Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of twenty novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading “I Stopped Reading When…” Editor Critiques – Volume 5
Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of twenty novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading “I Stopped Reading When…” Editor Critiques – Volume 4
Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of twenty novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading “I Stopped Reading When…” Editor Critiques – Volume 3
Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of twenty novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading “I Stopped Reading When…” Editor Critiques – Volume 2
Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of twenty novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading “I Stopped Reading When…” Editor Critiques – Volume 1
Welcome to our final peer critique session! If you missed the first part of Workshop #4, please check it out here. Please offer as many critiques as you can! Thanks everyone! Mainstream That Which is Left is Lost The Steam Broomstick Romance Playing at Love Historical The Paeonian Fantasy (Fanfiction) Broken Chains The Fall Of … Continue reading Workshop #4: Peer Critique Session – Part 2
Welcome to the first part of our last workshop! The previous peer critique session was a huge success so I’m looking forward to all the great feedback in this session. Each novel opening has been pasted on its own page with its own comments section. Please leave your comments in the individual comments sections rather … Continue reading Workshop #4: Peer Critique Session
I spent a lot of time considering what to do for the final workshop this week. I wanted to make sure that it is as beneficial as possible for the most amount of Boot Campers. So this week we will have another peer critique session. You guys really rocked the critiques last week! There was … Continue reading Workshop #4: Peer Critiques & Ask the Editor
Welcome to the third week of Novel Boot Camp! This week we will be working on peer critiques. The complete list of novel openings is at the end of this post, but before we get started I want to offer a few pointers.
Welcome to the second week of Novel Boot Camp! This week we’ll continue with homework assignments designed to improve your novels. We will also be moving on to our second workshop. If your first page has not yet been critiqued in the first workshop, don’t panic. I may continue to post them this week or … Continue reading Workshop #2: Query Letter Critiques
Ellen Brock 