User talk:Jbalbz/sandbox2

Off to a good start . . . Profhanley (talk)

You have a very good base for an article here. You have lots of credible sources, sections that can easily be filled out, and a fairly simple job of lengthening the page due to the relative simplicity of a novel page on Wikipedia. Ultimately you just need to focus on adding a bit more substance to your quoted sources. Most of your sources are only used for one or two sentences, you can probably take more credible information out of them (in your own words) and make the sources seem more significant in their application. The rest of the work is really in filling out the plot, summary, reception and analysis portions of the short story collection, which I don't believe will be very difficult. Ultimately I think you've really gotten most of the hard work out of the way, and the rest of this page will just be filling out some of the more summary information. - Dane Howard

Zaira Q. Peer Review

Hi Jbalbz, great job with your article so far. LEAD The lead is informational and concise. Great work keeping it nice and simple and the fact that you put in the Pulitzer and indies information lets the reader know why it is a notable piece of literature. STRUCTURE Currently, your sections are well organized but relatively short. I think looking at a sample book page may help give you some guidance on what to write. Some sections that may be helpful to add are summaries for each of the stories. BALANCE/NEUTRALITY From what I have read so far, you do an excellent job remaining objective and informational. I think the only area for improvement here is using your own words more and less quotations. Especially since these quotes are from interviews. They may be perceived as not neutral. If you do use a quote, perhaps adding a little more context in your own words and make sure that these statements are important enough to add depth to the article. SOURCING You have some great sources at play here and I can see that you are using them in your article well. I think once you add summaries and plots to your article, these will work well and you may be able to find a couple more sources that focus on topics/ themes in each short story. Great Job so far! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zarroyo1 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Almost

This article draft looks good. My major concern: can you tell me more about the content of the collection? You point to themes in the lead, but is there a way to give the reader a sense of what the stories are about in particular? Maybe a summary of each story (confused by the [insert plot summary] would help, as in your model pages. Profhanley (talk)