Alessa LeDonne

Saturday, February 04, 2006

I'm Learning...

My contest entries for the Best First Meeing Contest at Romance Divas are doing much better than I expected. I'm getting some really good comments, and I'm pleased. I'm learning that my scenes are not as bad as I thought they were, and my scores are much higher than they were in the Best Opening Scene Contest.

I have, however, gotten a little frustrated that some of the judges have not seen the conflict that will keep the hero and heroine apart and at odds until the end. It seems to obvious to me, but then I wrote it, so it should!!

The other comment I've gotten is they don't get why the heroine would be interested in my hero except for the fact that he is drop-dead gorgeous. My response to this comment is, they just met and they only met for ten minutes, how deep do you really think the attraction is going to get in that amount of time? Attraction is usually based on the physical until you get to know someone. And, you cannot get to know someone in ten minutes. haha!

Oh, well, it's all subjective anyway.

So, what else am I learning. I'm learning that judges judge based on their own personal feelings. They are not trying to hurt anyone. They are trying to help. They do not know what comes before or after the scene they are judging, so that limits them greatly. So, I am digesting the comments, filtering them through what I know to be true about my story and being grateful that they took time to judge my entries.

Now I have to get back to editing that gym scene I've been working on for the past week. That baby needs to be put to bed so I can get back to writing!!!!

Posted by Alessa :: 2:23 PM :: 1 comments