Book Challenge (Jury Page)

Response mails from challenge participants

Many thanks 😊 

Great to know I have made it to the next round. 

Best regards 
Randeep Wadehra

Thanks for the feedback.
Please convey my sincere thanks to Jury.
This feedback encourages me to write my  book. The book will be helpful to masses at large. Readers will not be required to run to a doctor but will be able to tackle over 80 percent of the health issues. buy simple natural, homeopathic and ayurvedic remedies.
Hari
(Brig H M pant, Veteran)

Thank you for this, Mahesh.
I have a question.
You mention that we are to submit “at least “ three chapters.
Is the required number of chapters going to be uniform for everyone or is it left to individual choice?
How many maximum chapters is one allowed to send?
Thank you
Warm regards
Veena nagpal

Thank you very much for the feedback. It was helpful to read someone else's view, and look at the book differently.

Regarding Juror 2's query on whether there would be more past the synopsis's ending, I have been writing out a series on my blog (View from the top of the tank, from episode 69) and passing them out to friends and family. I had hoped the story would end where the synopsis ended but have written more episodes since and was thinking it might fit into a second book.

A short story (unrelated to this story) was shortlisted in the Bengaluru Review in 2020, but no longer appears on the web. I have written a few romance novels, but have been unable to publish them -- hence my interest in the Book Challenge. 

I write short stories revolving around a Mumbai divorcée in Fishy Chronicles 1-68. I'm sharing a link of my blog (www.viewfromthetopofthetank.blogspot.com), and another of episode 69 (https://viewfromthetopofthetank.blogspot.com/2020/07/fishy-chronicles-69-lockdown-diaries.html ).

Thank you for your time and patience. It is much appreciated. 

Warm regards,
Anna

Thanks for the feedback and the score / ratings for my Synopsis submission! 

Regards
Ramgopal Rao

Thanks for the feedback Mahesh. Will be in touch. Curious about one thing. The person who polled 1st(don't need to know his name). What was his/her cumulative score?

That is just to understand what one needs to do to bridge the gap.

Best,

Julian

Julian, there was no cumulative score per se in selection as it involved two different aspects - jury score across three parameters and saleability of the idea. The high score across each parameter is that of one or more entrants, and is a better yardstick to bridge the gap. 

In your particular case, you scored quite high on coherence and clarity and fell short on building a compelling (book) narrative. On the saleability of the idea, the general consensus was that the synopsis fits into a collection of short stories format, which is a very difficult space to get published due to the high supply.

Hope that answers your question.

Thanks for the clarifications Mahesh. Great insights into your evaluation process.
Perhaps what I will add in next time is a story bible kind of format that fleshes out character arcs etc.

Best

Julian

Writer Name	Book Title	Clarity	Coherence	Compelling	Saleability	Shortlist
Manish Chaturvedi	The light was brighter	7	6	7	2	Yes
Mayank Batavia	FOAM	6	6	4	2	No
Radha Radhakrishnan	India’s first multilingual news portal	7	5	7	5	Yes
Julian Thadathil	The ice cream lady	7	7	5	1	No
Dr. Kranti Toraskar	Father’s story	7	5	3	1	No
Helen Toraskar	Peruggio’s legacy	9	8	7	1	No
Ranndiip SN Kumaar	Jwala	8	7	5	2	Yes
Ramgopal Rao	Till we meet in heaven	5	4	3	3	No
Veena Nagpal	All the love we hold back	7	6	7	3	Yes
Anna Peter	No title	5	5	6	2	No
Sandhya Prakash	Live a little	7	6	6	1	No
Prajeet Budhale	DEVI: The spiritual journey of love	7	7	5	2	Yes
Median score		7.0	6.0	5.0	2.0

Jury Evaluation Summary

Writer Name	Book Title	Clarity	Coherence	Compelling	Score
Manish Chaturvedi	The light was brighter	7	6	7	20
Mayank Batavia	FOAM	6	6	4	16
Radha Radhakrishnan	India’s first multilingual news portal	7	5	7	19
Julian Thadathil	The ice cream lady	7	7	5	19
Dr. Kranti Toraskar	Father’s story	7	5	3	15
Helen Toraskar	Peruggio’s legacy	9	8	7	24
Ranndiip SN Kumaar	Jwala	8	7	5	20
Ramgopal Rao	Till we meet in heaven	5	4	3	12
Veena Nagpal	All the love we hold back	7	6	7	20
Anna Peter	No title	5	5	6	16
Sandhya Prakash	Live a little	7	6	6	19
Prajeet Budhale	DEVI: The spiritual journey of love	7	7	5	19

Note: Score has been calculated by adding two juror scores across all three parameters.

Writer Name	Book Title	Sabah	Nandini	Nikhil	Average
Manish Chaturvedi	The light was brighter	11	9	NA	10.0
Mayank Batavia	FOAM	8	NA	8	8.0
Radha Radhakrishnan	India’s first multilingual news portal	NA	12	7	9.5
Julian Thadathil	The ice cream lady	9	10	NA	9.5
Dr. Kranti Toraskar	Father’s story	4	11	NA	7.5
Helen Toraskar	Peruggio’s legacy	NA	12	12	12.0
Ranndiip SN Kumaar	Jwala	NA	10	10	10.0
Ramgopal Rao	Till we meet in heaven	5	NA	7	6.0
Veena Nagpal	All the love we hold back	10	NA	10	10.0
Anna Peter	No title	6	10	NA	8.0
Sandhya Prakash	Live a little	9	NA	10	9.5
Prajeet Budhale	DEVI: The spiritual journey of love	NA	8	11	9.5

Note: Average has been calculated using overall juror scores.

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I will keep adding synopsis documents as I receive them, and rotate between you all. Please keep track of the following –

Evaluation score on three Cs – Clairty, Coherence, Compelling writing (on scale of 1 to 5, 5 being very high)
Feedback to share with the applicant (150 words at least)

I will reach out on the 7th to collate this information, and periodically after. After deadline, we can connect for a one-hour session to just go through the scores and feedback (tentatively 13th, Sunday, 5pm). Also plan to send reminders from the 5th onwards.