Are you ready for this season's Gravity Falls Wattys?
Highlighting the best Gravity Falls stories on Wattpad, the GF Wattys are the time for writers to shine, regardless of popularity. Judged by an esteemed panel of judges, we're thrilled for this c...
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At long last, the results for One Shot are ready to reveal! Below are the score and the judges' feedback for each entry. They are listed in random order, save for the winning entry, which is at the bottom. We hope you've all enjoyed participating in the contest!
Long (74/100):
This was a pure, sweet entry about the Mystery Twins in the future. We really felt that sibling love between Dipper and Mabel. The execution, though, was rather rocky - the first line didn't make a lot of sense, and the ending was pretty abrupt. Sometimes the story would jump around, too, and we ended up somewhat confused. We mainly suggest working on transitions and pacing. Thank you for entering, HikariItsukerui, and we hope this feedback helps!
One Shots and Preferences (60/100):
We're unsure what the main focus of this work is, as it's called a Gravity Falls one-shot collection but then only contains Bill Cipher xReader one-shots. If there are more chapters planned that are not Bill Cipher xReader, calling it a Gravity Falls one-shot collection is fine, but if the plan is to only write Bill Cipher xReaders, we suggest referring to the book thus in the title and/or the blurb.
As for the actual one-shots, good job adding an actual plot outside of the intended romance, especially in the H2o: Just Add Water crossover (we loved that, too, as that show is very near and dear to our hearts). We'd suggest working on pacing, though; some of the one-shots seemed to end just as they were getting started.
It's also essential to use Oxford commas. It's essential to use all commas, but the Oxford comma gets a special name. It's that comma used at the end of a list: item one, item two, and item three. Just putting "and" isn't enough; a comma is also necessary. Not using them is confusing - in the superhero one-shot, the narrator says, "They were your parents, Clark and Kara." Without an Oxford comma, "Clark and Kara" becomes an appositive, and it looks like the narrator is saying that Clark and Kara are your parents. Which is gross, because Clark and Kara are cousins. To avoid such confusion, there should be a comma to make it a list: "They were your parents, Clark, and Kara."
Thank you for entering, CountessOfChaos, and we hope this feedback helps!
Harry Potter/Gravity Falls One-Shots (71/100):
The only thing linking these two franchises is the existence of magic, yet this work managed to merge them seamlessly. The crossover was very well-done. The characterization was wonderful as well. The one-shots did feel rather short - this was fine for the first one, as it was just a snapshot and rewrite of a canon scene, but the second one could've been developed more into a full story arc. Our main criticism for the work is simply that it could be more complex, giving readers even more of a clever and entertaining crossover. Thank you for entering, Lucy-the-Cat, and we hope this feedback helps!
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Wow. Just wow. This book only has a single one-shot at this point in time, but we will wait in great anticipation for more, because the prose in this book is phenomenal. It flows very well, and there's just the right amount of description - enough to place the reader in the scene, but not too much to be overwhelming. The specific word choice is great too: the puns are wonderful, and the title drops are awesome. The latter don't make a ton of sense at times, but their mere existence is an amazing feat that writers can rarely pull off. A few details also felt rather colloquial, so unless the simple details specifically add to the characterization of the POV character, professional descriptors are the way to go.
The characterization was wonderful. Sometimes, it was a little confusing as to which character was narrating or what point in time we were seeing, because the transitions were all song lyrics. That works very well as a transition, but it was inconsistent: sometimes a song lyric would mean a change of scene, and sometimes it wouldn't. That added some confusion. But the various scenes portrayed in this one-shot were creative and enjoyable to read.
All in all, we loved this one-shot, and believe it completely deserves to win. Congratulations, BasilGrey! You will receive a cover and an awesome sticker for your entry, a follow from our account, and your work will be added to a public reading list to promote it. Thank you for entering the Gravity Falls Wattys!
