REVIEW SHOP (CLOSED FOR CATCH UP)

Why

*Staring into space similar to how Chris Stuckmann was in his "Cats" movie review*

After skimming through "Why" (because there was literally no story and it was by far the most messy work I reviewed thus far), I have decided to organize my constructive criticism another way.

I will still give you your score and all, but instead of commenting on each aspect of the scoring guide, I am going to write a short blurb for the sake of following the rubric and will leave a link to a writing blog.

Let's get started.

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Score [2/96]

Theme [0/5]

Title [1/3]

Cover [1/3]

Description [0/5]

Plot [0/15]

Characters [0/15]

Worldbuilding [0/10]

Pacing/Syntax/Grammar/Voice/Flow [0/20]

Dialogue [0/10]

Ending/Overall Enjoyment [0/10]

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Theme [0/5]

When you write a story, a theme is integral. Whether you are writing for entertainment or another reason, a theme is important no matter what since it is what binds all the parts of your story together and adds a pretty, little bow to it.

Having a theme gives your story a reason to exist. Having a message is even better. How I see it is that prose is like an essay. Your theme is your main topic, your plot is your claim, and your characters are examples that bolster and support your arguments.

Just like an essay, a story has structure and follows a certain mold. No matter how creative you think you are, every story you write or read will not be "original." There is no idea that you can make that is original, but there are ways you can convey these ideas in innovative ways (similar to how you can choose an essay topic that has already been discussed and write a good essay).

For these reasons, a theme is important. Your story should revolve around your theme, and everything should tie back to it (just like how your body paragraphs in an essay do). Before you write, you need to think of a theme. Most writers don't do that, however, and just end up reverse-engineering a theme, which is only possible when they subconsciously added an inner message.

So what you should take away from this is to give your story a reason to exist, give it a theme.

Title [1/3]

Titles are subjective. It is a little peek into the book and is really not that important, but still, you must consider your title carefully. The title is the first little impression of the contents of your story, so whatever the case is, the title must be catchy and must relate to the story in some way.