Fixing the First Page Giveaway #10

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The end of April is approaching which means it's time for the tenth (!!) Fixing the First Page post! Yay!

For those who’ve missed it in the past, the Fixing the First Page features is a public first 250 word critique. Using the lovely rafflecopter widget, anyone interested in winning a PUBLIC (as in, featured in a post on this blog) first page critique can enter.

For an example of what this critique will look like, here's the last Fixing the First Page post.

Rules!

  • ONLY the first 250 words will be critiqued (up to finishing the sentence). If you win and send me more, I will crop it myself. No exceptions.

  • ONLY the first page. I don’t want 250 random words from your manuscript, or from chapter 3. If you win the critique and send me anything other than the first 250 words of your manuscript, I will choose someone else.

  • I will actually critique it. Here. On the blog. I will say things as nicely as I can, but I do tend to be a little blunt. If you’re not sure you can handle a public critique, then you may want to take some time to think about it before you enter.

  • Genre restrictions. I'm most experienced with YA & NA, but I will still accept MG and Adult. HOWEVER. If your first page has any erotic content on it, I ask that you don’t enter. I want to be able to post the critique and the first 250 in its entirety without making anyone uncomfortable, and if you win and you enter a page with erotic content, I will choose someone else.

  • You must have your first page ready. Should you win, you need to be able to submit your first page within 48 hours of my contacting you to let you know you won. If 48 hours pass and I haven’t heard from you, again, I will choose someone else.

  • You’ll get the most out of this if it isn’t a first draft. Obviously, I have no way of knowing if you’re handing me a first draft (though I will probably suspect because it’s usually not that difficult to tell). I won’t refuse your page if it’s a first draft, but you should know that this critique will likely be of more use if you’ve already had your betas/CPs look over it. Why? Because if you don’t, the critique I give you will probably contain a lot of notes that your betas & CPs could have/would have told you.

  • There will not be a round 2 (unless you win again in a future contest). I hate to have to say this, but if you win a critique, it’s NOT an invitation to send me a bunch of your revisions. I wish I had the time available to be able to look at revisions, but sadly, I don’t. If you try to break this rule, I will nicely say no, and also remember to choose someone else should you win a second contest. Which would make me sad. :(

So that’s it! If you’re okay with all of the above and would like to enter to be the tenth public critique on Writability, do the thing with the rafflecopter widget below.  Since the end of April kind of snuck up on me, the entry window is short this time around—you have until Sunday, April 26 at 11:59 EST to enter!

Also, in case you missed it, there's another giveaway running on Writability right now in which you can win a pack of Trish Doller books! I would enter if I wasn't hosting. It's pretty awesome.

Happy entering! :)

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20 comments:

Jessica said...

Thanks for doing this! Giveaways are awesome!

Patchi said...

Yay, another chance for my YA fantasy!

MK said...

Hooray, I've been looking out for this! Thank you!

Ava Jae said...

You're so welcome! I agree! Giveaways are the best. :)

Ava Jae said...

Yay! Good luck!

Ava Jae said...

You're so welcome! Good luck!

MK said...

Random thought while perusing your archives (which I love to do while procrastinating)--have you done a post on 1st person vs 3rd person in YA? My first manuscript is in 3rd person past tense, my second in 1st person present, and I know authors who've done both with great degrees of success. Would be interested to hear your POV!

Ava Jae said...

You know, I could've sworn I had, but after a brief search I don't see anything about that...so maybe not? I'll look into it, and if not, add it to my list! :)

kellydevos said...

Excited about the giveaway!! Thanks for another great contest :)

Julie Artz said...

I thought your Twitter Pitch feedback was great, so I'd love to win this!

Ava Jae said...

You're so welcome! Good luck!

Ava Jae said...

Thanks, Julie! Good luck! :)

Jessica Vasko said...

Same as always, I'd use this on my YA WIP :).

Ava Jae said...

Sounds great! Good luck! :)

Rebecca said...

Well said and done!

Ava Jae said...

Thank you! :)

laura said...

My debut NA Fantasy novel (my baby, my preciooouss)

Ava Jae said...

NA Spec Fic! Nice! Good luck! :)

Heather said...

Wow, you talk fast! I think this is a lovely review, just because it is very easy to get tripped up in the way we categorize everything (but it is nice we do have categories; imagine if all you were able to find were your least favorite kinds of books to read because there was no system to find the best ones D:).

Ava Jae said...

Ha ha thanks! I know I talk quickly. I'll be adding captions over the summer so hopefully that'll help... :)


And I can't imagine a system without the categories. It would be chaos. Bookish chaos...but yikes. lol

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