Hey, wonderful writerly people! It’s time for our monthly first-page critique contest 🙂
This contest is closed. Please try again next month. If you’d like to be notified when the next one goes live, consider subscribing to the blog (in the sidebar).
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 (double-spaced in 12-point font) 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.
▪ This contest only runs for 24 hours, start to finish, so get your comment in there!
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 right-hand sidebar).
Best of luck!
PS: If you want to amp up your first page, grab our helpful First Pages checklist from One Stop for Writers. And for more instruction on these important opening elements, see this Mother Lode of First Page Resources.
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.
Hi,
I am currently writing a scifi story and i want you to help me read the first page.
Thanks
Thank you all for visiting the Writers Helping Writers blog and entering our monthly contest. Random.org is about to choose the winners. Good luck!
The lucky winners are:
Emma
Cecilia Bamberg
Joy V Spicer
Huge congrats! I’ll e-mail instructions to the three of you. 🙂
I would warmly welcome your feedback. Thank you for being generous enough to offer this to 3 of us.
I’m slipping this in just in time. Thank you for such a great opportunity!
I’m ready withu first page. Thank you!
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you so much. Good luck, everyone!
I followed you over from twitter and just subscribed. Thank you for the chance!
oh, i’m always up for some solid, constructive feedback. thank you so very much 🙂
I find your various thesaurus books very helpful and would love to receive your input on my first page.
First pages are so interesting. I use Scrivener, so I take snapshots of each revision. Later chapters have a few snapshots of the few revisions, but the first chapter has over a hundred snapshots, which means I’ve revised the first chapter over a hundred times. Maybe it’s time to move on?
I need this so bad! Choose me. It’s the Year of the Rabbit and I’m a rabbit.
I’m ready to see someone else’s view.
I’m in! Thank you for offering such a terrific opportunity!
Thanks! I’m finally ready. Let’s do this!
What a great opportunity – thank you for doing this!
Not sure if this is gonna fly. My WordPress account is ancient and was setup for woodworking stuff.
If this comment makes it through, I’d be delighted to have my ‘First Page’ critiqued.
What a great offer! Thank you.
This would be great — first page is all ready to go.
This would be so great! Thanks!
Hi Becca,
I’m a new subscriber, and I’d love your feedback. Much thanks.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Thank you for this great opportunity. Been a email subscriber for months. Unsure how I didn’t realize you’re on FB, too!
Thanks for this opportunity. Love the resources you offer!
Yes, count me in!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Would love to have my first page critiqued!
Thanks for opportunity!
Would love some feedback! Thanks for the opportunity
Count me in for consideration! I’d value any feedback 🙂
I would love to get feedback!!
Sign me up!
Thank you again for the opportunity. I would love your critique.
I would absolutely love some feedback!
I would love feedback before I start querying❤️
Sounds great. Thanks!
I would love feedback!
Thanks for this opportunity!
Love the tools on your site. Thanks for the opportunity.
Hello! I’d love to get a few pointers on my first page. Thank you for the opportunity.
Loving the first page resources alone – thanks for sharing!!
Love the tools on your site! Thanks for offering this opportunity.
I’m looking forward to your consideration.
I’d love some help with my first page!
Thank you for running this contest again!
This is such an amazing offer! I could REALLY do with some guidance on my first page! Thank you 🙂
Thank you again for another chance. And thank you for all the great tips and advice. Love this blog.
Good morning! Thank you for this opportunity.
I’d love this!
I would love to have you look at my first page.
Comment! 🙂
Thanks for the chance! Get opportunity to see if your first page had what it takes.
I do believe I missed this last month, oopsy! Shall, yet again, throw my hat in the ring and see what occurs 😊
Yay! Thanks for the opportunity!
Hello! Thanks for this opportunity!