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Points
Sun Mar 4, 2012 17:49
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I'm going to try to run through it as efficiently as possible, without rambling. Let's see how it goes.

1) Info-dump - 2 points. Lays out the problem of a dry presentation of facts dragging down the piece for readers who are already familiar with the PPC, and provides a recommendation of working the information in more organically. However, could be clearer about what specifically about this presentation makes it dry and uninteresting.

2) Formatting - 3 points. A simple problem with a simple solution.

3) In-text author's notes - 3 points. The problem is clearly explained, specific examples and specific recommendations provided.

4) Canon knowledge - 1 point. I assume this is a compliment, and the what and why are present if I also assume learning something is why this information is good (perhaps not easy for the author, given the criticism of the info-dump; presumably the difference is that the reader didn't learn anything from the info-dump?). However, there's no discussion of the impact this knowledge has on the reader's experience of the story. This could have been said in response to a blog or Facebook comment.

5) Plot contrivances - 3 points. I'm counting the last two paragraphs under the same heading here, because they seem to work as two examples of the same issue (things being a bit too convenient). They're both clear demonstrations of how things working out too easily for the protagonist makes for a lack of story tension and reader disappointment, and in each case a recommendation is given for improvement.

TOTAL: 12 points.

~Neshomeh

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