The YWS Critique Sandwich
The basic formula for a review is:
1) Begin with a greeting.
2) Say something that you liked about the work.
3) Offer some constructive and helpful criticism and advice.
4) Conclude the review with some parting words or say something else you liked about the piece.
5) You may sign off the review with your username nickname and/or end with something along the lines of "Good job!", "You're getting better!.", or "Keep on Writing!"
An example:
Spoiler
Hello Raven! I'm here to review your work!
This piece really grabbed my attention. I really liked your choice of words. But I just have a few nitpicks:
Change "a wind" to the wind.
Put dare and me in italics, it will have more emphasis and meaning.
How dare she say that to me?
Other than that, I saw nothing else wrong with this piece. It was very well written.
Keep on writing!
~Sunny
This piece really grabbed my attention. I really liked your choice of words. But I just have a few nitpicks:
My name was but a mystery. I was nothing but dust in a wind.
Change "a wind" to the wind.
How dare she say that to me?
Put dare and me in italics, it will have more emphasis and meaning.
How dare she say that to me?
Other than that, I saw nothing else wrong with this piece. It was very well written.
Keep on writing!
~Sunny
You should always spend about 10-15 minutes writing a review. Make sure you don't skim over a work and then write a review. Take your time to write a quality review. It will be of more help to the author when you take your time to read it and write the review.
Also make sure you click the switch so it says "Yes" on the lower left hand corner of the text box that asks, "Is this a review?" Otherwise your review won't count for any points and will be a literary comment instead.
All reviews must be at least 4 sentences long. Or it won't count as a review.
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