How to Critique a novel or excerpt

[AnnaSwanson48]

Whenever I critique I use this.
Spelling:
Developed Characters:
Dialogue:
Plot:
Description:
Grammar:

Each one is rated a number from one to ten, ten being the best. I also add comments. We would all love you if you used this form for all of your critiques. If you would like to improve it, then post a post down there showing the new and improved form. It might be better than the one we have right now.

[myna]

I like this forum, but I don't like the ratings. Rating characters out of 1-10 doesn't tell the author whether or not the problem with their characters is something like backstory, or powers, or how dynamic or flat they are, etc. The ratings are mostly unnecessary, is it okay to critique using just comments?