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Creative Writing 
Rubric Code: Q4C99X
By cdiorio
Draft
Public Rubric
Subject: English  
Type: Assignment  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Creative Fiction
  Best Seller

4 pts

Ready for Publication

3 pts

Work in Progress

2 pts

In Utero

1 pts

Opening

Best Seller

Captures reader's attention from first riveting sentence, quickly establishing dramatic tension; reader can not help but continue reading.
Ready for Publication

Gets reader's attention within first paragraph, hinting at dramatic tension, drawing reader into the rest of the piece.
Work in Progress

First sentence and paragraph lack dramatic tension necessary to draw reader into piece; may prevent reader from continuing to read.
In Utero

Opening paragraph not only lacks dramatic tension, but also contains a cliche idea or image (or, worse, no image or idea).
Plot

Best Seller

Possesses a dramatic tension that keeps reader riveted--possibly grounded in a significant problem, dilemma, or paradox that needs to be addressed and gets reader involved.
Ready for Publication
Work in Progress

Lacks dramatic tension necessary to keep reader reading; problem, dilemma, or paradox presented may seem trivial; reader is detached from work.
In Utero

Lacks dramatic tension and fails to present problem, dilemma, or paradox; writer may seems as uninterested in work as reader.
Setting

Best Seller
Ready for Publication
Work in Progress
In Utero
Character

Best Seller

Characterization is maintained throughout, developed through dialogue, description, actions, etc.; characters act faithfully when confronted with conflict or decision making.
Ready for Publication

Characterization is maintained throughout, but some actions or descriptions are questionable in remaining faithful to development.
Work in Progress

Characterization is limited to name or narrow description. Characters' actions are in conflict with description, leading to unstable characterization.
In Utero

Characters are either undeveloped or reduced to stereotypes; characters remain unnamed throughout or lack any meaningful ways of identification.
Language

Best Seller

Word choice is appropriate and precise. Sensory language is used effectively to evoke three of the five senses at any given time, establishing and maintaining setting. Writing "shows"; doesn't "tell".
Ready for Publication
Work in Progress

Sensory language is not used effectively, contributing to feelings of "Where is the action taking place"; senses are limited to one or two throughout; relies on "telling" the story rather than "showing".
In Utero

Language is void of any sensory imagery; word choice is improper or forced--akin to dressing pets in people clothes: premeditated cuteness.
Clarity

Best Seller

Work is challenging in ideas, but has a clarity that leaves no surface questions (ie: "What happened in this part?") in reader's mind.
Ready for Publication

Has a clarity that leaves no more than two surface questions (ie: "What happened in this part?"; "Why is a female character given a boy's name?) in reader's mind.
Work in Progress

Leaves several--three or more--surface questions (ie: "Why is Jill described as being 8 years old, but also as a junior in high school?") in reader's mind.
In Utero

Is downright murky because of significant and unintentional gaps or contradictions in plot, logic, character, imagery, etc.




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