Built to Hook: Live Feedback for Genre Fiction Authors
A ProWritingAid Premium Pro Expert Workshop | June 25
Ready to submit? Here's how to get the most out of your feedback.
Submissions are due by June 21. I'll choose several stories for live feedback during the session.
The stronger your submission, the further we can go in the session. Use one of these free diagnostic prompts to identify and fix the basics before you submit. If the basics are already locked in, we can spend the session going further.
Run your chosen prompt through Claude, ChatGPT, or your AI tool of choice before filling out the form below.
Get the Free prompt for your genre
Use this if your story's central conflict requires your hero to defeat a villain and save victims. Examples: The Hunger Games, The Martian, Jack Reacher novels.
Use this if your story's central conflict requires your hero to unravel a puzzle, where solving it takes precedence over stopping an ongoing threat. Examples: The Thursday Murder Club, Inspector Gamache, and Inspector Rebus novels.
Use this if your story's central conflict requires your hero to overcome internal barriers to reach their happily ever after. Examples: The Kiss Quotient, The Bridgerton series, A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Not sure which prompt to choose?
Pick the one that matches your story's main plot. If your action thriller includes a romantic subplot, use Villain-Driven Stories. If your romantasy prioritizes the relationship over the external threat, use Romance. If your mystery includes romantic tension, use Mystery. Crime novels can be tricky: use Villain-Driven Stories if your novel focuses on stopping an ongoing threat, and Mystery if it focuses on making sense of what's already happened.
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Lori Puma is a developmental editor and Novel November Ambassador who helps indie authors write genre fiction novels that don't just get read—they get remembered.
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