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Instead of saying: "This is confusing."
Try: "I don't understand how your character got from Point A to Point B. It will probably be better if you elaborate on how they got there in the story, so it's clearer for your readers."
Explain why changes need to be made, why lines need to be cut out, why parts are confusing.
On the other hand, critiques are not for blind flattery as well. Some may approach a critique channel with a desire to just receive pointless flattery. However, the majority are here to improve.
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Every critique is an opinion, but it's also important to make your critiques objective, when it comes to letting your personal enjoyment of a genre, or liking of the writer themselves, factor into your criticism. Furthermore, it's also nice to enjoy the critique process as well. It's difficult to...
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ο»ΏInstead of saying: "No one is going to understand why your main character ran away."
Try: "I don't understand why your main character ran away."
Instead of saying: "The last scene needs more description."
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Language
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When critiquing a peer's work:
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Instead of saying: "The main character's dialogue was good, but the side characters all sound the same." or "The main character's dialogue was good, but the side characters all sound the same. But you did a really great job on the main character's voice!"
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Instead of saying: "You lack creativity."
Try: "The plot about the character's parents being dead is an overused trope." (and then, of course, adding ways that this person can change that, such as, "How about changing it so that their parents a...
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Characters
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If you must make comments on their word choice, instead of pulling every single faulty error out, select a few examples a...
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