z
  • Home

Young Writers Society


Event 7: Green Room Review Challenge



User avatar
250 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 28969
Reviews: 250
Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:59 pm
View Likes
OrabellaAvenue says...



YWS Olympics 2024

Green Room Review Challenge

Summary:
Write the best review you can write! Many times, reviewers get wrapped up in writing lots and lots of reviews, and sometimes they forget what's most important: helping the author. And the most important thing to focus on when writing a review is the quality, not the quantity.
This event is all about writing quality reviews!

Description:
The goal of this event is to write quality reviews, not necessarily long reviews. Unless it's way too short, length will not be considered when judging. Grammar and spelling will also not be considered.

Some things to help you on your way:
Spoiler! :
Try to hit on some of these points when reviewing! Also, even if you don't know how to fix something, it's still helpful to point out things to the writer!

Novel/short story:
~ Characters - are they believable? Boring? How do they fit the story?
~ Plot - Does it make sense? Do the characters fit with it?
~ Pacing - Does it feel too fast? Too slow?
~ Setting - Do you know where it's taking place? Does it make sense compared to the rest of the story?
~ Dialogue - Does it fit the characters? Is it clear? Is it dull and seems to drag on forever?

Poetry/lyrics:
~ Flow - How does everything come together? Did you get stuck anywhere?
~ Imagery and figurative language - Can you picture what's being described? Does it fit the theme of the work?
~ Clarity - Does everything make sense? Did something seem off?
~ Emotion - What did you feel when reading this? Was it the emotion you expected to feel? Does it fit?

These are a few of the things that can help a review be helpful to the author, but there is much more! Also, you don't have to and shouldn't hit all of these points! 2 or 3 is helpful, and more than that can be too much to focus on.

Rules:
1. You must write a review on a work in the green room.
2. No ai reviews (site rule in general... so don't do it)
3. The review has to have been written within the time the event is up. You cannot submit a review you've written in the past.

How to Enter:
Post below in the thread with a link to your review!
You may change your submission any amount of times by editing your post up until the deadline. I will only judge 1 review per contestant!

Questions:
If you have a question, feel free to ask below, PM me, or drop a message on my wall!

Ends:
(automatically adjusted to your time zone)
If for some reason you cannot submit by the due date, please PM me to tell me why and we might be able to figure something out!

Most importantly, have fun!!
If you ever want to talk, please feel free to PM me for any reason! ^^
Don't write because you're a writer; write because you have something to say.
Orabella ~ Ora ~ Avenue ~ Aven
She/her




User avatar
616 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 60085
Reviews: 616
Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:04 pm
View Likes
EllieMae says...



Here is my review!

Team: Feathered Friends!! :D
”Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards (so you might as well do Duolingo ).”


Was ailah2005
Then AilahEvelynMae
and is now EllieMae




User avatar
382 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 79250
Reviews: 382
Sat Aug 10, 2024 8:58 pm
View Likes
RavenAkuma says...



Haven't been doing a tone of reviews lately, and I'm experimenting with a new tactic on top of it ':D

But I got this one up today! --> work/Avian/Flightless-Chapter-6-158409?c=757135#c757135
~ "I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane." ~

- Edgar Allan Poe




User avatar
180 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 13332
Reviews: 180
Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:08 pm
View Likes
Valkyria says...



Here's my review!

Image
There is always something left to love.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude




User avatar
704 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 88380
Reviews: 704
Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:19 pm
View Likes
Plume says...



My review for Friendly Fiends!
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.




User avatar
1276 Reviews
Supporter


Gender: Female
Points: 36349
Reviews: 1276
Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:45 pm
View Likes
niteowl says...



My review. Team Feathered Friends. work/EllieMae/Babysitting-Little-Me-158626#c757138
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

<YWS><R1>




User avatar
267 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 24558
Reviews: 267
Sat Aug 10, 2024 11:28 pm
View Likes
Spearmint says...



Image

Team: Friendly Fiends
Here's my review!
mint, she/her


.--. / ... ...- -.-. .-.. / - .--. ..- .- / .--- --- ...- .--- / .--- --- .--. .-- / .--. .--- .-.. / .--- -.-- .-.. .... -
=D




User avatar
4377 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 310223
Reviews: 4377
Sun Aug 11, 2024 12:00 am
View Likes
KateHardy says...



Team: Feathered Friendss!

Review

Image
Stay Safe
The Princess of Darkness

Hello! You? Yes you reading this. Have a nice day because you're wonderful and you deserve it!

Catchphrase loading. Please Wait...




User avatar
250 Reviews


Gender: Female
Points: 28969
Reviews: 250
Sun Aug 11, 2024 12:30 am
View Likes
OrabellaAvenue says...



Thank you all for participating!! The results will hopefully be out in a few days. :D
If you ever want to talk, please feel free to PM me for any reason! ^^
Don't write because you're a writer; write because you have something to say.
Orabella ~ Ora ~ Avenue ~ Aven
She/her







It always seems impossible until it's done.
— Nelson Mandela