The editors are now scoring their vote-o-rama spreadsheets and you are welcome to vote by spreadsheet as well.
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- Click here to download a copy
- Fill it out completely
- If you’re competing on the grid, score your own entry. Be honest. This is for posterity
- If there are any missing fields, we won’t be able to use it
- Email Erica M your spreadsheet by 6 p.m. US eastern time. Any spreadsheets sent after that can’t be tabulated or included in final scores
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Don’t be intimidated by the vote-o-rama tracker. Lemme show you how to use it:
enter the blogs on the grid
Type in the name of each blog on the grid if it’s not filled in by the time you download your copy. Don’t go by the number assigned on the grid. Once the grid closes to submissions, the thumbnails will sort themselves by number of page views and all the original numbers will change.
The scoring criteria are on page 2. Click the tab at the bottom of the worksheet.
Read the helpful questions then score each entry based on your answers. Some are objective (such as spelling errors) and others are subjective (evidence of passion) and I’m the first to agree the rubric system of evaluating entries feels a little No Child Left Behind, but this should help develop our critical reading skills. You’ve got to know the rules to break the rules. Some bloggers (not here at yeah write!) think there are no rules. This rubric keeps everyone on the learning track.
fill in notes on each entry
Fill out the notes on each and every entry. Doesn’t have to be a dissertation, but we do need to know what you liked, what you didn’t like, what worked, what didn’t. No notes, no vote, even on your own if you’re on the grid.
All spreadsheets, including editors, will be in by 6 p.m. today with the winners’ post published at midnight.
Have fun!
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Man. My scores suck. Again. Sigh. But I won’t let that deter me. I will keep writing and having fun and voting for people, even if they are more awesome than I am.
And I am so glad to have found yeahwrite, it is fun, gives me a challenge, entertains me, and exposes me to some great blog authors. It is like a mini library of great books at my fingertips.
So, go me! And go all yeahwrite bloggers, keep up the good work and have fun doing it.
Gem, I can’t speak for everyone, but I take points off severely for structure. It’s something a lot of people struggle with. Had you made your premonitions the focus, and used an aside to explain that they are from your Aunt Alice, that may have focused the story more. Take a look at the list above, particularly #1, #7, #8. If memory serves, those are areas you could easily gain points to add to the ones you receive for your strengths.
thanks for the pointers!
Gem – I love your attitude and want to hear more from you! The fire post from last week had tons of promise – I might have isolated one of the many stories you could have told individually in that piece and really made it sing for more impact. ~ Cindy
Awgh! I wish the grid wouldn’t re-sort. I’m in the middle of filling out that spreadsheet, and I’m going to have to go through and figure out who I’ve done and who I haven’t.
Do you not type in the name of the blogger and the post? If it goes purely by number, I won’t know who you’re talking about when I get the tracker.
Yes, I do, but I’d only made it through the first fifteen or so, and I fill in the sheet as I go. So now I have to look at a name in the square, check my sheet to see if I wrote about them yet, and hope to God I don’t get mixed up and skip someone because my eyes are jumping back and forth. I think it would be helpful just to include a list of the names in the order submitted somewhere before the grid reshuffles .
So many awesome suggestions, so little time. I’m on a plane and will remember that for next time.
Awesome. Have a good flight!
I did the same thing today. I always try to do as many as I can before the voting officially starts. And then…ACK!