Story Review

Parts Review Suggested Grades

It’s fine for a story told in the first-person perspective, it
Beginning set up quite quickly, and although it is quite expository, it 8/9
is fine.
The conflict is all over the place, and in my opinion, the
weakest part of the story. It reads like a multi-episode of
Middle 7/9
K-drama with the main characters going back and
forward a lot. I don’t think it is suitable for written media
Wraps up quite nicely. I hope we could have gotten an
End 9/9
epilogue.
A chain of coincidence and deus-ex-machinas only seen in
Plot cheap dramas. Serves its purpose but nothing more than 8/9
that.
This in my opinion is their strongest part, the characters
Character are varied, some characters are even given their own 9/9
arcs. They are kind of dick-ish though.
As per usual for dramas, conflicts are many and
intertwined. But quantity cannot cover for quality as
Goal and
some of the conflicts feel cheap and artificial; readers 8/9
Conflict
might cry out loud as the characters have to be too
stupid for some of the conflicts to occur.
Love, I like love. The classic theme, appeared in many
Theme 9/9
stories of old before. It is popular because it works.
Setting Modern setting, nothing too baffling, nothing too new 9/9
There are some punctuation errors, but little grammatical
Editing 8/9
errors; overall, it’s just typing habits
Total 8.3/9

The Complete Guide to Evaluating Your Short Story

Break your story into three parts:
 Beginning: Shows the Intent – How does the story start? What is the
central event?
 Middle: Growth/Conflict – What is the subtext? What events happened
in the past/backstory? Does it influence the central event?
 End: Resolution/Surprise – What kind of ending does the story have?
Identify the following five elements in your story:
 Plot: Describe the plot in a few lines.
 Character: Identify the main characters.
 Goal and Conflict: What is the main character’s goal and what is the
conflict that hinders that goal?
 Theme: Write down the theme. This should be a full sentence. What is
the big idea or message? This could be a revelation or an opinion.
 Setting: Where and when does, the story take place? Does it influence the
story?
 Editing: Grammar, punctuation, style, …