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Story Title: Unnoticed Beauty




Title: (2.5/5)
- By looking at your title alone, I thought this story would be with a kpop idolxOC, but it isn't. The title isn't eye-catching nor is it screaming "Read me!" However, after finishing your story, I can see why you chose it. Not only does Chanyeol love Baekhyun because he's pretty (or handsome), regardless if he crossdresses or not, Chanyeol loves Baekhyun because of their precious friendship and blooming love for one another.

Description & Foreword: (2/5)
- You pretty much just summed up your story's plot with your description. Now, your story will be predictable. I suggest you stating the conflicts and maybe some thought-probing questions. Adding details, figurative language, or imagery helps too.

An example: (It's not the best. ^^)
It all started with a silly deal between Baekhyun and Chanyeol, but now Baekhyun landed himself into trouble with the school. Deals are deals, and when you give your word, you mean it. Not only is Baekhyun in trouble, but Chanyeol is too. He wants to think he is straight, but suddenly, he finds himself lost and confused; he is drowning within his own self-conflicts. What could be the problem? Will their friendship break apart?

Also, if you haven't noticed, you've added your foreword in the section where it says Description. I know you saved the foreword for the author's note, which is fine, but your foreword should be included where it says Foreword. Then, you can make a border and then label it as your author's note.

Example:
(/insert foreword here) blahblahblahblah.

★★★★★★★★★★★ (/inserts pretty border line)

Author's note begins here.

Originality: (4/1O)
- Based on your description, I'm guessing Chanyeol will drool over Baekhyun as he is dressed as a girl. Insert some heart-pounding moments, throw some self-conflicts in between, and oblivious moments that makes the reader want to jump off a cliff because of their stupidity, and wallah! Then, someone finally decides to be a man and confess, add some other cheesy and fluffy moments, and suddenly it's happily ever after! 

In other words, yes, it is cliche. ;u; And I came up with this just by reading your description. Plot twists would be nice.

Chapter Titles: (4.5/5)
- The last chapter's title can help readers infer what will happen next: it's pretty obvious that both Baekhyun and Chanyeol will be together, and both Chanyeol and Baekhyun will finally clear up their nth amount of misunderstandings.

Characters: (1O/1O) 
- With Baekhyun's and Chanyeol's thoughts, their personality seems pretty evident to me. The details you've used tells me they're are definitely close friends, but it's surprising that they only have each other as friends. Your supporting characters helped put Chanyeol and Baekhyun together. It would be nice if they were to figure out their dilemmas themselves, but that would take forever, considering how dense some may be when it comes to love. I think you did a great job of describing the two main characters and their personal development.

One thing I'd like to point out though, the way you describe Mrs. Jung's actions and the way she treats Chanyeol... she seems like a e. Just saying. xD

Overall Appearance/Neatness: (3/5)
- Your poster on your foreword, in my opinion, looks very messy. (I like the second one better) There are many blurred out things in the background and the color isn't sharp enough. The poster also answers the questions regarding what the deal between the two could be and why Chanyeol is confused, which is why I took out two points.

Word Choice & Descriptiveness: (4/5)
- The words you've used are pretty basic and easy for everyone to understand; however, upgrading to a more sophisticated usage of words is not limited. You still have room to improve. Try out slow at first and a thesaurus helps, but do not rely on it. Try to integrate your words within a sentence and as you read it, it would sound fitting. Do not use a high-leveled word in one paragraph and then in the 12th paragraph, add another one there; in other words, do not scatter them around but use them consistently. Practice using it in almost every paragraph that requires an adjective to describe something. That way, the words flow—it wouldn't seem messy or out of place—and more description about anything is a huge treat for readers, because we like to picture what is going on in our heads.

Story Flow: (9/1O)
- Considering the fact that you've basically told the readers the plot in your description, I think your story's flow was all right. It finally took them forever to realize how ignorant they both were. I guess it pays off and leaves a message that love does not come just as easily as falling in love. If you had a different description without giving anything away, maybe along the way, you can add twists, turns, and surprises, which means a longer fic. After all, this whole story lasted within five-six days.

Grammar, Punctuation, and etc: (9/15)
- I will not list all of the grammatical mistakes you've done so I highly advise you to go back and check. The ones I've listed in this section is something you need to pay attention more if you decide to proofread your fic again.

For a more formal and professional looking story, do not capitalize a whole sentence. (You capitalized a bunch of sentences, words, and phrases throughout your story). If you really want to emphasize that the teacher is yelling and is very mad, use words to describe it!

You cannot get late, but you can be late. Also, incorrect tense. She is reminding him of what she has done in the past.

Original: "DID I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU, NOT TO GET LATE OR ELSE YOU WILL SERVE A WEEK OF DETENTION?!”

Suggested: "Did I specifically tell you not to be late or else you will serve a week of detention?!"

