Smiley Review Cafe [We are Busy (not accepting requests)]
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The Cafe is Currently
Open || Busy (not accepting requests) || Closed
Shop Status Log:
13/4/12: So I've stopped accepting requests for now. You can still send in requests, but I won't put them up until I've finished this batch. I'm just a bit flooded with all the that goes on in life. Mianhaeyo~
10/4/12: I'm so sorry I've been putting everything on hold recently. 's been hitting the fan and all over the place and I've finally managed to get everything under control. I've finished all and any auditions and I've finished job hunting so I'll be able to get down to finishing these reviews.
20/03/12: Going on haitus for exams. PLEASE FORGIVE ME TT_____TT Everything will be back on track starting from the 5th of April.
16/03/12: I've re-uploaded the deleted reviews from when AFF had it's little domestic situation with its host. haha~ anyways, don't worry if AFF ever has another situation like this. I have everything backed up on my computer so it's all good ^^
03/03/12: Two reviews have been posted and there are another 4 on hold. I feel like I need to take a break for a little while so please be patient as I attend to other things in my busy schedule. Thankyou!!
01/03/12: Hurrah~! The grand opening of the Smiley Review Cafe :D I hope you guys will apply for my services~
Foreword
A note from the owner.
Hello, hello~
It's Tom~ :D I was feeling sad because I didn't get any comments on my fic so I opened up a request shop. (: My review style is just to tell the reader my complete and honest opinion on their story as well as giving them tips on how to improve their writing and so on. I am a harsh marker by the way. Please do not bash me for it. I will only ever say anything harshly if I feel that it is necessary to be so.
Things to note/take into consideration. VERY IMPORTANT.
– I am a of a reviewer. I mark quite harshly, so please don't get upset if I mark you badly. I just want to help you improve. Besides, I'm only one opinion. You know what they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure.
– If you do not like your review from me, do not bash me please. Bashers/flamers will be automatically blacklisted and will not be able to request another review from me. As I said, I am only giving you my opinion and marking you on your creativity and literacy based on my standards.
– Please do not rush me! I will try my best to read and review your stories as soon as possible, but I am working by myself so please do realise that I still attend school and I have a hectic schedule all year round. But if you must have an actual eaiting period, it will usually take me within three weeks. USUALLY.
– I will read most things, so don't be worried that I'll reject your story because of any sort of themes that may be in it. However, please do mention them in the review form. If anything is too much for me, I will contact you personally and explain the situation.
– Review time relating to story length. Although I will take a while to review stories when I'm busy, it will take me about one day to review something around 10 000words in length. So just check your word count and do some maths. LOL
– For your form to be validated, you must subscribe to the shop and then tell me you've sumbitted it in the comment box. I'm not too keen on having people come up to me and tell me I haven't done theirs when I did it a couple weeks ago.
– You must also post my review in your story somewhere, because let's face it, no one like to give out work for free. If you don't follow this note, you'll get blacklisted.
– A lot of people feel that they can't request reviews from a shop because they already already got one/requested from another one. Does not apply here. You're looking for feedback and tips right? Then you should be going around for reviews from multiple shops. Multiple opinions are better than just one y'know~
– Yes, you can request multiple times from me, whether it be the same story a two or three times or several stories. However, spamming me with requests will get you blacklisted.
– Yes, you can retract a cancellation if you happen to change your mind. However, your reveiw will be pushed to the end of the que if I've already passed your number.
Blacklisting (Basically, if you're blacklisted, you can't request from me again)
I'm suspecting many of you will be asking 'how can I avoid getting blacklisted?' Well, below are a list of things that will get you blacklisted. So long as you don't do any of them, you'll stay squeaky clean.
– Spamming. For the love of god, do not spam the comments with 'can you do mine first', 'when are you going to do mine?' etc, etc, etc. I don't appreciate being flooded with pushy comments. This also applies to submitting forms. Although I said that I will accept multiple requests for a story, please don't send me one every chapter. That's just ridiculous, okay?
– Bashing. Don't do it. Just, no. You asked for a review from me, I told you what I was going to give, so don't complain about what you asked for. Please.
– Taking without crediting. It'll make me sad. I want to see that you appreciate the effort that I put in to do this for you. It's totally cool if you want to put the review up at the end of your story after you finish it. I can wait until then, but make sure you message me about it or I'll start getting very, very, very pissy.
Review Criteria
So basically, I break everything down to three main parts. Your cover, body and writing style.
Cover [ –/15 ]
This section is basically how someone would judge a book by its cover.
In simpler words, the first impression that it makes.
Title [ –/5 ]
Does it catch my attention? I'm looking for relation to the story and originality/creativity.
I will also mark this on spelling/grammar.
How is your foreword and description set out? Does it draw me into the story?
Poster [ –/5 ] [Bonus section since not everyone has a poster.]
Does it catch my attention? Or is it too distracting/confusing? How does it go with the story?
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Body [ –/20]
This section will mainly be about your plot and development.
Introduction [ –/10 ]
Does it develop the characters? Does it drag on too long or is it too short?
This is where all the complications, fights, drama and so on happen. So how well did you write it? Did enough happen or was there too much going on? I will be marking your continuity (flow), development and characterization here.
Ending [ –/10 ] [Not everyone will have finished stories]
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This section will be on your writing skill.
Originality [ –/10 ]
Pretty straight forward. If there is anything I feel necessary to bring up in this area, I will do so.
Structure [ –/10 ]
Entertainment [ –/10 ]
Was I entertained or did I fall asleep? I will be giving my opinion in this section.
How was your spelling and grammar throughout the story? I will point out and list as many errors as I can.
This is an important part of the review as it is hard to read a story when the grammar is messed up and the spelling is all over the place.
Personal Style [ –/10 ]
This is going to be mainly opinion-based, but I will talk about some techniques that I would have spotted and help you on those.
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Score [ –/100 ]
Reviewer's Comments
I think that's pretty self-explanatory.
And that's it.
That's all you'll need to know before you fill out the form.
Thankyou for coming to the smiley cafe. (:
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