by ! october » Sat May 15, 2010 4:01 am
Username: WarriorCat33
Have you had any experience with judging forms before?
Though not on CS; I’ve been into competitive writing for a long time, and therefore have a good understanding of how pieces are scored. My mother is a teacher, which has given me much insight as to what is essential to an excellent piece of writing, and what deteriorates it. At school others often come to me with questions about how their essays are, or what they could do better in the paper they’re writing.
Are you able and willing to read multiple, very long forms and compare them to others?
Indeed, I am. Literature as been a major part of my life since I was a young child; you see, I taught myself to read. My mother always told people that even though she was a teacher, she wouldn't try to force me to become far more intelligent than others in my grade. When she didn't try, I did. My grade school teachers cosidered my a prodigy, few kindergardeners can read one-hundred page chapter books on their own. My love for english grew as I did, and I began writing my first book in seventh grade. In eighth, I became involved in writing compeitions, and won first place out of 3,000 young writers. Now, while people carry around books about vampires and dark, evil things; I can usually be found with my volume of letters written by a connel in the civil war. Most people laugh at me for beng so interested in "700 page longs books about some dead guy with a sword." I on the contrary am always interested in manuscripts about our history. The pieces I write give proof to my capabillity too; few people my age have written 500 page long books. During the editing process, I'm usually forced to read the same few passages over and over, yet I perservere through it, and don't quit when it becomes tiresome. I would make an excellent judge; I have a natural judgemental and questioning personality. When I was in second grade I wrote a letter to an author, complaining about all of the things wrong in the book I read that was written by them. Judging things is a natual past-time for me; I have many folders full of essays I've written rating different places and items.
Are you familiar with species standards?
Very, very, familiar. When writing a book it is essential to understand the characters; how they act, live, and go about their lives. As a the writer of a book in progress about a pair of this species, I have spent much time not only reading and re-reading what is posted on the front board, but also researching Fennec foxes and different species of mountain and desert dwelling goat, in order to better understand them. In addition to this, I’ve often pestered you with many questions about them. Therefore, I can honestly respond with a “yes” to this
Can I trust you to be able to finish the judging in a timely manner?
At the moment, I'm in four different orchestras, (first chair in all of them), five advanced (honors) classes, learning karate, and very involved in competitive writing competitions. My scedule is busy, yet I manage to have A's in all of my classes, I turn in all essays and projects in on time, and balance the wrtiting of four books. I am extremely responsible and reliable, and I always finish what needs to be done as quickly as possible. I can guarantee that you would not be waiting for results. My Saturday evenings are free, but I do travel off and on in the summer, so sometimes during those three months I would not be able to judge. (Unless we happened to be at a campground with Wi-Fi, I could access the forms via my trusty laptop.) My reading speed is 398 words per minute, which is extremely high. I can read five-hundred page books within an hour, so I'm sure that I could get the forms done very quickly.
Thank you for considering me as a second judge Kam, I hope that through these passeges you can see that I would be a useful assest to the judging process.