Grader Wages 2/1 - 3/20

Wow, really sorry for the delay on these, everybody! As per usual, there's a lot of really good work in all of these grades! Please feel free to PM / VM me if you have any questions or if I missed something!

@WinterVines; $8,800

• Flight (ORAS) - Strong Moderate, 8,000 (+800) = 8,800

@VoltChen Magneton; $12,550

• Change of Heart (WWC) - Moderate, 10,500 (+1,050) = 11,550 + 1K WWC!

Notes: Wow, grading quality has really gone up! Just a note though: you commented on a lot of really good things about the story, but could have done to talk more about the plot of the story itself. We barely got into the uniqueness of the plot, and I think that reviewing the plot itself more thoroughly would have helped the author craft out future plot lines. Wow, also, great job with your attention to detail in the grammar section, especially with the whole vowels-drawn-out idea.

Also, a minor concern: on the topic of word choice, I’m a proponent of challenging the author to best use the words that they already know. Going to the thesaurus to fish out a synonym that’s prolly not even correct in the context /uncomfortable for the author to use can be a real danger. Otherwise, GREAT grading!

@Peaceful Giraffe; $50,750

• hiraeth (WWC) - Moderate, 8,500 (+850) = 9,350 +1K WWC!
• Beduins (WWC) - Strong Basic, 3,000 (+600) = 3,600 (+1K WWC!)
• Sacrifice (WWC) - Moderate, 14,500 (+4,350) = 18,850 (+1K WWC!)
• The Mountain and What Leads After It - Moderate, 5,500 (+2,200) = 7,700
• Formation of Words - Moderate, 5,500 (+2,750) = 8,250

Big misconception in the story community: writing a longer grade will NOT pay you more. no no no no - what happens when we end up writing too much is that we end up finding problems in the story that actually do not exist, or we end up saturating the story with compliments that are not ultimately useful for the author’s future works, as this grade may have slightly leaned. It’s all about that balance, remember.

What do you do if the writer asks for a more detailed grade for a shorter story? I’ve interpreted this to mean that the seasoned writer wants you to be a little more critical of their work. We can do so then while remembering that we want our grades super lean, not fat - plenty of useful commentary in a reasonable amount of space. Like the writers, we should always be putting our best grading content forward first, not the characters.

Otherwise, GREAT job with these grades!

Smiles $20,250

• Christmas Wine - Strong Moderate, 11,500 (+1,150) = 12,650
• Teeth and Jaws - Moderate, 5,500 (+1,100) = 6,600 + 1K WWC!

 

:$ Claimmmmm

 

Oh cool, I forgot about this. Thanks, Smiles!

 

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