Round 3 Evaluation Sheet

(If you enter your name here it will be included when sent to the writer, if you wish to remain anonymous do not enter anything and I will put your judge's number in the spot.)

Instructions: Enter the amount of points you give the category next to the given spot, then write your thoughts of their use (or lack) of that element. Since your thoughts are more helpful to the author than a number score please write at least two sentences under each category even for those categories that you have scored high. I have placed some questions beside each category to help those that might not know what to say. Do not limit yourself just answering those questions.

**Note: The Judges should not judge the original selection, only the author's words.**

Title & Story Description: (10 pts) Does this title grab your attention? Does it fit the story? Would you read this story based on the description? After reading the story go back and read the description, is the description true to the story or is it misleading?

Setting: (10 pts) Does the author use the five senses to set the scenes? Where you clear on the place, time, and mood of the story?

Plot: (10 pts) Is there a story line or a sequence of events? Did the author follow through with the story line they started?

Characterization: (10 pts) Do the characters come alive or are they flat stale people? Did you get to know the inside of the characters as well as the outsides?

Dialogue: (10 pts) Does the dialogue between the characters flow? Does it sound realistic, fake, or forced? Did the author use enough 'tags' to help you follow who is speaking?

Sex scene(s) / Sex scene(s) dialogue: (10 pts) Were the scenes arousing, realistic, and easy to follow? Did you have a clear picture of what was happening? Does the dialogue during the scenes sound realistic, fake, or forced?

Original section: (10 pts) Did the author not only include the original section, but also incorporate it into the story? Did they answer any/all of the implied questions in the original section?

Originality / Creativeness: (10 pts) Was this your everyday type of story or a theme/idea you don't see often?

Technical Protion: (10 pts) Were there any or a lot of spelling, grammar and punctuation errors? Does the story flow from beginning to end or was it choppy? Is the writing clean and easy to understand?

Overall impression: (10 pts) After completing the story what is your overall opinion .

Votes totaled: (**The total of the 10 categories is 100 pts.**)

Please also comment on these for the author's benefits:

Beginning: Did you feel the opening paragraphs grab the reader's attention? Did they make you want to read more?

Ending: Were you satisfied with the ending or left wanting answers to clear up things?

Confusing or odd parts: Were there any parts that just did not make sense to you or did not fit into the story?

Author's question: (Each author is asked to send in a question specific to their story or something that is not above that they would like answered.)

Judges thoughts: Please place any other comments, thoughts or ideas that you would like to share with the author of this story here.

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