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Critiques 4 U, with Sara Letourneau!

November 21, 2019 by BECCA PUGLISI

It’s time for our monthly critique contest, and editor and writing coach Sara Letourneau is back to offer feedback on the winners’ first pages.

Visit the Heart of the Story website to learn more about working with Sara or her writer website to read some of her poetry and freelance writing.

Contest Guidelines
CONTEST CLOSED!

This month’s contest will work exactly the same as it usually does, only Sara will be the one contacting you if you win.

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, Sara will be able to contact you if your first page is chosen. Just please know that if she’s unable to get in touch with you through that address, you’ll have to forfeit your win.

Please be sure your first page is ready to go so she 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 her right away, let me ask that you plan on entering the next contest, once any necessary tweaking has been taken care of.

Three commenters’ names will be randomly drawn and posted tomorrow. If you win, Sara will be in contact to get your first page and offer her feedback. Best of luck!

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. BECCA PUGLISI says

    November 22, 2019 at 8:38 am

    Ok! The winners for this round are Judith Field, Jenny Elliott, and Tessa Floreano. Sara will be in touch :).

    Thanks for entering everyone! See you next month, and if you celebrate Thanksgiving, have a happy holiday!

  2. Aimee says

    November 22, 2019 at 12:20 am

    This sounds great!

  3. AvidReader says

    November 21, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    Your critique of my first work would be sincerely appreciated.

  4. Kaitlyn Guay says

    November 21, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    Thank you for such a generous offering, Sara! I’d vastly appreciate your insight, and much luck to everyone who enters!

  5. C.P. says

    November 21, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    I would love my first page to be critiqued. I have decided to switch POV from 1st to 3rd person deep!

  6. Tessa Floreano says

    November 21, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    I followed Ray Rhamey’s advice, he of Flogging the Quill game, yet I am still not sure I have the best first page, but don’t know what else to try.

  7. Jenny Darlington says

    November 21, 2019 at 7:57 pm

    What an incredible opportunity! Thank you!

  8. Belinda Sikes says

    November 21, 2019 at 6:44 pm

    I’m struggling with the opening of this book. So many rewrites!

  9. Liz Charnes says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:28 pm

    Thank you for the opportunity! Would love my first page critiqued.

  10. Dee says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:21 pm

    I love the idea of a critique.

  11. Lynette M Burrows says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    I’d love some feedback on my first page. The story sentence: A peace-loving woman caught in a civil war must resort to violence to save lives or stick to her principles and sacrifice many.

    Thanks for considering!

  12. Emma Christine Buenen says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    It would be wonderful to win this opportunity.

  13. Diane C McPhail says

    November 21, 2019 at 3:39 pm

    Would love some feedback. Thanks.

  14. Diane C McPhail says

    November 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    Would love some feedback.

  15. Marlena Goodsitt says

    November 21, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    I’d love feedback on my first page

  16. Jacqueline Tucker says

    November 21, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    Exciting opportunity to have my first page critiqued!
    Thanks!
    Jacqueline

  17. Ann Noel Kronke says

    November 21, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    Comment, okay, don’t blow it…wait. Is this thing on? Oh, pickles…

  18. Kim Taffy says

    November 21, 2019 at 2:29 pm

    Critique sounds wonderful. I am in! Thank you!

  19. Philip says

    November 21, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    This is a wonderful opportunity! Thank you.

  20. Mally Becker says

    November 21, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    Fingers crossed!

  21. Jim Snell says

    November 21, 2019 at 12:34 pm

    Sounds interesting.

  22. Sam Muller says

    November 21, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    Thanks for this opportunity.

  23. Lara Elliott says

    November 21, 2019 at 11:45 am

    Sounds awesome!

  24. Amy Snyder says

    November 21, 2019 at 11:42 am

    Would love some feedback on my opening page! Good luck everyone!

  25. Kimberley Bailey says

    November 21, 2019 at 11:41 am

    Thanks for the chance!!

  26. Jarm Del Boccio says

    November 21, 2019 at 11:25 am

    I would love to have my historical fiction critiqued!

  27. Dylan says

    November 21, 2019 at 10:57 am

    I would like to have a crtique for my page.

  28. Joyce Ackley says

    November 21, 2019 at 10:32 am

    I would love to have my first page critiqued. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.

  29. Jenny Elliott says

    November 21, 2019 at 9:17 am

    Fingers crossed for success here. This would be a very beneficial prize. Thank you for the opportunity.

  30. Frances Rove says

    November 21, 2019 at 8:59 am

    How about a memoir to critique. I’m not lucky. I never win these things but I persevere. Thank you.

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      November 22, 2019 at 8:35 am

      Keep at it, Frances!

  31. Susan Policoff says

    November 21, 2019 at 6:06 am

    I love the idea of this monthly contest even though I never win it.

  32. Dave Parks says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:23 am

    Elijah grabbed one end of the wineskin, bent his knees, and lifted.

    A child’s shrill cry shot across the trail.

    The wineskin slipped from Elijah fingers and burst at the feet of his brother Nathan.

  33. Judith Field says

    November 21, 2019 at 5:21 am

    I’d love to have my page critiqued! If at first you don’t succeed…

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