(03-12-2021, 05:28 AM)"Loverboy" Vinnie Lane Said: Oh snap are we talking rubrics?

Here's a secret - there is one. I made it myself. We don't always use it, because it's just not always needed. At the end of the day, judging writing is always going to be a little bit subjective, but Theo and I have extremely similar ideas of "good." I can 99 times out of 100 ask Theo his opinion and will find I have the same one.

The bottom line is usually entertainment. Yes it's going to be an issue if there's no relevancy at all. Yes it's going to be an issue if there's no story at all. But all no one thing is a death sentence for an RP other than "did I enjoy reading this more than I enjoyed reading the other one." That's really all it boils down to.

Oh and grammar etc. doesn't really ever come into it other than maybe two instances: 1, if it's SO CLOSE that I need to nitpick in order to get a winner, or 2, the grammar/layout/spelling/whatever actually makes it difficult to read and understand. Other than that I just grit my teeth and tell the copy editor deep inside me to relax.