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Well folks, since this month’s “First Sentence Flash Contest” was such a success, writers have been contacting me to ask for more.
So I’m pleased to announce another writing contest, titled “The Polished Paragraph.”
Agents and editors encourage us to polish our work before submitting.
I’ve attended many writer’s conferences (SCBWI, Highlights Foundation Workshops, Rutgers
A Ghastly, Ghostly Dare - MG<br /><br /> My knucklehead friends, Joey and Tommy Flynn, dared me to enter the old mansion at the top of the Deadend Hill. Anyone in their right mind knows to stay away from that creepy place. For starters, if the faded warning sign with the skull and crossbones at the bottom of the dark, winding road doesn’t scare the poop out of you, the wispy tangled mosses
Caszia:<br /><br />Ghost stories are big hits with MG kids, and with a boy protagonist, you’ll score twice. Editors and agents are looking for MG boy stories now. And I love your title. It’s clear and concise and tells the reader what the story will be about.<br /><br />My first suggestion is to beware of excessive adjective use. Some writers think the more the merrier for a better picture in the
The Case of the Trailblazing Thief - MG<br /><br />Lucas Holcomb longed to be a cowboy, but the closest he got to riding the range was in the back of Sparky’s chuck wagon. The advertisement for the job in the Gulch City Gazette said, ‘Extra hands needed for the Eldorado Cattle Company. Must be good with irons in the fire.’ Lucas dreamt of roping big steers and branding them with long irons. But
The Case of the Trailblazing Thief - MG <br /><br />Lucas Holcomb longed to be a cowboy for his whole life, all twelve years of it. When the advertisement in the Gulch City Gazette said, ‘Extra hands needed for the Eldorado Cattle Company. Must be good with irons in the fire,’ Lucas dreamt of roping big steers and branding them with long irons. But the closest he got to riding the range was in
Something is off with this time stamp. It's almost 2 o'clock in the afternoon and it says it's still in the AM.<br /><br />Oh well, as long as the posts get through.
The Incredible Misadventures of Avery Mann - MG Fantasy<br /><br />The first sign of trouble should have been my disaster-free morning. My six older brothers didn’t barge into my room at the crack of dawn and attack me with cans of shaving cream. The showerhead didn’t shoot off the wall and break my nose. Mom and Dad didn’t get into a freak accident with an ice cream truck while rushing me to the
Worth a shot to enter--just stumbled upon your blog :)<br /><br />An Absence of Light (YA sci-fi)<br /><br />The dark rind of dried blood wasn’t coming out from under my fingernails no matter how hard I scrubbed. I finally grabbed a paper towel and turned off the faucet. I used the same towel to push open the graffiti-coated door.
Joseph:<br /><br />The Incredible Misadventures of Avery Mann - MG Fantasy <br /><br />The first sign of trouble should have been my disaster-free morning. <br /><br />What trouble? Who is speaking? It doesn’t really have a hook that grabs you. Reader can’t tell in the MC is male or female. No indication of age or setting. It’s just a statement that frankly sounds like an oxymoron.<br /><br />I’