Last year I did it! I polished my at-that-time current WIP and decided to enter it in a writing contest. I felt my writing had progressed with the several years of training notches on my belt. My work was not perfect, just ready to put out there . Open it up for a one-on-one look see that a judge could give me. Before pushing the send button, I looked at the rules to insure I formatted my entry correctly for this particular contest. Each writing contest has different requirements. I read through the information listing what the judges wanted to see, ingredients like: can the reader see, hear, taste, feel, and smell the scene; is there a clear story question, and etc. Oh yeah, I felt all those ingredients were in these pages. Confident with my entry I pressed the send button. While waiting for my scores to be sent, I attended the free online Monday classes at My Book Therapy and learned tips how to add rich components to my story and ta...
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