THINGS I’M LOOKING FOR IN REVIEWS
I read all feedback and consider it, but I weigh some critiques more than others. I’m also not someone who reads a thought or prediction and then decides to rewrite everything, so don’t worry about unfairly affecting my process.
I am very good at taking critical feedback — I am my own worst critic — but for the purpose of motivation, try to always include elements that you like, too. If you don’t like anything, maybe refrain from sharing your feedback at this stage.
ALWAYS WELCOME
- Grammar and tense fixes (for being an English teacher I’m shockingly bad at it)
- Misusage of vocabulary
- Clarity points (especially around dialog tags or descriptions)
- Prose consideration (things being too bulky, lengthy or stilted)
- Consistency issues (plot holes, tonal mismatch, character inconsistencies)
- Bloat concerns (stressing a point that’s been made)
- Predictions on future events (commenting on foreshadowing, etc)
- What you really like & what you really don’t like
- Any good faith argument
THINGS I CONSIDER (but might disregard)
- Thoughts about story development or plot
- Thoughts on characterization of characters
- Feedback on worldbuilding, lore or other supplementary information
- Thoughts on pacing and density of explanations
- Suggestions for vocabulary or word choice
I’LL PROBABLY DISREGARD OUTRIGHT
- Feedback about items inherent to genre/tone (i.e. “it’s too violent” or “I don’t like swords and magic”)
- Wanting removal of major elements (some characters are meant to be unlikable for the purpose they serve)
- Suggestions to ‘add-in’ ideas, plots or characters
- Effectively, bad faith takes, or takes trying to make the book something it isn’t
Kingdom Of Avelyn 