Judge Training

Our judge training is posted on-line for convenience but also so the entrant can review the tips.

The training is reviewed each year.
Changes are made to the original posting.

Here are the shortcuts to all the pages:

• WHY ARE YOU JUDGING?: http://bit.ly/GE_WhyBeAJudge
• INTERNATIONAL WRITING DIFFERENCES: http://bit.ly/GE_InternationalDiffrences
• LOGICAL ACTIONS: http://bit.ly/GE_LogicalActions
• PACING: http://bit.ly/GE_Pacing
• POV SHIFTS: http://bit.ly/GE_POVshifts
• WORD OVERUSE: http://bit.ly/GE_WordOveruse
• WRITING STYLES: http://bit.ly/GE_Style
• Judge Training 101-THE SCORE SHEET: http://bit.ly/GE_JT101_TheScoreSheet
• Judge Training 102-COMMENTS: http://bit.ly/GE_JT102_Comments
• Judge Training 103-THE OPENING: http://bit.ly/GE_JT103_Opening
• Judge Training 104-SETTING: http://bit.ly/GE_JT104_Setting
• Judge Training 105-STYLE & TECHNICAL SECTION: http://bit.ly/GE_JT105_Style
• Judge Training 106-PLOT: http://bit.ly/GE_JT106_Plot
• Judge Training 107-CHARACTERIZATION: http://bit.ly/GE_JT107_Characterization
• Contemporary Series (CS) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_CS_Scoresheet
• Historical Romance (HR) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_HR_Scoresheet
• Inspirational Romance (IR) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_IR_Scoresheet
• Mainstream with Romantic Elements (MRE) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_MRE_Scoresheet
• New Adult (NA) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_NA_Scoresheet
• Romantic Suspense (RS) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_RS_Scoresheet
• Single Title Romance (ST) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_ST_Scoresheet
• Specialized Romance (SR) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_SR_Scoresheet
• Young Adult (YA) Scoresheet: http://bit.ly/GE_YA_Scoresheet

Articles, tips and references to share with contestants:

• An Introduction to Filtering by Michael R. Emmert 
• The Chicago Manual of Style 
• Scene and Sequel  by Jack Bickham
• The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass 
• Dialogue and Tension | Bringing Scenes To Life by Marylee MacDonald
• Formatting digital manuscript
• Goal, Motivation, Conflict by Debra Dixon
• Formatting a printed manuscript
• Using Italics to Show Thoughts by Marg McAlister
• Early Hints of Backstory by Kathryn Craft
• Whose Story Is It? by Marg McAllister
• Writing 4 Success by Marg McAllister
• The Lie That Tells a Truth by John Dufresne
• Romance Tropes by Mindy Klasky

We're always interested in articles about editing, how-to-write, constructive shortcuts or inspiration. Please feel free to send suggestions to the GEcoordinator@NTRWA.org

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Most of the opinions on judging and interpreting the questions’ intent are my own words. I’ve been in the business over 15 years and have spoken to many authors, gathering information. A lot of the time when a question is asked, I go to authors who publish in that genre for advice. Please use your own expertise and experience, but keep our humble interpretations in mind.

~Thanks, Angi Morgan

AngiMorganAuthor.com

Contributions and edits by Fenley Grant.