COMMENTING PERIOD: April 5 - 12, 2018, 11:59 P.M. CST

MODERATOR:  SapphireAlena

COMMENT TOPIC  OVER ALL CHAPTERS THUS FAR:  Pace, it's important. Too slow and you lose the reader. Too fast and you may lose the details. Comment about the pace of the book overall thus far. Min. length: 6 sentences. Please post in the last chapter of this week's assignment.  

META ANALYSIS (Each chapter, in-line comments):

^ 👍 or THUMBS UP—Elaborate why you think so. (at least one time each chapter—[1 MANDATORY per chapter])

^ ☕ or NEEDS CAFFEINE—Elaborate why you think so. (at least one time each chapter—[1 MANDATORY per chapter])

^ 💓 or HEART RACING (feeling excitement) [OPTIONAL]

^ 😥 or TEARS (crying or feeling very emotional) [OPTIONAL]

^ ❤ or HEART (love something, more than a thumbs up) [OPTIONAL]

^ 😵 or CONFUSED (don't understand something) [OPTIONAL]

^ 😂 or LAUGHING (made you laugh) [OPTIONAL]

GENERAL COMMENTS:

Keep your tone friendly. You will be with your partner for many weeks. Focus on encouraging your partner to continue writing.

Suggested areas for general comments: on characterization if it was well-done. Did a plot twist get you? Did something pull you out of the story? Most of all, if you're enjoying it, say so and say why. Refrain from giving editing advice, including grammar, phrasing, and story elements.

Please identify them as "GC" or "GENERAL COMMENTS" for ease of enforcing.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Member - Partner - Partner's Book - Chapters

ENFORCER: AmericanBruja

_cmturner_: aqsamustaf You Call This Fate Prologue, 1, 2 [Use First Chapters Comment Topic Below]  

aloisahart: sscott8 The Balance Character Analysis #2 [See Below]

anupamarc: Arveliot Dragon Chase 27, 28

aqsamustaf: _cmturner_ The Stolen Papyrus Prologue, 1, 2 [Use First Chapters Comment Topic Below]

Arveliot: anupamarc Dying Embers 27, 28, 29

ENFORCER:  MichaelHoliday

Athaja: FayLane The Myriad Chronicles: Book 1 Plot Analysis continued [See Below] *note: completing a very thorough, long plot analysis

AuthorJMColes: Twin_Cities This is August unbound, another involved, must be good

black_hole_survivor: RoseMarry Righteous Sins of Paradise Part 1 1, 2, 3 [Use First Chapters Comment Topic Below] 

FayLane: Athaja Good Seeds 9

henry_scott: painebook Paine - UN Real Paine 31, 32, 33 

Painebook: Henry_Scott Repent 30, 31, 32 

ENFORCER: SapphireAlena

RainerSalt: Sam_Le_Fou Shut Up and Dance Zapateo, Toque Pasteno 

RoseMarry: Black_Hole_Survivor The Artist's Skill 1, 2, 3 [Use First Chapters Comment Topic Below] 

Sam_Le_Fou: RainerSalt Desire and Blood: The Thorne Siblings 38, 39, 40

sscott8: AloisaHart Some Shall Depart The Mountains Tremble, Morelia is On, Death and Sin   CATCH UP

Twin_Cities: AuthorJMColes Guardians Chapters  19, 20, 21

FIRST CHAPTERS COMMENT TOPIC:

First chapters are extremely important. They need to set the tone and entice the reader to read the rest of the book. Comment on the level of your engagement throughout the chapter. Did you find yourself skimming at times? Or were you hooked the entire way through? How was the author able to keep you engaged and/or how did the author lose you? Min. length: 3 sentences each chapter. Please post each response in the corresponding chapter. Please identify with the prefix "COMMENT TOPIC" or "CT."

CLIMAX TOPIC INSTRUCTIONS:

Was conflict clearly established, developed and resolved after a gripping climax? These are the works we remember. Think about the tense confrontation ending with these four words of Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker, "No, I am your father." The climax was gripping and the confrontation quite satisfying. Yet sometimes, the conflict is minimally established and resolved, lacking development. Evaluate the story's conflict and its resolution. Min. length: 6 sentences. Please post in the last chapter of this week's assignment.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:

After finishing reading a book, you will spend the following five weeks analyzing the five major characters. (If the book does not have five characters, please inform the moderator for the week.) Taking a character each week (starting with the protagonist), analyze the character and his or her arc. Identify the character's strengths and flaws. Indicate how they have affected the outcome of the plot. Examine the character's dialogue. Specify which chapter or chapters were the best-written for the character. If something did not work, make sure to point it out kindly and with at least one suggestion on how to correct problem. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the character analysis in the last chapter of the book.

PLOT ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:

Analyze the plot structure of the book. Identify which chapters include the following plot locations: opening exposition, primary incident, rising action, climax, and conclusion. Not every book has a conclusion. Some end on the climax chapter. Identify how the tension and conflict led to the climax. If there is room for improvement in certain areas, identify them tactfully. If not, explain the techniques the author used to execute the plot. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the plot analysis in the last chapter of the book.

REMINDERS:

When you have seen your assignment, comment on this page that you have done so.

When you finish your assignment, create a new comment on this page that you have done so.

Enforcers will be checking all comments for quality and tone.

Questions? PM SapphireAlena