Criteria

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Here's the criteria that your books will be judged on! Remember that this is what determines the score of your book, so pay close attention! TO THE PROFESSORS: NO DECIMALS PLEASE

Grammar:
10- Can't find any faults at all!
8- Only occasionally do they make mistakes
5- Mistakes in almost every paragraph
3- I can't barely find a sentence that has correct grammar.
0- Do they know that there are rules to the English language?

Character opinions: Does it make you form strong opinions about the characters?
10- I know much about each of the characters, enough to feel a certain way about them!
8- I know a lot about a few characters but not all.
5- I only know about the main character and have no idea how to feel about the others.
0- Aren't characters supposed to have feelings?

Planned out:
10- I always felt like the author knew where they were going with the story. I couldn't find any plot holes!
8- There was a solid plot but I don't think the author knew what was going to happen. There were occasional times that the ends of chapters weren't tied up in the next one.
5- There was a plot but the author left many loose ends and plot holes.
0- I'm not sure there was a plot at all.

(If you are judging a story of one shots, judge by if the scene itself feels like it has a direction and purpose. Not just characters talking about things that don't make sense or connect to each other)

Writing style:

10- Wow! The author's writing immediately consumed me into the story. Every word written drew me in more and more. The structure of each sentence and paragraph flowed so well!

8- It's definitely something! I definitely enjoyed reading, however some sentences didn't quite make sense.

5- It was hard to read this book. It all seemed very choppy. It worked enough for me to understand the story, but I didn't like it.

0- There is no structure to this writing at all. It's as if a five year old wrote this.

Book fits title, cover and description:

5- I could definitely see why they made the cover they did that perfectly illustrates the title, and the book went perfectly with all of it
4- The cover and title were amazing and went well with the description! Got a little lost how the description went with the story.
2- The story, title and description just barely makes sense together. Have no idea what's going on with the cover.
0- There wasn't a good title, cover, or an understandable description. Please tell me if this is in English!

Follows:
5- Follows the Headmistress, and the awards account!
2- Only follows the Headmistress
1- Only follows the awards account
0- Doesn't follow any of them. (I mean come on guys. This is an easy 5 points to get)

And that's it! I believe it comes in with a smashing total of 50! Good luck everyone!

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