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A "grabber" beginning.
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The first paragraph makes you want to read more.
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Action!
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Has a (good) point.
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Lots of details. Easy to picture what's going on.
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Funny.
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Touching; emotional.
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Very visual.
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Good, varied, sentences. (They don't all sound the same.)
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Smooth natural style. Shows the author's style.
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Teaches a lesson.
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No boring parts. (Filler.)
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Tells a story worth telling.
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Shows!
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Backs up opinions with examples and facts.
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Offers suggestions as well as criticisms.
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Clearly written; you don't have to reread parts to understand
it.
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Makes you want to read it again.
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No mechanical mistakes.
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GOOD dialogue.
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Leaves you wanting more--in a good way.
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Even someone who's not particularly "into" the topic wouldn't
be bored.
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Sort of boring.
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It's hard to see the point.
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Confusing; jumps around. Disorganized.
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Not enough detail; hard to picture what's going on.
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No action.
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Many sentences begin the same way.
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So many mistakes it's annoying.
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Very choppy and hard to read out loud.
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Repetitious.
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Not specific; very general. No details.
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All one paragraph. Paragraphs are random.
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Fades at the end.
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The first paragraph is a yawner.
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Too much unnecessary stuff.
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Tells, instead of shows.
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Just gives opinions without saying why.
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Dialogue is boring.
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Little or no description.
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Too short. Ends too quickly. ("That's it?!)
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Somebody who's not "into" the topic would be very bored.
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