Book_Keeper Just hi-jacking one of your posts.

I see that you're restructuring your site including some place holders. Point of View goes into TQ. Well, at least it does given the five factors you've chosen.

My experience as a reader on Wattpad, Royal Road and (now) Webnovel is that most authors are all over the place when it comes to picking a narrative voice dependent on the choise of point of view.

Initially authors need to handle FP and TP (and preferably stick to one), and after that it's a matter of understanding the difference between TP omni and TP limited. This, mildly put, isn't done at all.

The last part, where I find many flaws in my own writing, is how narration should change depending on which character we're experiencing the story from when multiple TP limited is chosen. I guess this coud be called narrative voice, even though I'm perfectly aware such a voice is needed no matter which point of view an author decides to run with.

Obviously this, the last part ties in with world (which you chose not to include) and character.

In the hands of an expert author, RL is also affected since the world experienced by a character with a vast vocabulary greatly differs from one shown from the point of view of a character with an equally limited langage tool box. To be honest I've only read a few dozen books where this is done well, and that's out of over 10K titles read.

      Book_Keeper I'm very thankful for the in depth review, really. I guess it's definitely nice for the readers to point things out that the author (me) didn't even notice. Many, many thanks. :) I'll try to deliver better chapters once my break ends.

        midnight_bloom Liked your story very much. Read just one chapter but found it gripping. Added to my library. Its a breath of fresh air without any CEO stuff.

            StenDuring Hi-jacking lol.

            POV is definitely tricky. Depending on the story, it could affect/be more relevant in different factors. You mentioned TQ and RL; PD could even be added because if the plot isn't clear due to a lot of voice switching, then that's a hit to comprehension and development. In that sense, other than a review, the assessment would have to be split into more specific factors to address all these story nuances. Hopefully the writing guide can address these concerns upon completion.

            For now anyway, I haven't been critiquing voice and style since that starts to lean toward reader preference rather than basic story constructs. Only when they cross into clarity and depth do I take them into consideration when assessing. Maybe one day I can factor in something that helps with directing stories based on reader preferences.....such as with tags hmm...

                niharikabhol Thank you for liking it! Spoiler alert, it has COO instead (not CEO). Hehe. Hope you still give it a chance even if it has some COO stuff in it.

                    niharikabhol I've read your story until the latest chapter. It looks very promising. It's actually good, and I'm hooked already. Will wait for a few more chapters, though, before I'll give a review. But so far I'm really into it already. :)

                        Not asking for a review, but rather commenting on the grading system. I actually like it a lot. As a one-man show (writing/editing) for content and having my works published on Amazon, I think your 15 pts system is a much better way to assess the quality of a book than Amazon's 5-star system. That said, plot development and character formation are quite subjective, and dependent on what portion of a work is being examined (front, middle, back). Your note at the end of About section recognizes the issue with more content to consider/evaluate.

                        I like the fact that you give preference to chapters with 1,000+ words because I have seen far too many writers posting small word count chapters that tell nothing to the reader, and I often suggest to writers (when I see chapters under 500 words in length) to try to combine chapters or lengthen the content. Succinct chapters don't work very well for a novel and fails to take advantage of the novel as a medium of expression compared to a newspaper article for example.

                        The TQ Guide is fantastic, and I hope more content will be added to it soon. :)

                          Puppychownyc Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad the system was helpful. :)
                          TQ will get more content soon. I was busy over this weekend, so I haven't been able to add much. Hopefully, I'll be able to post something tomorrow.

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