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This is an incorrect usage of a comma. You cannot use a comma to separate two independent clauses. You can either use a period to replace the comma, use a subordinating conjunction, use a coordinating conjunction, a semi-colon, etc. Coordinating conjunctions can be easily remembered by an acronym known as FANBOYS. F for for. A for and. N for nor. B for but. O for or. Y for yet. S for so. Subordinating conjunctions are words add in front of a sentence, such as although, because, etc. A more detailed explanation.

Original: “'You cheated, it doesn’t count.'” Baekhyun said grabbing fries from Chanyeol’s plate instead of his."

Suggested: “'You cheated, so it doesn’t count.'” Baekhyun said, grabbing fries from Chanyeol’s plate instead of his."

You also need a comma to separate what Baekhyun did because of his further/continuation of actions.

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In this excerpt, you need to capitalize after because it's a new sentence.

Original: “Fine, fine. I’m on my way, I’ll be up in about… ten minutes or so?” after Chanyeol finished his statement the other line immediately hung up. Rude, but it was Baekhyun, so he wouldn’t mind."

Suggested: “'Fine, fine. I’m on my way, I’ll be up in about… ten minutes or so?'” After Chanyeol finished his statement the other line immediately hung up. Rude, but it was Baekhyun, so he wouldn’t mind."

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The comma here isn't necessary.

Original: “'How is it your fault, when you are dressed appropriately?” the teacher grabs his hand.'"

Suggested: “'How is it your fault when you are dressed appropriately?” the teacher grabs his hand.'"

Plot: (18/2O)
- Your basic plot is cliche but even so, there were a few things that caught me by surprise, such as Tao saving Baekhyun rather than Chanyeol. Your plot is pretty organized, consistent, and straight-forward so that's a good thing.

But realistically speaking, it's surprising that their school's staff acknowledges and allows Baekhyun to dress up as a girl. I know it's a deal/bet and all, but wouldn't the teacher/staff scoff at them and tell them they're ridiculous and immature? Also, they won't know if Baekhyun is secretly a predator and using the deal as an excuse to do erted things. That's just me. 

Another thing, Tao saved Baekhyun yesterday but didn't have a chance to talk to each other as Chanyeol interrupted them, so now Baekhyun and Tao are friends? That was fast progress.

But even so, your plot was amusing and I smiled or chuckled here and there. Chanyeol is such a for causing Baekhyun to get into trouble on purpose. xD

(Excuse my language. ^^)

Overall Enjoyment: (7/1O)
- As I've stated in the previous section, I've approached your story as comedy-like, so I had my share of smiles and laughter here and there. Your story isn't bad at all: it is just the cliche and overused plot-line. ^^ I highly suggest you to write more stories with a story-line that strays from others. It could be random, funny, angsty, anything! I know it's hard trying to come up with a non-cliche plot, but don't give up and try to explore everything. Anything could be a new muse for a story. c:



Total: 73/1OO
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veinless
#1
Chapter 14: Thank you so much for correcting it with your opinions! You also asked me do I proof read; my answer is yes. But it's more like "skim". And I use the Aus-Eng dictionary so spellings are different but that's okay.

You've marked my grammar as poor, and of course you're right. This is extremely poor grammar in terms of standard narrative writing structures. However, since I'm not using the standard structure it's arguable. The reason for this is because I'm thought processing with stream of consciousness as my narrative mode. Although since I'm not using this narrative technique in first pov, I'm kind-of abusing it. But the bit where you corrected my it's/its/'s was honestly my fault since I didn't catch the mistake. There are a lot of things in my story I do on purpose, especially when it comes to punctuating and the dialogues. I only punctuate when I feel the reader should take a pause/stop, I don't punctuate to make it grammatically correct. My dialogues start with a lower case letter because it's not a finished sentence. (But everyone has their own opinion about grammar).

My title is a give away for readers who like to do these "before reading" exercises (laugh). A fig tree symbolises security and prosperity so it's obvious Myungsoo is insecure and trying to look for things he can depend on - therefore it relates to Myungsoo in aspect of security. Prosperity is another symbol of money, and since Myungsoo's a e of some sorts, the wealth relates to his clients. There's a lot of symbolism in that one page already so I thought it wouldn't be so vague (laughs).

Mm, I believe they never loved each other. The reason why Myungsoo let himself into the life of ion was because he thought Woohyun would give him love. In which, Woohyun does give him hope but not love. And when Myungsoo realises Woohyun can't give him what he wants, Myungsoo ends up hating Woohyun who can't save him. (Since Myungsoo's quite spoilt throughout the story).

