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Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:45 pm
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TimmyJake says...



Have you ever wanted to know if you are a good reviewer? Have you ever wanted some help becoming a better reviewer? I haven't seen a forum devoted to this, so I decided to post one. This thread is for any reviewer who wants advice on how to better their reviewing skills to post their review--or rather a link to the review--and other users will tell them honestly what needs to be worked on, and what they liked. Just like reviewing actual works, really.

A few rules, since I think I can do that. :)

#1 Obey all rules!

#2 Do not write on the walls, as it takes a lot of work to erase writing off of walls.

#2 Make sure that your replies are helpful, and not just full of critique. No matter how new they are at reviewing, there is always a lot of good in someone's review that you can find. Make it a review. An even balance of both.

#3 Post a link the review, and if you want to post the review, put it in a spoiler.

#4 This is not the place to post your review for boasting purposes. Post your review here for help to better your reviewing skills, not to gather praise.


That's all I have to say.
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Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:35 am
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Prokaryote says...



I'll also review reviews of reviews, if anyone is interested.
  





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Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:33 pm
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Evander says...



The Battle. Prolouge

I'm wondering. Did I use to many nitpicks, did I seem too harsh, was my grammar good?
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Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:46 pm
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Okay, when I first began this thread, I had decided that I wouldn't review any of the reviews that were posted in my thread. Obviously, I am not that committed to what I said previously.

Your review was well done, I think, but it lacked something. That something it lacked was encouragement. You did the nitpick part of things brilliantly, giving them good examples of how to help their writing, and you pulled out a lot of their weak points, but you missed giving them praise. Now, I know that many times its difficult to find something, although I doubt this was one of those occasions. I have the opinion that you can always find something to praise--no matter the work.

In this case, I think you had enough nitpicks, but not enough praise. Your review gave a lot of critiquing help, but never looked at the positive points in their writing. So look at their style, the writer's grammar, perhaps some level of repetition in there. Something that you can build off to create some encouragement for the other reader. Nitpicking is encouraging because it tells you how you can write better. Praise makes you want to write more, and write better. A neat combination of the two gives you that feeling.

I loved how your review didn't center on the grammar and punctuation nitpicks, but rather on a more rounded way of nitpicking. Many writers try to avoid doing stylistic nitpicks, but really, its the way to go. Many nitpicks that should be stated aren't, because reviewers are afraid to hurt the other's "feelings." While the fact remains that there are problems with people's styles and suggestions are great to fix them.

I hope this helped somewhat.
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Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:15 pm
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Apricity says...



I am happy to review someone's review.
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Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:25 pm
TimmyJake says...



Do ittttt
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Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:27 pm
Apricity says...



I meant to ask, have you made a club for this? @TimmyJake
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Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:28 pm
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Oh. No. Should I make a club for it? I mean, this isss an experiment that I dunno is going to work.
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Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:48 pm
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Apricity says...



I think you should make one, this idea was long overdued. I will personally see to that this doesn't die.
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