26 Paychecks

Weirdone-Back in the games —

You're celebrating 19 years on WDC this year! Congratulations! I'm "reviewing" your portfolio to earn my wage at 26 Paychecks . Your main landing page gives me a mini glimpse into who you are: your name, location, occupation, and relationships with creative writing. You're not using a cover image on your portfolio which is a personal choice. I think it's a creative way to spruce up the presentation of your corner of WDC. Perhaps you would consider using one. I also noticed that you're not highlighting any items. WDC provides this valuable placement to get more eyes on your work. I'd recommend selecting some works you're either most proud of or items in which you'd like to receive some feedback. The last observation with your main port is that you're using any folders. Folders can help organize your port and better direct visitors toward items they'd be interested in viewing. Right now guests to your port are met with a long scroll through countless items in order to find something to view. Folders are your friends! You have your review requests turned on but you're not using the space provided to share your reviewing philosophy or how your approach reading the work of others. Skimming your publicly available reviews shows that your reviews are rather short, general in substance, and lack suggestive edits. Everyone has their own reviewing style. If you wanted to improve your reviewing, one way to add length and value is to tell the creator what they did well and why and also what could be improved. Asking and answering the question why is a great way to beef up the quality of your reviews. Your bio tab isn't filled out. I'd suggest either filling it out or restricting its accessibility. You don't seem to use the newsfeed a whole lot which is another missed opportunity to share your work, thoughts, and get to know and interact with fellow community members. I know this seems like I'm being nit-picky and beating up your portfolio, but that certainly isn't how I'm intending this come across. I'm just really enthusiastic about making sure everyone is using all of the available features of their membership. Get the most out of your hard-earned money. Memberships aren't cheap.






Maddie Pot o' Gold Stone —

I visited your port today because you're a member I haven't interacted with before nor ventured into your corner of WDC. So what better way to get acquainted than when being paid via 26 Paychecks to do so! Your main port landing page is inviting! You give us a glimpse of your writing style and creative voice with your bio block. You're utilizing cover photos and folders to make your port better organized and welcoming to visitors. Great job with that! Your review tab is also filled out nicely and your reviews themselves are great! They offer a lot of feedback across a wide swath of useful topics. Your bio tab is nicely filled out and you've highlighted some recommended pieces for guests to check out. You make great use of your notebook to interact with others on the newsfeed and you maintain a pretty consistent blog. Great job!




Wannabe —

It's not often that I come across an account older than mine! Throwback to the early 2000's when dial-up internet had our homes sounding like the Terminator soundtrack! I'm here as part of our current task for 26 Paychecks . Your main port page is bright, colorful, and welcoming. You've used folders to make navigating easier and finding certain types of items more accessible. Your reviews tab is a little lacking. It doesn't offer any information for potential review requesters such as what type of work you're most interesting in reading or what they can expect from a review given by you. Looking over your reviews they do so seem to be on the very short-side. Reviewing isn't everyone's favorite thing. I know I've personally read some incredible work and immediately felt at a loss of words on what to say. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even qualified to talk about certain genres or aspects of writing. One tip I can give is just to remember we're all on this journey through the craft. And we're all at different stages in that journey but all feedback and reading experiences are opportunities to hone our art. Begin by asking the questions why. What made the piece work and why? What could be improved and why? By answering those two basic questions, you put yourself into the headspace to open up a dialog and offer constructive feedback that can be useful to a fellow writer. You appear to have awoken from a slumber as your notebook shows you've been more active this month than the past several years. I've gone through three or four cycles of inactivity. Times I call my Dark Ages. It's great to see you being more active and participating with the community. I hope this fun activity allows us more opportunities to interact and get to know one another!