Name: _______________________________ Reviewing: ___________________________________
Effective opening (the hook)


Character development: (can you see the characters clearly and predict how they will act based on what you have been shown of their personalities?)

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
significant detials	significant details	significant detials
name:	name:	name:
sex:	sex:	sex:
age:	age:	age:
physical characteristics:	physical characteristics:	physical characteristics:
personality:	personality:	personality:

Showing vs. Telling:
You told me: You showed me:





Action (plot) or narrative flow: (Do the things the characters do and the order in which they are done make sense?)
Makes sense: Doesn’t make sense:




Clarity:
I like the way you say this: Your words are getting in your way here:



Word choice:
effective words: ineffective words:



Central problem: (what problem needs solving, what conflict needs resolving, what is being uncovered or discovered, what needs to be learned?)


Solution, Resolution, Discovery, Lesson?



Suggestions: