How to Avoid Me the Dreaded Two Star Bandit
Sept 19, 2023 6:31:34 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Sept 19, 2023 6:31:34 GMT -5
How to Avoid the Dreaded Two-Star Bandit
Yes, very fortunately, there is definitely a very ridiculously easy way to avoid me, the so-called dreaded Two-Star Bandit at Story Star who classifies stories to as deserving the Two-Star rating of Fair, instead of the greatly esteemed 5 Star rating of Awesome, or the prestigious four-star rating of GREAT, or the very barely tolerated albeit OK rating of three-star rating of Good.
"Oh but how is that avoiding the humiliating Two-Star rating of Fair ever possible! Pray tell!!" writers at Story-Star might ask. Well, because I am both stern albeit merciful, today I will deign to reveal the secret that will make writers at Story Star totally impervious to receiving the dreaded Two-Star rating of Good.
So hold on to your butts, cuz I am revealing the well kept secret! Are you ready for this? OK! Here goes!
The only ways to avoid the dreaded Two-Star rating of Fair that I, the infamous Two-Star Bandit gave to the stories that he so frequently deemed worthy of the Two Star Fair rating, is to avoid the easily avoidable albeit very common following foibles listed below for your edification:
Please pay close attention since such essential matters are very rarely mentioned there.
Now, those are just a few that will avoid my feared Two-Star rating of fair. Although, to be honest, most of these stories that I, the infamous and hated Two-Star Bandit tagged as Fair, actually deserved the ONE-STAR rating of Poor.
But since that rating is even more off-limits than the Two-Star one, I chose the Two-Star option to stay within legal limits of forum rules. Got banned anyway. But that's OK. My integrity in such literary matters is non-negotiable.
"Oh but how is that avoiding the humiliating Two-Star rating of Fair ever possible! Pray tell!!" writers at Story-Star might ask. Well, because I am both stern albeit merciful, today I will deign to reveal the secret that will make writers at Story Star totally impervious to receiving the dreaded Two-Star rating of Good.
So hold on to your butts, cuz I am revealing the well kept secret! Are you ready for this? OK! Here goes!
The only ways to avoid the dreaded Two-Star rating of Fair that I, the infamous Two-Star Bandit gave to the stories that he so frequently deemed worthy of the Two Star Fair rating, is to avoid the easily avoidable albeit very common following foibles listed below for your edification:
Please pay close attention since such essential matters are very rarely mentioned there.
1. Do not splatter your compositions with multiple spelling errors. Use a spell-checker. Especially if English is your nit your native tongue.
advice.writing.utoronto.ca/revising/spelling/
2. Do not unceremoniously splatter your 5,000-word composition on the screen without paragraphing. It tends to look like an unreadable blob creating unnecessary difficulties.
www.grammarly.com/blog/paragraphs/
3. Describe your characters instead of using bodiless, talking, walking names such as John, Joe Jill or Janet.
www.nownovel.com/blog/character-description-examples/
4. Infuse some drama into your stories by providing conflict, for without any conflict, it tends to be boring.
writersrelief.com/drama-factor-short-stories/
5. Show, don't tell. Stop narrating what happened. Show the reader what is happening via vivid imagery involving the five senses.
www.grammarly.com/blog/imagery/
6. Use punctuation. Stop using run-on sentences. Use periods to indicate where a sentence stops and commas to indicate where there are pauses. Use capitalization to indicate when a sentence is starting. Quotation marks to indicate dialogue or monologue. Otherwise your story will be difficult to read and understand. You will be deemed an uncaring and sloppy writer and get Two stars regardless of the vital message that you might be eagerly attempting to convey.
www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation/
7. Make sure that your statements are not scientifically and ridiculously incorrect. Do some basic research. Provide sources. Otherwise it will be deemed t be just your unprofessional personal opinion.
owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/research_overview/sources.html
8. Learn basic English in order to avoid committing basic grammatical errors and repeatedly writing totally nonsensical and distracting things. Stick with what you know.
learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar
9. Provide essential information: Your reader can't read your mind. So providing essential information make visualization of your characters and the scene possible is essential. For example, descriptions of physical appearance, such as age, race, hair color, tone of voice, height, ethnicity location, time of year, race are very helpful. Imagine your reader is blind [can't accurately visualize what you, the writer, are clearly seeing] and guide him.
www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/imagery
10. Stop desperately trying to impress readers by going off-topic on exotic distracting tangent rants. It disrupts the story's pace, reduces the drama, makes the narrator, who is actually you, the writer, who is not supposed to be in the story in the first place, much too conspicuously visible. The reader isn't interested in how great your imagination is. The reader wants to be told an entertaining story. Stop with the ego trip!
www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/5-story-mistakes-even-good-writers-make
advice.writing.utoronto.ca/revising/spelling/
2. Do not unceremoniously splatter your 5,000-word composition on the screen without paragraphing. It tends to look like an unreadable blob creating unnecessary difficulties.
www.grammarly.com/blog/paragraphs/
3. Describe your characters instead of using bodiless, talking, walking names such as John, Joe Jill or Janet.
www.nownovel.com/blog/character-description-examples/
4. Infuse some drama into your stories by providing conflict, for without any conflict, it tends to be boring.
writersrelief.com/drama-factor-short-stories/
5. Show, don't tell. Stop narrating what happened. Show the reader what is happening via vivid imagery involving the five senses.
www.grammarly.com/blog/imagery/
6. Use punctuation. Stop using run-on sentences. Use periods to indicate where a sentence stops and commas to indicate where there are pauses. Use capitalization to indicate when a sentence is starting. Quotation marks to indicate dialogue or monologue. Otherwise your story will be difficult to read and understand. You will be deemed an uncaring and sloppy writer and get Two stars regardless of the vital message that you might be eagerly attempting to convey.
www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation/
7. Make sure that your statements are not scientifically and ridiculously incorrect. Do some basic research. Provide sources. Otherwise it will be deemed t be just your unprofessional personal opinion.
owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/research_overview/sources.html
8. Learn basic English in order to avoid committing basic grammatical errors and repeatedly writing totally nonsensical and distracting things. Stick with what you know.
learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar
9. Provide essential information: Your reader can't read your mind. So providing essential information make visualization of your characters and the scene possible is essential. For example, descriptions of physical appearance, such as age, race, hair color, tone of voice, height, ethnicity location, time of year, race are very helpful. Imagine your reader is blind [can't accurately visualize what you, the writer, are clearly seeing] and guide him.
www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/imagery
10. Stop desperately trying to impress readers by going off-topic on exotic distracting tangent rants. It disrupts the story's pace, reduces the drama, makes the narrator, who is actually you, the writer, who is not supposed to be in the story in the first place, much too conspicuously visible. The reader isn't interested in how great your imagination is. The reader wants to be told an entertaining story. Stop with the ego trip!
www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/5-story-mistakes-even-good-writers-make
Now, those are just a few that will avoid my feared Two-Star rating of fair. Although, to be honest, most of these stories that I, the infamous and hated Two-Star Bandit tagged as Fair, actually deserved the ONE-STAR rating of Poor.
But since that rating is even more off-limits than the Two-Star one, I chose the Two-Star option to stay within legal limits of forum rules. Got banned anyway. But that's OK. My integrity in such literary matters is non-negotiable.
Numbsayin?