EC Fiction Awards '24 [Closed]

☃️ Scores: Fanfiction

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Judge: ratihfarida20
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TITLE: LOVE BEYOND THE STAGE LIGHTS
AUTHOR: TaeTaeGinger
TOTAL SCORE: 80/100

Strength: The description and the cover of the book are intriguing. Just by reading the blurb, where the female lead is a blind painter while the male lead is a singer, which this type of story -music and art- is my cup of tea, I can already tell this story would come out great and I'll enjoy it! The layout and sub titles also come out great, I love it. Talking about characters, I liked how the female lead interacted with her best friend at the beginning of the chapter which made me laugh at her best friend's excessive admiration for BTS. And somehow then, Aera found out about the man Kim Taehyung who she seemed to know, based on her friend's explanation. And the way she interacts with the male lead at the beginning is quite interesting, especially the part when Taehyung as the male lead doesn't realize that the girl is blind, which can attract every reader to find out or read more. About the next chapter how she made her dream come true to showcase her masterpiece was touching, giving me the feels when I also ever had reached the point, so I feel so proud of her too. Starting from the middle chapters, the conflict between Aera -the female lead- and Lara -her bestie- as she found out about her -Aera- secret relationship with Kim Taehyung was surprising. Also the conflict between Taehyung -the male lead- and Jimin -his bestie/group member of BTS- was getting interesting as Taehyung found out about Jimin's love for Aera.

What can be improved? Character development especially for main characters just so the side characters won’t dominate the whole story.

Suggestions: Since the story is still ongoing, I can’t really tell more but I hope the whole story is connected to the main title. And regarding the character, especially the female lead, I really hope that she can at least see Taehyung once in her lifetime, which I mean there’s a character development like she’s not blind anymore etc for the ending but still it’s up to the author.