Reviewing

By Cogito · Sep 4, 2007 · 861 · 8
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  1. Although I wear the magenta, I remain primarily a Reviewer (at least in my head). One of the things I have decided to pay more attention to is sentence length, both when reviewing and when writing. Each sentence should convey one thought, one action. The rare exception is when two thoughts are so closely connected, they need to be joined in a sentence.

    I also want to encourage writers to use their spellcheck, and to manually proofread each story or poem before they post it. The less time a reviewer has to spend on the simple writing mechanics, the more effort that can go into the finer points of writing.
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  1. WhispWillow
    hey! I like this blog thing ey!
    WhispWillow, Sep 5, 2007
  2. Raven
    Sound advice my good friend.
    Raven, Sep 7, 2007
  3. Torana
    As always my good friend you give some very good advice.
    Torana, Sep 7, 2007
  4. Eoz Eanj
    Ah, he concentrates on the bricks, not the wall itself.
    Eoz Eanj, Sep 10, 2007
  5. The Freshmaker
    I am often guilty of this. Also, I am overly fond of semicolons.
    The Freshmaker, Sep 11, 2007
  6. Cogito
    If you don't pay attention to the bricks, the wall will be shaky regardless of the overall design. But although this blog entry concentrated on the bricks, both my writing and my reviewing prominently consider the high level structure as well.

    This particular blog was written to remind me brick joinings to look for while reviewing, because I've been seeing a lot of them. The larger structural issues haven't appeared as much in items I've recently reviewed.

    I must admit, when I started experimenting with the blog feature, I was thinking of it more as a way to pass notes to myself rather than to others, even though I knew they are publicly visible.
    Cogito, Sep 11, 2007
  7. Radrook
    I continually am coming across posted short stories full of spelling and punctuation mistakes. What really irks me is when the writer glibly says that he slapped it together in five minutes and then offered it up for review. So naturally those mistakes were to be expected he says? Sure, it was as expected as the effort that the reviewer had to make in correcting them.
    Radrook, Sep 11, 2011
  8. Rapscallion
    Good advice, thanks.

    It's work on those finer point's that actually hone our writing skills. You shoot yourself in the foot when you ignore the smaller issues and a reviewer can't see the whole picture for all the blotches that hide it.

    Not that I'm the great poster around here but, I'll get round to posting something for review soon.
    Rapscallion, Aug 20, 2012
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