After two weeks, today (August 19, 2017) the Round 3 Eliminations have been announced.   I hope the above quote allows you to take this disappointment in stride and helps you to continue in your journey of the written word.   You don't know what is waiting for you somewhere else.

Before we go into the eliminations, I want to provide some writing tips in general for all authors in the Teen Fiction Genre of the Storyteller Awards.

*** 1.   Dialogue Etiquette and Presentation -   Approximately 85% of writers have issues with presenting dialogues in the proper form.   I am including a reference in the in-line comments from Writer's Digest that is perfect and everyone should review it.   The articles are called - Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue (Part I) and (Part II).   If you do a more extensive search on that website, there are seven more articles about dialogue writing.

I am going to leave you with basic dialogue rules, so they are ingrained in your mind:

Also, let's use different and varied words for 'said'.   So here are some examples, add your own to the list!

*** 2.   Word Spacing -   I understand that many of you write on your phones and also the Wattpad editor is not very kind to your eyes.   However, certain authors have extremely horrible Word Spacing.   What I mean is the following:

Example 1:   Tom came out of school in a hurry.He made his way to his car.

Example 2:   " Malory, why can' t I do this? " Luke whined as he looked at the activity sheet.

Example 3:   Words like - ahold; apart (when you mean 'a part of'); atleast; afterall

Please use that long key (Space Bar) that at the bottom of your digital keyboard, it helps!

*** 3.   Misused Words -   I can understand why this happens and it is very hard to notice the difference in Wattpad editor and even in Microsoft Word.   Some common mistakes:

to vs. too; your vs. you're; were vs. we're; site vs. sight; peak vs. pique vs. peek; from vs. form; quite vs. quiet; bare vs. bear; fare vs. fair; sit vs. seat; sigh vs. sign; mind vs. mine; accept vs. except vs. expect and many more.

When spoken, these words do not need to be differentiated, but in writing they do.   Moreover, some words are misused due to typing errors.   Please be aware of your most common misused word to avoid it in the future!

*** 4.   Scene Transitions OR Cut Scenes (Like In Movies) -   For the progress of your story and to ensure that readers can follow your train of thought, scene transitions are very important.   Many of you do this properly but some of you have issues.

A scene can be changed using the following measures:

^^^ Name the location or place.

^^^ Describe the place.

^^^ Describe the event.

^^^ Provide a time, date or day.

^^^ State a change in point of view.

^^^ Use symbols or lines or space as visual aids.

Please use these methods so that readers are not confused as they read your story!

Here are the eleven eliminated books in alphabetical order by book title.   I have included a brief review for those books that I have read.  

 Also, if you want exact details with a full review with - 

Aesthetic aspects, Cover, Summary, Tags, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Plot Development, Character Development, Genre Consistency, Creativity, Originality and Overall Enjoyment 

- please PM me or tag me in this chapter.   I will send the raw review via PM to you!

A Wink With Two Eyes by samanthachels

Review:   Your book easy is to read and understand.   Most of the errors are minimal and not distracting.   The book lacks narratives and descriptions as it is heavy on dialogues and events.   Some reality issues exist like the students do not attend classes and lock themselves in a bathroom for prolonged periods of time but do not receive detention.   Overall, the book has a cute premise and good plot.   With some descriptions and narratives, you will get an added dimension.

Au's Ponderous Life by bookwohm_27

Review:   The cover, summary and tags are done very well.   This is the only criterion I could evaluate. I never got a chance to review your book and two other judges conducted your review, so please request feedback from StorytellerMike .   However, many months ago, I performed an in-line edit of your first chapter.   I hope that is helpful to you!

Break The Rules by LittleLiarI13

Review:   I never got a chance to review your book and two other judges read it, so please request your feedback from StorytellerMike .   Per my review of your cover, summary and tags, the cover is alluring, the summary has a unique presentation and the tags are utilized well.   However, since there are limited number of tags, please ensure they are not repeated to make your book appear in appropriate searches.

Cloudy Skies And Dreamy Eyes by 7EvilXs

Review:   Your book does well for its plot.   The character development and quality of writing is above average too.   However, your book is not truly a Teen Fiction genre book since most of the characters are adults in college.   Also, you have classified it as Humour.   I would recommend that in contests you showcase your book in the appropriate genre so that it gets the proper attention.   Your story is quite enjoyable.

Diary Of A Teenage SuperHuman by Iskipp_U

Review:   Your plot scores high points with me but having no descriptions or narratives about the character's feelings or thoughts does not help the unique premise.   The story is also very fast paced and in some places I wish it would slow down.   Also, the author name on the cover does not match your user or pen name.   Please ensure that it is corrected and maybe re-vamp your cover a bit so that award stickers are not covering your title.   Good effort!

Finding Allison Parker by Meggerz_T

Review:   Your cover scores high marks.   You have great imagery, lovely narratives and good analogies.   However, your writing flow and presentation suffer greatly due to the numerous spelling mistakes, tense mix-ups, misused words and incorrect punctuation use.   There are many places where there are incomplete thoughts and sentences.   I can see the book's potential with its great writing style, but chapter length and mistakes take away from the beauty of this book.   I hope you will edit the book very soon because it deserves to shine.

Free Me by VidelJayley

Review:   I like a book that has a message and this one has that especially about a sensitive issue.   However, due to the seriousness of it, please have a trigger warning present for many young readers on this platform.   Again, this book has more dialogues and events with some narration but descriptions are absent.   Also, word spacing and tense mix-ups does not help the prose.   The story premise and plot pace are great, just be cognizant of your mistakes.   You have a great product on your hands!

Making Her Happy by raylenn98

Review:   It seems unfair for me to read your book again and so two other judges have conducted your review.   Please request your feed back from StorytellerMike .   I have provided you a review in the Supplementary book for the Teen Fic Awards.   You may request your raw review for those awards.

New York's Damaged by hailboobear

Review:   Please shorten the length of your chapters.   Per Wattpad guidelines, readers are attached to stories that have chapter lengths between 1 to 17 Minutes.   Anything over that is not advisable.   The vague writing and lack of cut scenes makes it hard for the reader to follow the story line.   Continuation between and within chapters is absent.   I am not sure at times what the story is about.   With some major editing and creating a plot outline for every chapter, your story can improve.

The Anti-Suicide Squad by xxscentedlettersxx

Review:   Your character descriptions and introductions are phenomenal along with your cover.   Your mistakes are not too distracting but the sentence structure, strange phrases and incomplete thoughts affect the writing style.   Some of the dialogues are cringe worthy and not pleasant.   Some sensitivity needs to be shown for such an important issue.   Keep writing, you do have a quite an imagination.

The Cherry's Melody by piyobear88

Review:   Your cover is fantastic and your summary holds reader's interest.   Tags are used appropriately, however, one tag is repeated.   Please ensure that tags are used wisely so that the book appears in the proper searches.   The review of your book is performed by two other judges.   Please request your review from StorytellerMike .

If you are interested in your scores and full reviews, please PM me or tag me in this chapter.   In the complete review, I have pointed out flaws and have provided constructive criticism so that your writing may improve.   I am here to help, so don't be shy.   The reviews will be shared with you via PM.

So there are 14 books still in the running for Round 4 but we may just move to Round 5 for the Teen Fiction Genre.   I will update the list in the next chapter.   Good Luck!