Rating Given to "A Selection of Shorts"
Grammar- 95/100-
I noticed one or two errors, and a few places where I would've placed commas, but that's it...The only major error I noticed, though it may not seem major to you, was "...he ate his mothers monstrous apple pie..." from "Death on the River Lum". "Mother's" with an apostrophe is the correct format of the word.
Spelling- 100/100-
Flawless...I searched for errors, but didn't find any...
Storyline- 190/200-
Wow. This truly was a GREAT collection of novels. Seriously, I enjoyed it because although they were short stories, they provided tons of action anyone could expect in ANY real novel. I tihnk you did a great job, and you wrote these stories VERY well. I was IMMEDIATELY hooked, right after I read the first sentence. I really think you ACED this part, but since it wasn't the "complete best", I can't give you a 200/200. Some of the points were actually counted off because of the fact that in the first story, which was "untitled", you focused more on the woman as a fisher rather then her goal, as I saw merely 2 paragraphs actually about the catch and the rest of the story about her life as a fisher, her friends, her odor, and so on.
Originality, Creativity, Description, Imagery- 95/100-
I loved the description. It seriously is the perfect dose for a short story, with not too little, not too much. The most description was placed in the first one, though, which I think was rather well thought out, as it gets the reader into the story. The creativity and originality were fabulous, as well as the imagery.
Overall- 480/500-
Nearly PERFECT score. Of course, I'm distracting you from the main point here. I should be congratulating you on making it into the library! GREAT JOB!
03-Oct-2006 02:55:53
