Standards and Voting

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Okay, so why vote at all? The easy answer would be to prevent someone who isn't really working at writing from earning an award. If someone can't spellcheck or write a coherent sentence, I don't want to reward them with a Callisto award. And maybe that's frightened away the bad writers because all 17 stories this week were good... really good!

The second answer is that it tells writers that readers are out there... even if they're too shy to leave feedback. Just by clicking, you let them know you're lurking.

Finally, this helps writers get a handle on which stories are really "clicking"
You have two numbers that are failing:
5 means unreadable and
6 means the mistakes are so common they distract from the pleasure of reading.

You have four numbers that are passing:
7 means you noticed a few mistakes but still enjoyed the story
8 and 9 are stories good enough that you don't really notice or mind mistakes.
10 is perfect.

So, an author should get a good picture of which stories really "click" with the readers... and no one can see names, so be honest.

For more information on how to rate a story, see THIS POST

And the next prompt is just seconds away (I have to pull up the random prompt generator in excel, so give me a sec)


REMEMBER--THREE SCORES PER STORY (Plot, character, and grammar) but you can PICK AND CHOOSE which things to vote for. If you're bad with grammar, don't vote for grammar. If you didn't read a story, skip it.


[Poll #770907]

Comments

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

> Just by clicking, you let them know you're lurking.


I think this for me is the reason I want people to vote. I know that people can tend to be overgenerous with voting, so I'll take the numbers with a pinch of salt - but it's really nice to see x no. of people responding, as I know a lot of readers often won't comment and it can get disheartening (though on this round I was very pleased to get some really nice feedback!).

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we may need to look at voting... maybe show people how to put vote code at the end of the story since I"m not sure people will come back to vote... then again, the author would see names then... and I'm really not sure. *shrug* Hopefully we'll get it up and running well soon. The stories are great! And really, as long as the voting keeps out trolls who want to junk up the community, I"m happy.

[umbralillium.livejournal.com]

Quick question: when does voting close?

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

I was wondering the same thing! We think alike, you and I...^_^

~Nebula

[umbralillium.livejournal.com]

*snicker* No wonder we're such good friends! ~_^

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm back. On Sunday I'll put up the names of authors who are having a "run" before I put up the new prompt, so voting closes then.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm back. I've had computer problems, so I haven't been ignoring you. On Sunday I'll put up the names of authors who are having a "run" before I put up the new prompt, so voting closes then.

[umbralillium.livejournal.com]

ugh, hate it when computer problems crop up. Thanks!