Alrighty, so here is the scoreboard or rubric.

RUBRIC

Grammar: /10

Cover: /10

Description/Blurb: /10

Character Development: /10

Plot Development: /10

Originality: /5

Formation: /5

Involvement: /10

Points IF you personally enjoyed: /10

THEN 2 to 3 sentences (or more) explaining why you gave them the score that you did.

You should read 4-5 chapters before judging them

Explanation

Grammar: When reading a book, if it has terrible grammar, are you going to want to read it? No. I'd rather watch an hour long playlist of Matty B. So, decide whether or not the grammar is well. Not all books are perfect, so keep that in mind. If there are a few grammar errors, then it's cool, but if it is consistent then you must take off points for that.

Cover: Judge a book by its cover because guess what, if it sucks, we're not going to want to read it. The truth hurts princess (or prince becauseweareajudgementalfreezone). If the cover does not stand out among the others, take off points. If it could be a bit more exciting, take off points. Now, I'm not saying turn into Satan's spawn and let your demon opinions run loose, but you have to at least be fair and understanding.

Description/Blurb: Okay, so when you are judging the description, you have to ask yourself some questions. Like, does this make me want more? Does it intrigue me? For example: If the genre is humor, does it make you laugh? If your genre is romance, does it make your heart flutter? (and if you have no heart, why the hell are you judging romance?)

Character Development: Now this is important. If in the first chapter, Willy Wonka had 3 eyes and 6 lips, then in chapter 2, his name is Richard and he has no face, what the fuck are you doing? I mean, character development shows how each character has progressed throughout the book. If you made Willy Wonka have 3 eyes and 6 lips, and then he wakes up the next day with no face, the man's going to be confuzzled. So judges, I want you to decide for yourself, whether or not the character's progress in a HUMANELY way.

Plot Development: This also VERY important. Like, if Sally Shoeshine is brushing her teeth in chapter one, and is still brushing her teeth in chapter 10...

Originality: Alright, so this should be simple. If your genre is fantasy, and you come up with some type of time warp shit, like: Rihanna wakes up from the dead and eats people, but then earns butterfly wings and then uses them to travel through time and eat oxygen. Then she kidnaps the Sun and they make babies that shine brighter than a diamond.

Um, I guess that would be 10/10.

Formation: So, this is pretty simple. If the story isn't written in paragraphs, that's not good. A story needs to have space between each paragraph in order for you to be able to understand the feel. I know if I was supposed to read a story, and it wasn't separated into different sections/paragraphs, I wouldn't want to read it. So, yup.

Involvement: If the book is written in a way, where you feel that the author isn't trying, take in your best judgement. Like, does the author connect with their readers? Now, I'm not saying go all Yu-Gi-Oh on them, but you get the idea.

10 EXTRA POINTS: Alright, so the 10 extra points are ONLY if you personally enjoyed the story. Don't go giving it out like Oprah. If you read the story and you think that you will continue reading it, give it the extra 10 points. If you didn't...well don't. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

PLEASE DON'T JUDGE TOO HARSHLY. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO WRITE, SO DON'T GO GIVING THEM BLATANT CRITICISM. If they ask for it, well then I guess it's okay, BUT DON'T HATE! YOU CAN GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM THOUGH! THAT IS OKAY!

OR ELSE...

(I won't do shit because I'm the first person to run from a fight)

P.S.: The books will be split in the genres so no judge is stressed out.

P.P.S.: If you are judging poetry, you don't have to include character development, but plot development IS included. Like, how each line progresses and how the author decides to advance the poem and end it.