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2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge Feedback

The more input, the more feedback, the better. But please be courteous to all the entrants, encouraging people to read all and vote for as many as they like.
Rebecca LuElla Miller on Feb 19, 2018 · Series: 2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge
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According to my count, we received 20 entries to the 2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge. So glad to see so many participating.

While we’ve received some “votes” (a “+” is a vote in favor of an entry) and a few comments, the impportant work that needs to take place this week is READERS choosing the entries they like best and leaving comments that will be helpful to the writers.

in my opinion as a writer, the comments that help the most tell at least on reason why a visitor liked the entry (creativity, unforeseen twist, development of character, good description, etc) and one thing that could have made the entry better. Of course any comment is helpful because it shows the writer you actually read their selection.

This week gives you all time to catch up—to read the entries you haven’t seen yet, to go back over and make comments you’d like to make, and of course to give a “+” to the entries you like the best. Be sure to mark those entries no later than midnight (Pacific time), Sunday, February 25.

The top three entries receiving the most thumbs up will make the finals, and NEXT week, we’ll have a poll with those so you can vote for the one you believe is the best of the finalists.

In case you’re wondering, two entries have been removed because they were missing the opening sentence (required) or had inadvertently changed it.

Feel free to share the original 2018 Winter Writing Challenge post and to invite your friends and family to read and to give their feedback. The more input, the more feedback, the better. But please be courteous to all the entrants, encouraging people to read all and vote for as many as they like.

In no way should this writing challenge devolve into a popularity contest. It should serve as a way writers are helped and motivated.

Rebecca LuElla Miller
Best known for her aspirations as an epic fantasy author, Becky is the sole remaining founding member of Speculative Faith. Besides contributing weekly articles here, she blogs Monday through Friday at A Christian Worldview of Fiction. She works as a freelance writer and editor and posts writing tips as well as information about her editing services at Rewrite, Reword, Rework.
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  1. Sarachka says:
    February 19, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    The link in the article above links to the 2017 contest, FYI!

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  2. Sarachka says:
    February 19, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    Only the first link is incorrect; the second one goes to the right page!

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  3. Rebecca LuElla Miller says:
    February 20, 2018 at 1:53 pm

    Thank you both. I’ve corrected the first link. I appreciate your help!

    Becky

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