Thanks again! :D
Paradisezxc
#2
Chapter 13: Thank you for the review
Jinhwanderer
#3
Chapter 11: These are sure helpful! Thank you very much! I credited you :))
Lovex2254 #4
Chapter 10: Picked up! I'll credit when I get on the computer. To answer your questions:
Cameo is Ira. In the last chapter, her dream shows that Tao went back to save Ira. This is also shown when Cameo talks to Tao and puts the pieces together.

The reason the Dictator didn't do anything when they were talkin was because Cameo/Ira had the pandant. She told him to sit and he plopped to the floor since he was also a citizen of EXO and therefore affected by the stone.

The feelings that Cameo killed a lot of people was Ira's feelings of guilt that EXO's destruction was her fault.

I actually plan to make this a trilogy (and already have the prequel in the works) which is where most question I hope will get answered. The prequel shows more thigs and explains what happens before and the sequel will ultimately describe the "what now" after they lock up the Dictator.
momodays09
#5
Title: Last Breath
Author(s): momodays09
Genre/Themes: sad, angst
Progress: completed
Number of Chapters: 4
Rating: N/A
Characters/Pairings: Kris, OCs...it's not a love story, so there isn't any REAL pairings
Brief Summary: The story revolves around three people. Saehee (OC) who is a terminally ill patient. Yuri (OC) who is the loving older sister of Saehee. And Kris, the famous idol who is also one of the leaders for EXO. The story is basically a journey of realizing that the smallest, little acts of kindness could make a difference in people's life.
Story link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/597465
Anything else: umm, I guess you could say I'm fluent in English..
Password: infiniteogs

Thank you ahead of time :)
EunHae986 #6
Chapter 9: I read your review and it was awesome! Thank you very much~!
veinless
#7
Title: The Fig Tree
Author: white-sheep
Genres/Themes: angst!AU
Progress: complete
Number of Chapters: oneshot
Rating: (M/NC17) there are trigger subjects but they aren't really graphic
Characters/Pairings: woosoo
Brief Summary: Myungsoo has been looking for things that don't exist.
Story Link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/619284/the-fig-tree-angst-infinite-myungsoo-woohyun-woosoo
Anything else I should know about/Extras: nope but I am fluent
Password: infiniteogs
expiredpieces
#8
Chapter 8: Despite the fact that this was a short story you reviewed it thoroughly and wow

I totally get you on most things all but one

Kyungsoo was made out to be like that because he's desperate. I made it so that it only shows what kyungsoo sees. Well I tried at lest, this fic is so old I only remember bits.

But what I mean is that I meant for kyungsoo to be alone and he really thinks that no one is there for him. He doesn't need a lot and because he's depressed, a hint of kindness means a lot. So that's why he didn't ask questions. He might've been snarky but he cared about Kai. He was all alone and when Kai made him feel like he wasn't, kyungsoo became abnormally attached. He didn't need to hear Kai's story because he was fine without knowing about it since it didn't affect the friendship between them. Kai's his last person so to speak and kyungsoo is attached out of the mere unfamiliar feeling of having someone to talk to.

I'm on mobile right now and late so I will credit in the morning~~ thank you again for the review. I might also add some things to say latter haha
Dohyeonju
#9
i hope i can request soon.
informantxgirl
#10
Chapter 7: Wow, 1st of all, thank you for a long & detailed review. Really enjoyed reading your insights. U pointed out many different angles & nuances that I myself couldn't see, so I thank you for that, & also for pointing out the errors (omo, can’t believe I got Sunggyu’s surname wrong! He's my ultimate bias!) You made a lot of good points about the abuse & how it might seem unrealistic for Hye In to have been like that at the end, but what’s interesting to me is that you read it as them being in love & the ending as being a happy one. I never intended it to be read that way, but there it is, writer writes 1 thing, & it’s read another way, it’s fascinating to me. I purposely left this whole issue as ambiguous as possible & for readers to decide themselves whether they stayed together because of “love” (whatever that means) or something else. I even put in the whole “Do you love me?” exchange to address this issue, because it was brought up very early on in a few comments & I did realize it was something to address. No, & abuse should never, ever be taken lightly; I hope I didn’t take them lightly, & I wish it didn’t come off like I did, but I guess with the story trajectory that I took & the ending, yeah, I guess it can be interpreted that way. I did try to show that it wasn’t just Myungsoo who was messed-up & sick, that they both were, that ultimately, they broke each other, & that’s why they had to stay together, because the addiction was too strong, or, for Hye In, well, there was never going to be another kind of life for her. When she’s back with her oppa, she just crumbles. Old habits & all. Anyhow, thx for bringing up those points. Really debated on the shifting POVs at 1st; ultimately, really didn’t wanna focus on just 1, so went w/ both. I do try to improve on that with every new story. “Formulae”=plural form of “formula”, & “hie” as in “to go quickly, or hasten”. All in all, thx for the review & I’ve credited you in my foreword. :D Have a happy new year!