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Someone (apologies, I forget who) was bemoaning the fact that they were a
reader and not a writer and even when trying hard could only manage a 4-point
review, and never approached 10 points.

But as Thundera points out, it is relative. Some reviewers wrote a majority
of 1 point reviews, and when they waxed particularly enthusiastic they might
have approached 2 or ever 3 points. Others seemed to write a lot of high-point
reviews and not a lot of one-liners. I think if you write one brief line for
what you read and two lines for the best story, in your opinion, then you are
just as balanced as those who wrote eight points for most stories and ten for
the ones they adored.

I know I wrote a lot of two-point reviews, and my highest point total, I
think, was eight. But it was all relative.

Lin

In a message dated 11/2/2005 8:31:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
it also makes sense that you would write a substantial review. For some that
might be a 10-pointer. For others, that might be a 2-pointer.


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I never knew what my review would be until I hit "enter", because I just
wrote what I felt. Most of them seemed to be around 3 or 4. If I waxed
particularly enthusiastic it might have gone to six. I don't think I gave
anyone a ten. I certainly did a couple of 1s and 2s, where I thought the
piece deserved a comment, but didn't have much to say.
This is actually a topic I'd like to go in a bit separately, as there were
some fun things to do with numbers. The stories of mine which won awards
weren't necessarily the ones which had the highest average number of points
per review. I'd kind of like to see the author awards for a category go to
the person who got the highest average or something of that sort.

But, as I said, that's another topic...

On 11/2/05, BLJean@aol.com <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Someone (apologies, I forget who) was bemoaning the fact that they were a
> reader and not a writer and even when trying hard could only manage a
> 4-point
> review, and never approached 10 points.
>
> But as Thundera points out, it is relative. Some reviewers wrote a
> majority
> of 1 point reviews, and when they waxed particularly enthusiastic they
> might
> have approached 2 or ever 3 points. Others seemed to write a lot of
> high-point
> reviews and not a lot of one-liners. I think if you write one brief line
> for
> what you read and two lines for the best story, in your opinion, then you
> are
> just as balanced as those who wrote eight points for most stories and ten
> for
> the ones they adored.
>
> I know I wrote a lot of two-point reviews, and my highest point total, I
> think, was eight. But it was all relative.
>
> Lin
>
> In a message dated 11/2/2005 8:31:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
> it also makes sense that you would write a substantial review. For some
> that
> might be a 10-pointer. For others, that might be a 2-pointer.
>
>
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On 2 Nov 2005, at 15:04, C Dodd wrote:

> I never knew what my review would be until I hit "enter", because I
> just
> wrote what I felt. Most of them seemed to be around 3 or 4. If I waxed
> particularly enthusiastic it might have gone to six. I don't think I
> gave
> anyone a ten. I certainly did a couple of 1s and 2s, where I thought
> the
> piece deserved a comment, but didn't have much to say.
> This is actually a topic I'd like to go in a bit separately, as there
> were
> some fun things to do with numbers. The stories of mine which won
> awards
> weren't necessarily the ones which had the highest average number of
> points
> per review. I'd kind of like to see the author awards for a category
> go to
> the person who got the highest average or something of that sort.
>

I've added it to my mental list of things to discuss. There are several
topics I want to discuss, but this wasn't its own topic. It will be
now.

I'm copying this to the gmail address so I remember. :-)

Cheers,
Marta

Personally I generally write medium to very long reviews, and I tried hard to maintain a balance. It was painful for me as I ran out of time at the end to write very short ones, though I suppose that was better than my not having reviewed those stories at all. So I agree with Lin, it's all relative.

Marigold

>Someone (apologies, I forget who) was bemoaning the fact that they were a
>reader and not a writer and even when trying hard could only manage a 4-point
>review, and never approached 10 points.
>
>But as Thundera points out, it is relative. Some reviewers wrote a majority
>of 1 point reviews, and when they waxed particularly enthusiastic they might
>have approached 2 or ever 3 points. Others seemed to write a lot of high-point
>reviews and not a lot of one-liners. I think if you write one brief line for
>what you read and two lines for the best story, in your opinion, then you are
>just as balanced as those who wrote eight points for most stories and ten for
>the ones they adored.
>
>I know I wrote a lot of two-point reviews, and my highest point total, I
>think, was eight. But it was all relative.
>
>Lin
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>In a message dated 11/2/2005 8:31:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
>it also makes sense that you would write a substantial review. For some that
>might be a 10-pointer. For others, that might be a 2-pointer.
>
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Amounts written were indeed relative, I found.
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