I submitted the first chapter of my current WIP to a contest to see if what I was doing was too far outside the norm for historical romance. Most of the scores were, out of a total of 100 points, in the 90s (beams). However, one score was about 60 points (slouches in discouragement).
Thankfully, this contest had the judges enter comments for low scores. Turns out the main thing I'd done wrong was write the opening from the hero's P.O.V. only. According to this judge, there's no way to have any suspense or tension when you write in just one P.O.V.
Um... Srsly?
I know that in romance novels using multiple P.O.V.s is very common. I didn't think this usage had gone from a convention to an absolute requirement.
Have you ever written a romance novel that doesn't use multiple P.O.V.s?
Thankfully, this contest had the judges enter comments for low scores. Turns out the main thing I'd done wrong was write the opening from the hero's P.O.V. only. According to this judge, there's no way to have any suspense or tension when you write in just one P.O.V.
Um... Srsly?
I know that in romance novels using multiple P.O.V.s is very common. I didn't think this usage had gone from a convention to an absolute requirement.
Have you ever written a romance novel that doesn't use multiple P.O.V.s?
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