As many of you know, my activity on YWS has been very limited for the past year. I've been on a post high school program which allows me very little free time, and even more limited internet access. I was forced to redistribute my time and compromise my involvement in YWS. Now, although my schedule hasn't calmed down too much, my priorities have once again shifted. The time that I've spent studying storytelling now needs to be sharpened, and I need to write some reviews.
This Will Review for Food thread is not going to be concentrated on grammar and writing style, but rather on the story itself. I think it's a fairly unique thread and it will help those who wish to perfect the craft of story telling. The main issues I will deal with reviewing your stories are probably going to be:
1.Plot and Story: I used to think that it what a story is about didn't really matter. I still do to a certain degree, but am not as convinced as I used to be. While I've been studying storytelling, I've noticed certain elements that give a story far stronger effect. I'll try to help you sharpen these elements and develop your plot making it more interesting.
2.Tension: I will try to point out how to keep your readers more interested in reading further and closer to the edge of their seats. In terms of both plot and character development, your ability to keep your audience captivated by what you're saying is going to indicate how good you are at telling stories.
3.Exposition: The order and pace at which you expose your information dictates the depth that your stories will be able to penetrate your reader. If you want your story to be memorable and have an emotional impact on the reader, you'll need to have your exposition down to a pat. I'll try to help you develop your exposition and gain the hearts of your readers as well as the mind.
4.Character Development: This has nothing to do with the plausibility of your characters or their Mary-Sue tendencies. It's got to do with the underlying character transition that drives a story forward. I firmly believe that a character transition exists behind every story that is truly going to have an emotional impact on a reader. I'll probably dedicate a lot of my review to helping you highlight your change in character.
Those are the four main elements that will probably come up in most of the stories I review. Depending on the genre and my current mood, I might choose to comment on other more writing oriented ideas such as your prose's quality and dialogue. This will not be my focus, though.
If you'd like to look at my writing, I haven't posted anything on YWS for quite a long time, so take a look at this as it reflects my more recent work: topic73444.html
If you'd like me to review your story please make sure that:
a) The grammar is at least decent enough to make readable
b) You want a critique that focuses on your story telling.
c)You don't mind harsh criticism
Please only post one story here every week, as I still have very limited time. I will probably get to do a review every two days.
Keep well everyone!
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