.

  9. Maria Giddings says

    October 24, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    Cool opportunity!

  10. Ghostwritingllc says

    October 24, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    You have written much informative blog on “critiques” my professor suggests me to visit here and read it. I will share this on my platform the readers get knowledge about this, Thanks.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      October 24, 2019 at 4:58 pm

      Thanks so much–we appreciate it! 🙂

  11. Susan Grillo says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    Thanks for offering this great opportunity.

  12. Jan Sikes says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:46 pm

    Sharing everywhere!

  13. Kim Taffy says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Here we go again! Fingers crossed

  14. Dave Parks says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Oh, pick me.
    My pumpkin patch is the most sincere.
    Please pick me!

  15. Sam says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    Here I am trying my luck again.
    Thank you so much for this opportunity

  16. Janet Wright says

    October 24, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    Thanks for offering this chance for winning a first page critique. That would be really useful to me as I’m struggling with revising my story’s opening.

  17. Sahara Foley says

    October 24, 2019 at 1:52 pm

    Would love a look at the first page of my Post-apocalyptic story. Thxs for the opportunity.

  18. Liz Searle says

    October 24, 2019 at 1:38 pm

    Legend has it (although probably a rather recent legend), that if you look into the mirror and say “Pumpkin Spice Latte” three times a suburban white girl in yoga pants will appear and tell you everything she loves about fall.

    (You said “any comment.”) :>)

  19. Ana says

    October 24, 2019 at 1:37 pm

    Hello. Are you guys the only ones who read the first page or do you post it on this blog as well to share the feedback?

    Kind regards.

  20. Pam Martin says

    October 24, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    Need help on my finished fiction book! Lost my critique group here which helped so much. It is about a woman who owns an Italian restaurant and she is related to a mobster and I hope lots of action plus a little romance.

  21. Brandi Montenegro says

    October 24, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    This would be amazing! Thank you guys for doing this for us. 😊

  22. Lisa Carlisle says

    October 24, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    What a great opportunity. Fingers crossed. Thank you!

  23. Stephanie says

    October 24, 2019 at 12:34 pm

    Me please. The feedback would be grealy appreciated

  24. Jarm Del Boccio says

    October 24, 2019 at 11:52 am

    Thanks for the possible opportunity!

  25. Tambrey Granneman says

    October 24, 2019 at 11:49 am

    I’d love to have the first page of my supernatural thriller critiqued!

  26. Katelyn says

    October 24, 2019 at 11:32 am

    What a great opportunity! 🙂

    • michael twomey says

      October 24, 2019 at 2:32 pm

      Thank you for this shot. I’m working on final edits of a historical fiction novel ans I’d love your feedback, please.

  27. Beverly King says

    October 24, 2019 at 11:30 am

    I look forward to having my first page of women’s fiction critiqued by you.
    Thanks for the opportunity.

    Beverly

  28. Mary says

    October 24, 2019 at 11:22 am

    please share instructions on how to submit to Critiques 4 U

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      October 24, 2019 at 11:41 am

      It’s in the post?

      “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.”

  29. Kimberley Bailey says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:57 am

    Thanks for the chance!!

  30. June Sullivan says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:56 am

    Would love to have my first page critiqued by you. Thanks for this opportunity to enter.

  31. Glynis Jolly says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:41 am

    I would appreciate a critique of the first page of my new WIP. In hopes that I’m picked for this…

    Happy Halloween!

  32. Gerald Hapeman says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:28 am

    Once more into the breach…

  33. Ellen Mulholland says

    October 24, 2019 at 10:14 am

    Ooh, I’d love feedback on the opening of my MG fantasy!

    😀
    Ellen

  34. Amanda H. says

    October 24, 2019 at 8:40 am

    *hoping*

  35. Renee Wildes says

    October 24, 2019 at 8:15 am

    Would love for you to see the first page of the sci fi romance story I want to send to Champagne Book Group after they reopen to submissions on January first.

  36. Anne Greening says

    October 24, 2019 at 7:39 am

    I have just finished extensively re-writing the first chapter of my romantic novel, and would value your comment on the first page. May I send you the first page for consideration for this contest? Sorry, I was unsure whether I could just go ahead and send you my script, so thought I’d better ask first.

    Many thanks.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      October 24, 2019 at 9:07 am

      Just by leaving a comment you are entered in the draw. Watch the comment box tomorrow to see if you’ve won! 🙂

  37. Paula Cappa says

    October 24, 2019 at 6:25 am

    I would love a first page critique of my novel. It’s a supernatural mystery.
    Paula Cappa

  38. Ruchama Burrell says

    October 24, 2019 at 6:18 am

    I’ve been living with/working on my WIP for literally years. My first page would love to have a critique.

  39. Susan Policoff says

    October 24, 2019 at 5:51 am

    Just got the box set. Great job. Now I would love a critique of my first page!

  40. Judith Field says

    October 24, 2019 at 5:46 am

    I’d be delighted if you picked me! Thanks for the opportunity.

    Judith

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