We've made it to the 9th Day of the #12DaysReviewing! Thank you to all who have participated so far - and remember there's still time to participate if you haven't. You can complete the past or current challenges any time before December 23, and post in the main thread to claim your 100 point prize. Today's Tip and Challenge are from the lovely reviewer and BRB member @tgirly - it's about asset based comments. Happy Reviewing!
Review Challenge:
Try writing an "Asset-Based Review" based on the tip below. Make sure your review is at least 1000 characters. If you complete the challenge any time before December 23, go ahead and post here on the Main Thread so that you can receive your 100 point prize!
Review Tip: Tip by tgirly
There are two basic types of comments that one can leave in a review: comments on deficits in the piece, ie what needs to be fixed or rewritten, what's wrong, and the other type is comments on the assets in the piece, ie what you like and what the author is doing right. Often, we put more energy and time into pointing out everything that the author is doing wrong and then only mention the good things as a way to balance out the criticism. Praise becomes an afterthought. When we write a review like this, we're not fully utilizing our asset-based comments. Often, the writer can learn just as much from what they did right as what they did wrong. The key is taking the time to explain why what works does work, analyzing it just as much as is done with deficits. Asset-based feedback can also be used to point out the deficits, such as by saying "You did this really well here. I want that level of description/character development/attention to dialogue formatting over here." When we give feedback based off of assets of the piece, we make the lessons learned throughout the review much more palatable, which might make them stick with the author better. As Mary Poppins might say, "A Spoonful of Sugar makes the Medicine go Down."
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