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[quote=Anonymous]Not my genre, so no, I wouldn't read it.

Nonetheless, what is your main character's character flaw, and how does the plot you describe play into to her recognizing her issue? In what way will she change at the end of the book? Will she recognize the flaw and do something about it, even a little? Or will it be her undoing because she can't see or or refusing to change?

I mean you have the classic structure: girl meets girl, girl falls for girl, girl gets girl and we have some fun and games, then girl loses girl. But other than sexual attraction, you have no why or how or character change. No story. Your problem is with your third paragraph which is where you should be telling what the story actually is -- instead you give a vague sense of "issues come up and things go bad." But you need to figure out what those issues are, what goes bad, and why anyone would care or identify with that part?

Is your main character a chronic liar who weaves a web of deception and ends up alone because she can't tell anyone the truth, even herself?

Is your main character a prude who can't admit her prudish facade and judgment was wrong, and so instead of seeking forgiveness she has an epic fall from social grace?

Is your main character obsessively ambitious and using the work chick to get ahead, only to have it all come tumbling down when the "all is lost" moment happens?

Is your main character in self-denial, and cannot achieve happiness with her new love until she allows herself room to be selfish and put her true needs ahead of her oblivious husband, dog, hamster, and 3 spoiled kids in the suburbs?

And remember, if in the end she loses the girl, you need an epic false victory, because usually in the end she wins the girl back after a false defeat. But maybe it's the husband she has to win back?[/quote]

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