✨ ONCE UPON A CAT BY wallflower_words

Dialogue and Narration:
The narration was great. I loved the use of vocabulary for the narrative voice; even the part where you took a point to describe every element in your story, from describing places to outfits was appreciable. It was good to read a detailed description of everything.

The dialogues were general and strong. At no place, I found that the dialogues sounded less pleasant and unattractive. In short, it was gripping and this consistency was well maintained.

Cover and Title were simple yet nice. It depicted more of a short and sweet type. But I believe both could still get some work. Like, the font of the title was simple and needed modification.

The blurb was woven skillfully and to the point. The suspense created in the blurb was enough to dive deep into the story.

The Plot chosen was appealing. Honestly, I’ve never read the story of ‘Puss in Boots,’ but then reading your story, it gave me a good amount of ideas.

Usage of the word and the catch:
The whole fiasco revolved around the talking cat and the tragedies. So, I guess the catch was very well to the point. The word bellwether which referred to the witch in the story was also defined well. Though, I believe you could do a little bit more in using the word, creatively. Perhaps, it needed a good molding, because the continuous usage of the word, ‘bellwether’ in between, sounded awkward.

The reading was smooth and non- complex due to good grammar. There were minute errors but almost negligible ones. Good work, here.

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✨ THE BELLWETHER FOX BY Fierce-Phoenix_

Title and the cover:
The title and the cover was good but didn't appeal much. The cover and the title were simple and gave a rough idea about the story.

Blurb:
Honestly, there isn’t any correct way to write a blurb. But, how it is coming from traditional times, we keep following that. So, a blurb can be written in any form, as far as it has the main ideas included. But, writing in dialogue form, makes it incorrect. The dialogue gives an idea of a particular scene and not a story.

Moreover, the blurb was short and vague, to let the readers know about the story or the outline. All it needs is a good modification and that’s it.

Review Altogether:
I loved the way how you crafted many plots into one, it was kind of one refreshing read. The narration was gripping and the dialogues seemed strong. But, a brush up in the narrative voice is required. The grammar was a smooth and easy read but misplace of punctuation marks and few changes in the tenses made it less appealing. I believe they could be cleared with time. The whole combo- the story was quite relevant to the genre, ‘traditional literature’. Good work here!

The catch was used remarkably well. But that doesn’t go the same with the word. The use of the word sounded awkward and doesn’t seem to blend well with the story. I don’t know why Fox used to call him, ‘the bellwether’ in the former part of the story, because he was neither guiding someone nor people were following him.

But apart from this, it was a pleasant read. All the best!

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✨ AATMANIRBHAR: EFFORTS AND FAITH BY NikkithaKJ

The title and the cover were quite appealing and matched accurately. No wonder, you did a great job here. However, the background of the cover didn’t go that well. Maybe, a picture of Garud as well, on Kanha's shoulder could glorify it more. But, it’s not that much needed, anyways.

Blurb:
The blurb was intriguing, but not the way I expected it to be. It was more of a questioning part rather than giving insight into the story. Questions never sum up the blurb, but it fitted the main idea behind the blurb, so a good one.

Overall Review:
The story revolved around the importance of struggle and efforts in life, through various instances. Grammar was smooth and easy to read, but a brushing up is needed, as few places lacked formation due to it. The vocabulary used throughout the story is quite amusing. I loved the way you carried the usage of catch, effectively throughout the story. Even, the word bellwether was used accurately but somewhere the essence of it was missing.

The way you carried out the plot was remarkably good. I liked how every story was molded to give a motivational message. Not all the entries here had a moral value at the end, but this story had, which is highly appreciable as it only added to the relevance of the traditional genre.

Overall, it was a good and pleasant read. All the best!

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✨ DEFYING THE CONVENTION BY VELLIGal

Dude, I have to give this to you. The story was Fantabulous.

Cover:
The cover was outrageously stunning. The wings and the rose blended perfectly to give a new detour.

Blurb:
Blurb fitted perfectly and I enjoyed reading the accuracy that it possessed throughout. It displayed the main idea of the story well and at the same time, talked about the outline without revealing much. The only thing it lacked was the suspense factor. Apart, from that everything fitted perfectly.

Narration and dialogues:
The narrative voice used in the story was excellent and formative. Most writers don’t pay much attention to the dialogues that often result in using the under-rated dialogues that possess no gripping quality. Dialogues are sensitive and gripping part of a story and it becomes more important to keep it to the point when we have a limited word limit in our hands. And, the way you carried it out was simply amazing.

Plot:
Honestly, I liked how plain the story was. It’s good how the issues revolved around themselves, not creating much complex read. Usually, people try to make the plot as complex as they can make, resulting in it being tanged from all sides. The one was simple, classified, poignant, and diversified. Truly, a great choice in the plot, and the way you penned it down is more appreciable.

Usage of word and catch:
The way you used the word, ‘bellwether’ was simply, marvelous. The word blended so perfectly that the significance could also be felt and it didn’t sound awkward at all. Mainly, I liked it because it was not popping out of the story. Excellent work, here.

Overall, it was a perfect traditional read.

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✨ TWIST IN A TALE BY RehanaSiraj

Cover:
The cover is simple and eye-catchy. The fonts are lovely and attractive. Just the font of the title, ‘twist in a tale,’ didn’t appeal much. Also, the cat appearing on the cover is vague.

A suggestion:
As per what your story conveyed, the cat was inside her book in which she got teleported in, so I guess, the storybook which the girl in the cover is reading, should have got a picture of the cat in the cover or maybe a Cinderella picture to make it look more creative and appealing.

Usage of catch and word:
Well, good work in both aspects. A talking cat that is a bellwether to every traveler who is teleported from a different world is an interesting thing to witness.

Review altogether:
Grammar sailed smoothly, but there were rough patches spilled across the room. It is nothing that disturbed my reading while considering grammar, then even the slightest mistake would count. You need to work on punctuation errors and tenses. The dialogues didn’t go between proper punctuation marks. All I could say is to revise the rules and you could do wonders.

The narration was good and poignant. All it needs is a good formation.
The blurb needed modification because it wasn’t appealing and the format was incorrect. To know the correct format, you can check out Google sites.

The narrative voice and the dialogues were good and catchy. It made my grip on the story intact.

Overall, it was a praiseworthy read. Good luck!

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A note from the host:

Hello Warriors!

So, this is the last review for the SET 2. Evaluation of the marks has started and we'll have our Achievers pretty soon.

I would request the judges to have a look at the stories written by the Achievers of our SET 1 Nita_Reid and polymath_land, and give your feedbacks regarding the stories.

One thing that I found a little disappointing was that I couldn't find the contestants supporting the other contestants. Hardly, a few of them read the stories of the fellow participants.

To be very honest, the Warriors of Ink is not a competition. It's a healthy activity to help everyone in becoming a little better than what we are today. And we won't be able to do that without each other's support.

So, I request this to all the contestants as well as the non-contestants, please spare a few minutes from your schedule to read the stories of other contestants as well and give a small feedback on their story, even two or three lines will do. I guess that would be more than enough to boost their morale.

Please, do give it a thought.

Thanks and regards,
Stella ❤️