Horror/Paranormal Results
First of all, I would like to say congratulations to every single one of the participants. Putting yourself out there is not easy, and I commend you for it. I would also like to give one last shoutout to RFNasua and novahsnow for their incredible work. I genuinely cannot thank them enough.
Now, the moment you've been waiting for.
I am posting everyone's breakdown (averaged from the two judges). The winner of the genre will get a review, which can also be DM'd to the author upon request. Participants, a few of you might be DM'd some advice from your judges. If not, you still have the option to request some additional comments. Winners, please DM me your email so I can send the stickers over. Judges, please follow the winner of your genre.
And now, it is my privilege to announce the results for horror/paranormal for Season 2 of the Borderverse Awards.
The Investigation by Temitope840
Cover/Title: 7/10
Blurb: 2.5/5
Grammar: 15/20
Plot: 15.5/20
Characters: 14/20
Style: 12/20
Personal: 2.5/5
Total: 68.5/100
A Collection of Spooky Halloween Stories by saracmack
Cover/Title: 8/10
Blurb: 3.5/5
Grammar: 16/20
Plot: 13/20
Characters: 13.5/20
Style: 14/20
Personal: 2.5/5
Total: 70.5/100
The Law of Beasts: Book 1 by JabreelWilson
Cover/Title: 5/10
Blurb: 3/5
Grammar: 16/20
Plot: 18/20
Characters: 17.5/20
Style: 17.5/20
Personal: 3.5/5
Total: 80.5/100
The Wandering King: Shadows of Elysium by DALISB
Cover/Title: 7.5/10
Blurb: 4.5/5
Grammar: 16/20
Plot: 17/20
Characters: 18/20
Style: 16.5/20
Personal: 3.5/5
Total: 83/100
Silent City by SunaiSunai
Cover/Title: 7.5/10
Blurb: 4/5
Grammar: 18/20
Plot: 17/20
Characters: 16.5/20
Style: 17/20
Personal: 4/5
Total: 84/100
I love the title. It's simple but appealing. I love also like how the cover portrayed and connected with the title with your use of minimalism. I can tell that even the type font was deliberate. Perhaps my only issue with it is the placing of some text, like your the author's name, but it is a minor thing. I would suggest that since the MC lived a 100 years ago, maybe you can put characteristics to him that will make him sound like he came from the 1900s? It would add more character to him and the story as well.
The character voice is a little weak, and that made the narration s little stale. As advised earlier, adding more character to the MC will make him more in interesting to readers. The style of writing is clean and easy to understand, but again, the delivery could be a bit flat. Try incorporating jokes or descriptions--those could help capture the attention of readers, especially since story has ghosts, and there's a lot of potential for description there.
I loved the whole idea of the book. Reading the book had me noticing some grammatical errors but they could be edited pretty easily. The cover could be changed to a much better picture and font. But apart from that your writing was the most intriguing and made me want to read more and more.
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