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If it had not been for the link from "Invalid Item"  I would never stumbled across this item. Plus others that have been linked from the above item.

Personally I agree with your view. If you can rely on your own strengths in reviewing do so. Don't write about what you do not know or understand. It only makes you look bad as a reviewer. This would also apply as a writer.

I like the template idea and for some it is really hard to find a template that agrees with them. One that is not too long, yet helpful to the writer. My suggestion would be to go into the public review forum and read some of the reviews there. Noting the formatting style others have used and slowly making one up that you can adapt to your own personal requirements. I feel here you could have added a link or a small concise direction to where the WritingML can be found.

As you will have no doubt noticed. I don't as yet use a template. But in time I will make one up that I am comfortable with. It is through reading work like yours that I am learning and gathering the ideas I wish to use on my own template. I do also look into the public review area as well. It is not only educational, but you find some rather interesting comments and reading material within there as well.

Thank-you for writing this and know that I have taken notes.

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I want to say that I followed the links from intuey GoT Survivor! 's "Invalid Item"  to here. All on the learning process.

The path is long and is taking me to many ports. But it is a path that I wish to take. All for the betterment of my own reviewing skills.

What you have here is educational and assists with establishing good reviewing skills. A lot of people do not put a lot of credence into their ability of writing a review. So that is where items such as this educate them and in turn the establish a firmer knowledge of what is expected of them and what their own abilities are.

Feelings are such a big part of writing and they really do need to be taken into account. Not only as a writer, but as a reviewer. You can still tell someone that you did not enjoy their work without being rude and still offer them encouragement. In doing so you are saying and admitting that "yes" your views are different from those of the writer. But it also shows that you are acknowledging them for their individuality and possibly being inspired by them.

Writing is like giving birth to a baby and with each word, you give a little of yourself and your own feelings. You do not need them to be overly bruised. But you do need to have them acknowledged and you do need to know what feelings were evoked by the writer.

If the writer/reviewer comes across as "Bitchy" that is to up to the individual to decide. As you have stated "Love it, hate it, ignore it. I don't care but if you ignore it when reviewing my work, I will ignore your review." Rings very true.

Thank-you for being so forth right on your reviewing thoughts and feelings and they are acknowledged from this end.

However, and I do so hate pointing these things out. There are a couple of wee typos. One is at the opening of the piece. I think it was meant to be a writing ML, that did not work out. It looks like this:
=0). Then a little further down the page there is another that is similar. Where you say that you are a rebel. There are a few further down the page as well that you may or may not wish to look at, during some point.

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