Fixing the First Page Giveaway 4!

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It’s time! For another first page giveaway! Woot! *confetti*

The first page critiques have been fairly popular, so I’ll keep doing them as long as people keep entering. :)

For those who missed it the first time and second and third time, 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 (and the one before that and the one before that).

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 am 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 fourth public critique on Writability, do the thing with the rafflecopter widget below. You have until Saturday, September 20 at 11:59 EST to enter!

Yay!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

21 comments:

Ava Jae said...

You're very welcome! Good luck! :)

Nathan Cunningham said...

These are so much fun! I would submit the first page of my sci-fi, Exodus. Thanks!

Ava Jae said...

You're very welcome! Thanks for entering and good luck! :)

Darth Lolita said...

Oh this is great! I recently put the first chapter of my novel up for CC, but I'd love to hear what you've got to say ^.^

Patchi said...

Yay for another chance to win a crit! My YA fantasy will benefit from another set of eyes.

Meg said...

Yay!!! *crosses fingers*

Karyne said...

Yay for another one! I would *still* enter my YA fantasy that I'm revising.

Lindsey S said...

Glad I saw this just in time!

Sioux Trett said...

So glad to see another one of these pop up! Woo hoo! And is that a pumpkin spice latte with extra foam in the picture? Cause I'm gonna pretend that it's a pumpkin spice latte with extra foam. Mmmmmm... Autumn.

Ava Jae said...

Awesome! Good luck! :)

Ava Jae said...

Yay YA fantasy! Good luck, Patchi!

Ava Jae said...

:) Good luck!

Ava Jae said...

Yay YA fantasy! Good luck to you, Karyne! :)

Ava Jae said...

Me too! :)

Ava Jae said...

Er...sure! We can go with that. :)

Sam Taylor said...

I'll try my luck at this giveaway--it's been serving me well lately. :) Would love to have some more feedback on those important first words for my YA fantasy.

Ava Jae said...

So many YA fantasy entries! Excellent. Good luck! :)

catayl said...

Yay! Thanks for doing this! I've got my YA SF that would love an extra set of eyes!

Ava Jae said...

Awesome! And you're very welcome! :) (Yay YA SF!)

Bryanne said...

Lots of YA fantasy and scifi! But my YA contemporary would love another pair of eyes :) you're awesome for doing this!

Ava Jae said...

Sounds great! Thanks, Bryanne—I have fun with these. :) Good luck!

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