Not my first kiss, but my hero and heroine's. I entered RWA's First Kiss competition (you submit the scene the first kiss occurs in) and I have just received my results.
Overall the judges liked my entry. There was no one place which pulled me down. Some common ground between the judges was:
- my characterisation is good
- my writing's very visual
- the internal thoughts of my hero slow it down (less thinking, more feeling needed)
I'll leave you with my favourite comment:
I feel this writer's imagination is an asset to her writing career.
6 comments:
I'm guess I’m not much of a judge. I'd be focused on that first kiss does/did. Will there be more, or is it another first/last kiss? And yet if I were thinking so the kiss is doomed. Life is a balance, I’m sure being a judge is as difficult as being a writer. ---- My favourite romance poet is Sara Teasdale. She said it all when she wrote:
The Kiss
I hoped that he would love me,
And he has kissed my mouth,
But I am like a stricken bird
That cannot reach the south.
For tho' I know he loves me,
To-night my heart is sad;
His kiss was not so wonderful
As all the dreams I had.
Fantastic poem Erin. I'm sure there are a lot of moments for people when those words toll true.
Hi Anita,
I love the anime (is that how you spell it) couple. Cute.
Great comments. And I thought Erin's poem from Sara Teasdale was fantastic. I tell you what, in 'my younger days' I had a few experiences like that. Sloppy slurpy yucky!
Ergh, Shayne. Good examples of what not to do I'm guessing.
That's an excellent comment to receive from a judge, Anita. Congratulations.
And that's a great poem, Erin. Gave me a smile.
Thanks, Cathryn. That one comment certainly made the more critical comments much easier to swallow :)
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