04-21-2006, 02:07 AM
Ah, I remember that we used to have a good old fashioned rating system... let's see if I can dig it up here on my system.
*rummages around through old file system architecture*
Ah, here we are! The grading criteria I used while I was runnig the writing contests!
I feel these are suitable grading criteria. If you add it all up, this provides a scale of 50 total points a story could earn. This system tries to help make sure that the reviews are balanced for any style of writing -- they no more relate specifically to a comedy than they do to a tragedy or an action story -- and the only "styles" I feel would be left out are the PwP and the 2ML styles (PwP having a default 0 in Plot and probably a low score in Character as well; and a 2ML doesn't have the time to worry about plot, character or quality). Alternately, all five scores could be grade from 0-20 instead of 0-10, to provide more depth to the grading scale.
Now as long as we had a dedicated review team this could be very effective, but this team may be sacrificing their time to write to review every story, so perhaps it's best that we just have a request for reviews.
Now... on to this new fic I've been inspired for...
*rummages around through old file system architecture*
Ah, here we are! The grading criteria I used while I was runnig the writing contests!
Quote:PLOT - 10 possible points. This is a score concerning the actual plot and plot development in the story. This also involves wrapping up the plot at the end.
CHARACTERS - 10 possible points. This score concerns the believability of the characters as people, both relative to their series and relative to the story itself.
SEMANTICS - 10 possible points. Grammar, paragraphing, punctuation, mis-spellings, and all variety of miscellaneous issues that plague the writing but not the story.
QUALITY - 10 possible points. This is the overall flow of the story, the connections between characters and events, the overall believability of the story, and how well the judge is able to suspend their disbelief when necessary.
LEMON - 10 possible points. This is the execution of the lemon scene or scenes involved in the story and how they feel relative to the rest of the story. Tasteful and well written sex scenes are much more appealing than rushed ones, and the use of good literary technique helps the writing of sex feel just a bit less like mere porn.
I feel these are suitable grading criteria. If you add it all up, this provides a scale of 50 total points a story could earn. This system tries to help make sure that the reviews are balanced for any style of writing -- they no more relate specifically to a comedy than they do to a tragedy or an action story -- and the only "styles" I feel would be left out are the PwP and the 2ML styles (PwP having a default 0 in Plot and probably a low score in Character as well; and a 2ML doesn't have the time to worry about plot, character or quality). Alternately, all five scores could be grade from 0-20 instead of 0-10, to provide more depth to the grading scale.
Now as long as we had a dedicated review team this could be very effective, but this team may be sacrificing their time to write to review every story, so perhaps it's best that we just have a request for reviews.
Now... on to this new fic I've been inspired for...