DENISE COVEY TO THE RESCUE! How to Write A Review

http://laussieswritingblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/writing-bookreviews-10-tips.html

She answered the question often asked of me due to my contests:

HOW DO YOU WRITE A REVIEW?

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SO HOW DO YOU WRITE A REVIEW?

Let Denise Covey, TEACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE, tell you:

HOW TO REVIEW - Denise's 10 tips

        1. Make notes as you read.

   2. Be on the lookout for quotable quotes. These give readers an idea of the writer's style.

    3. Get your introduction right; be worthy of the book you're reviewing. Hook the reader.

    
     4. If you have any criticism, give a concrete example; don't generalise.

       5. Write about the book, not yourself.
         Don't show off at someone else's party by trying to prove your own writing prowess.

       6. Try to avoid: 'I think/In my opinion'. Readers know the whole review is your opinion.

       7. Compare when appropriate -- perhaps make connections between the book and current issues. Or measure against similar stories in the genre.

       8. Don't retell the story blow by blow.

       9. Never give away the ending.

      10. Reviewing requires respect.

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THE WINNERS!

Thanks to a runaway car during Hurricane Isaac

that tried to make a hood ornament of me,

I had to delay picking the winners for the contest for my THE RIVAL:

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THE WINNERS?

D.G. HUDSON wins the autograph of Robert Downey, Jr!!

RETRO-ZOMBIE (Jeremy) wins the autograph of Scarlet Johannson!!

Now, both of you have to email me your addresses. Congrats!!

TUNE IN THURSDAY

FOR MY

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