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 | How to Write a BS Review  [18+] A satire of those reviewers who are out for your GP. You know whom I'm talking about.  |
| (4.5)  "Anniversary Reviews" is celebrating A QUARTER CENTURY of Writing.Com! Good job!! I liked this submission a lot, and I thought it was very good. Truly excellent and amazing, one of the best things I have ever read. You are clearly a writer of great talent, and I thoroughly and tremendously enjoyed your clever submission. I am repeating myself here, but that is okay because repetition fills space and makes the review longer, which is what really matters in life and all things GP-related. More seriously, this satire works because it nails the way lazy reviewers operate while also exposing the culture around GP-chasing. Your humor lands because it feels specific, and using concrete examples like “too frequent/infrequent paragraph spacing” makes the parody sing. It’s sharp commentary disguised as a cranky how-to guide. I also liked how you broke things down into steps, like starting with “Good job!”, then giving vague advice, then rambling. That structure actually mirrors your subject and makes the joke stronger. Very clever! The conversational tone makes the piece accessible, and I especially appreciated the reference to “playing Fantasie-Impromptu” in the middle of the rant. It really shows your personality. That being said, some paragraphs could be trimmed a little. The joke risks dragging in places because of sheer length, so tightening it up would make it sharper without losing its bite. Also, a few typos distracted me: • signauture → signature • GP’s → GP or GPs (no apostrophe needed) Now, to add more redundant praise (because that is what a BS review must do): You are an amazing writer, and this was an amazing piece of writing. You have written words that I have read, and I enjoyed the experience of reading them. I also liked the stanzas (I know they’re paragraphs, but I’m filling space here with the word stanzas because it sounds poetic, plus it allows me to talk through my own correction and add to the character count). The stanza spacing was not too frequent and not too infrequent. You also have truly marvelous punctuation! I hope I can punctuate like that someday. You are correct that in the end, real reviews matter more. That final grounding keeps this from just being a rant and makes it a useful piece of community commentary, and your balance of humor and truth is what makes it work. Overall, I think this piece succeeds as satire and also succeeds as a critique of review culture. With a light revision pass to catch typos and a bit of trimming to keep the humor snappy, it would be even stronger. In conclusion: Good job!! Write on!! You will be a great writer someday, and I cannot wait to read more of your work, which I hope you will post soon, because I would like to review it and get many more GPs!! [insert giant signature here]  Jayne Doe  My approach to reviews: "I'll Explain, but not Disclaim"
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