Reminder of Rules:

<10: The book has less than 10 chapters, you can read up to a maximum of 5 chapters only.

>10: If the book you're reading has more than 10 chapters, you can read as many chapters as you like.This also applies to the Story of The Week (SoTW).

1. Read the chapter(s) and comment in accordance with the guidelines below**.

2. Add a comment on this page with how many chapters you've given feedback on (including Story of The Week).

3. You can leave a vote if you want to, but this is not required.

**You must comment on each chapter you read, focusing on the Theme of The Week, and tag your comments with the hashtag #CCBC (This also applies to Story of The Week).

Comment & Feedback Guidelines:

1. Quality over quantity – your comment should be detailed and helpful to the author, aim to write at least 3 sentences of solid, theme-focused feedback!

2. The devil is in the detail – taking the time to write grammatically correct comments improves your own writing skills too!

3. Treat others how you want to be treated – while constructive criticism is invaluable, it can be disheartening, so be nice :)

4. For any questions or issues you can always send a message to Sara (Sara91Helal) or Olleanna (SomeGamerGirl), and we'll do our best to help you.

5. If you don't complete your assignment, I'm afraid you won't get any scores for the next week until you finish BOTH WEEKS ASSIGNMENTS, and if you miss the deadline two weeks in a row, unfortunately you'd leave the club.

6. Assignments are updated every Tuesday at 10 am in Cairo's timezone (GMT +2).

Let's get started for this week!

Weekly themes focus on different aspects of storytelling, this way if paired with a member more than once, you get to give feedback on something different and this week's theme is: Paragraph Structure.

❝The most important unit of meaning in every literary work is the paragraph. Although each sentence conveys a thought, a literary work is not just a sequence of, say, eighty thoughts; it is rather a development of one central thesis through certain steps. Those steps are paragraphs. Within an effective paragraph the sentences support and extend one another in various ways, making a single, usually complex, unfolding idea. Apart from outright incoherence, choppiness, or long-windedness, perhaps the most common flaw in paragraph construction is rigidity of presentation. Having something to say, the writer merely says it—and goes on to do just the same in the following paragraph. As a result, the reader feels, not like a participant in the writer's thought, but like someone receiving instructions or being shown a rapid succession of images.❞ ــ Wikipedia.

What to look for in Paragraph Structure?

Did the author pursue one main idea, or shifted clumsily between random ideas?

Were sentences well-linked within each paragraph?

Was each paragraph linked to the next?

Did paragraphs have varying lengths?

Was there smooth transitions between generality and detail?

Did the first paragraph count? Was it impactful enough?

Was the ending paragraph strong?

This week, KateGoodman89 is the winner! 🎉🎉

Make sure you comment on at least one chapter of my story Covetous according to the Theme of The Week, and the rules above, and don't forget to comment down here how many chapters you gave feedback on.

❝In the grounds of Dorhollow University, a wild animal has left a student dead and another barely alive. Riley's friend Darren was too intoxicated to know what exactly attacked him and now he is undergoing bizarre changes that open her eyes up to an impossible reality.

Their close friendship of seven years is tested as Darren struggles to fight a new nature and becomes unrecognisable. Riley wants to be the supportive best friend but she's starting to wonder if she's fighting a losing battle.❞

Now for this week's pairs!

Pair #1: Sara91Helal: Caterpillar Calls & KateGoodman89: Friends with the Monster.            

Pair #2: Twisha_M: The Crown of Ishtar & XenaNaskar: The Archon.

Pair #3: A_Crazy_Indian: Merger Of Conscious And Subconscious Mind & Aurelia_Blair: Bruised.

Pair #4: Bellisimaleela: When It All Goes Wrong & MatrixDreamer: Celestial.

Pair #5: Snowbells2018: Bloody & UTRAV2004: A Little Book Of Life.

Pair #6: Rhuthshana: The Paper Towns Project & TEHauxwell: The Regulator.

Pair #7: Manimatsu: Powers of Tigoris & Thatpotaeto: Sulit.

Pair #8: Elmirafh: Beautiful and Dirty Rich & Amarch93: All Who Wander.

Pair #9: _huckleberry: Shoot First, Look Pretty & Dark_chocosbiscuit: Covetous.

Happy reading!

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