Protagonist's description
Antagonist's description
Supporting cast description
Protagonist's plausibility
Antagonist's plausibility
Supporting cast plausibility
Dialogue
Scene business & gestures
Interaction
Point of view
Phys./emotional registers
Viability
Setting vividness
Sensory details
Integration to story
Integration to character
Integration to theme
Setting consistency
Threat plausibility
Pervasive 'what's at stake'
Protagonist's commitment
Narrative rhythms
Story inertia
Story questions answered
Characters
Premise
Setting (context)
Narrative Voice
Story
Structure
Action/Tension
Pacing
Transitions/Hooks
Eloquence (Rhythm)
Elements & Details
Originality
Overall Elements Evaluation
N/A
Poor
Adequate
Excellent
Superb
N/A
Poor
Adequate
Excellent
Superb
Character Evaluation
Settings
Conflict, Pacing &
Denoument
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Passive voice
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Excessive modifiers
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Excessive distancing
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Run-on sentences
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Fragmented sentences
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Choppy rhythms
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Too consistent rhythms
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Questionable words
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Ecclectic/Archiac words
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Excessive space breaks
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Jerky transitions
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Abrupt POV shifts
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Protracted dialogue
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Excessive dialect
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Dialogue viability
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Dialogue attribution
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Talking heads
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Excessive vulgarity
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Lacks introductive hooks
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Lacks sense of place
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Tension attenuation
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Blocks of reader feeder
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Blocks of exposition
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Scene selection
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Reader satisfaction
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Scene structure
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Story structure
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Technical structure
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Technical Problems
Critique Sheet
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Reviewer:_______________
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