Comments on: How to write great reviews http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/ No longer being updated, just here for posterity. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: yodz http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3837 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:21:02 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3837 This is exactly what I need. I’m writing a review about my recent hotel experience and I’m at a lost on how I would attack it. I have an idea now – thanks for sharing your expertise!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3829 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:41:44 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3829 thank you very much for the tips

]]> By: erica rushton http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3664 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:26:48 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3664 You’re a life saver! Thanks a million. I’ve got one due tomorrow of 1000 words – my first one.

]]> By: Kumar http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3573 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:19:07 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3573 Excellent post. It helped me lot. Thanks.

]]> By: Kim http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3565 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:11:19 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3565 this article made me feel like the biggest blogging tool. I highlighted all my sins…so far I am on 6.

Im writing a new review for a Friday night gig at the moment but I have lost all my confidence as a writer, I need an outside opinion (good or bad).
I want to become a reviewer people can trust and have some blogs that are ‘bait-able’

so, all in all i would appreciate you to give one of my articles a read through and a crit.
super awesome if you do
kim.

(p.s) your post was a relative blog saver. depending on what angle you look at it from…
thanks!!

]]> By: Fad http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3532 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:57:29 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3532 I would like to thank you for these tips. After reading through, I now have a clearer picture on how to stay concise and precise about articles that I wish to write on.

I never had the opportunity to learn writing academically in school. Therefore, I resort to self-teaching by picking up tips and pointers from articles like these as I go along. Thanks again for sharing!

]]> By: Erin http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3530 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:35:47 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3530 This article was creatively insightful and overwhelmingly helpful to the vast number of emerging amateur writers hoping to write that great review and perchance have their voice heard in the rapidly expanding blogosphere.

The only question I have, being a fledgling blogger myself, is what would be a typical length for a review blog? One that would be considered concise yet thorough?

Thanks for the great ideas, I found this very helpful for a recent review I wrote of Dinosaur Park by Hayford Peirce on my blog.

Erin
nerdsburgh.com

]]> By: Tasha http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3528 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:57:03 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3528 I’m so thankful for this post…I’m writing a review for some English coursework which makes a massive change from all the essays i normally have to write so i want to make mine interesting and awesome…My teacher gave us some general tips to review writing though that mixed with your ten really make a fantastic review: Use an informal tone, humour, adress your reader, descriptive language, opinions, a summary and analysis.

Another point is to always read back through your work and iron out any typos, you’re a lot less likely to trust someone who makes a simple spelling mistake – it’s sad but true.

But the most important thing is to stick to the topic though there are one to many people who end up talking about something as off topic as what they ate for lunch…

Thanks a million for the post :)

]]> By: Learn And Master Guitar Review http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3522 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:41:11 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3522 Just finished my review website ReviewLearnAndMasterGuitar.com and your checklist was very helpful to me!

Especially your last point, ‘don’t be afraid to state the obvious’ was great advice as I sometimes assume everybody must know what I know :o).

Thanks for this great post!

]]> By: nappymuse http://deamer.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3514 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:30:18 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/2007/06/12/how-to-write-great-reviews/#comment-3514 My favorite thing in this post is:

3. Be ruthless when editing – don’t be precious about your “art”.

It is so easy to go over peoples head with your own psychological babble. That is why I update and edit my work over a period of time. Sometimes you have to keep coming back to it with fresh eyes to see…You make know since to anyone with this statement or you said that so many times in different ways etc. etc.

Good one for all us deep self-development types.

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