How to write opinions

...check Ciao's help pages for how to do this. When you have the right category, you can write your opinion. Although I would not recommend typing directly into the box - for one thing, your computer might crash, and then you would lose it. For another, your first attempt at a review is unlikely to be your best effort, unless you're a highly gifted writer. This review I'm currently writing is in about its tenth draft, stored on my hard drive in 'Notepad'. ...
...~~~~~~ How can you turn your opinion into a review? ~~~~~~ It's important to understand what Ciao is. It's not a message-board, or a forum for people to discuss products. It's a commercial consumer site which has millions of people surfing in to find out about products they're considering buying. That's why you're more likely to get a higher paying product in technology reviews than in writing about crisps or chocolate. Not many people use search ...

Kukana 20.07.2004 (21.07.2004) · Read full review
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...a review telling other people how to write is at best pompous and at worst darn right patronising. Nevertheless I feel duty bound to share my wisdom in what I feel makes a good, informative and readable synopsis of a game. Remember though this is MY PERSONAL OPINION, if you do not agree then fine, as long as you write to the best of your ability and with passion then it's all good. Introduction For me, a good game review is comprised of several ...
...into overdrive. I also described how they could be purchased in certain game modes as well as the way in which their skill levels differ. I also touched on the 'create a player' mode although steered clear of including a detailed synopsis as I felt that area merited a paragraph on its own. So, by separating the 'Player' and 'Create a Player' parts of the game I have given the reader the option to skip either or both paragraphs. If you have no interest ...

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Telling someone how to write opinions on Ciao is a bit like telling your grandmother how to suck eggs, and ultimately as pointless as everyone has their own way of doing it. However there are some universal rules that most people stick to in some form or another, be warned though that writing opinions on ciao can be highly ADDICTVTIVE. There are many forms of addiction, alcohol drugs, smoking, but one of the most addictive vices known to mankind ...
...Ciao where hapless victims have been found in a terrible state, ranting, raving and reviewing in an almost incomprehensible condition, all trying to get their fix. Whether it's reading, writing, or commenting, they're all here trying to score another hit. There are several levels of infatuation, including writing, which I will try to explain in the following categories. NEW WRITERS These poor innocents are more lambs to the slaughter, they've just ...

jouk04 17.02.2006 (28.05.2007) · Read full review
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...***************** This covers how to write a VERY HELPFUL Book, Movie, or Game review. Between the three I've written over 200 reviews now so I'm fairly well up on what makes a good review in those categories - I hope! (I'm currently a Top Reviewer on Epinions in both the Book and Movie categories, as well as a Moderator on the Movie message board and Advisor for Books.) These guides are obviously aimed at newer reviewers, so if you're an old hand ...
...desperate attempt to understand just how some people were able to write such appallingly bad reviews - so I named it "How to write a really, really BAD review". As with the other guides, it was written for Epinions but the principles apply equally to Ciao (or Dooyoo - or any other reviews website for that matter!) Well, I hope you enjoy the Guides and even find them useful! :-D Let the guidance begin… ***************** Guide to Writing a Very ...

CaptainDisaster 14.05.2005 (05.07.2005) · Read full review
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...freely-flowing advice to offer on how to write opinions, but when I reflect on opinions I have read and valued, and those I have written, and I look at the plethora of advice already available in this and other sections on Ciao, I wonder how helpful some of it really is. I am rather glad I didn’t find most of it until after I’d written a few opinions and started to discover for myself what works for me, or I might never have found the courage to ...
...all be very careful about how much we try to tell other people how to contribute. Well, that’s what I think, anyway. These, then, are the results of my musings on how to write opinions. They don’t amount to a recipe for how to do it. Such is way beyond my grasp. They don’t tell you how to get exceptional ratings or the even more elusive diamond awards. But I hope they encourage any readers who are new to the activity to take the plunge and have ...

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...feel qualified to advise others how to write a good opinion. All I can really do is tell you how I approach it and then you can decide if any of it is relevant to your own style of reviews. I am not by any means an expert in this field; in fact I am dyslexic so in many ways that governs the way I do things. Anyone who has seem my reviews before will know that I primarily write book reviews, although in the past couple of months I have started reviewing ...
...do this but it is how I do it and probably explains why I do not have time to be a Churner!! ===My advice=== I really enjoy reading and looking at other writers style of work in here. There are so many excellent writers here on Ciao I will not embarrass them by mentioning names, but I certainly enjoy their style and feel I can still learn a lot from their work. So my advice is always be open to new ideas and different ways of improving your reviews. ...

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...product is, what it does, how much it costs, where it is available. Information should be clear, factual and accurate. If writing a film or book review, remember that in giving too much information on the plot and in particular the ending this could spoil the enjoyment for others. TO SHARE AN OPINION: As one member says in his personal message, we all have an opinion. It is not enough to say we like something or not as the case may be. State your ...
...you can. Give the pros and cons about it. Weigh them up and come to a judgement. ***WHO WILL READ THE REVIEW?*** A CONSUMER: Ciao is ultimately a consumer site for potential buyers as an aid to decision making. Anyone searching for a product can find your opinion on the internet and read it. CIAO MEMBERS: Ciao is also a community site. Ciao members read and rate reviews for their considered usefulness of its contents in enabling a consumer to make ...

MAFARRIMOND 09.08.2004 · Read full review
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...but it all depends on how fast you respond to the email inviting you and if your circumstances fit what they are wanting. You also get paid for most of the reviews you write and people read although this is most commonly 0.5p per read. If on the other hand you're here to find out more about products and make some friends, then you're in the right place. *** READ, READ, READ *** Although this is a review on writing reviews, I can't emphasise enough ...
...time to read. *** HOW TO WRITE GOOD REVIEWS *** First of all (and after reading lots of reviews), choose something you really know. I mean REALLY know. We all do it. One of my first reviews was embarrassingly about toys in Asda. I knew them well, I'd shopped their a few times a year and my son had been given a few nice toys a few weeks back. What I hadn't done was to spend a lot of time playing with the toys or visited Asda to do a bit of research ...

RClure 16.02.2006 · Read full review
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...breaks in the text. How would you like your review to end and what point would you like to put across. To begin, think about describing the product itself - what is it designed to do, who is it aimed at and why you purchased/visited it in the first place. Be warned, don't give away too much plot to a book, don't give away endings and don't try to shock with to many gory details. Is that a film or a DVD that you are reviewing, are you a real person ...
...foul of my own rules but all I can say is that I'm not perfect. I have given my opinion on how a review should be written. Do we always do the things we know we should? Wouldn't that just be boring? (Tongue in Cheek!) ...

inycon2 22.01.2008 (25.01.2008) · Read full review
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AKA How To Write A Book Opinion... I always think books are wee bit different from many of the things reviewed around here. I also think there's a bit of a knack to writing a successful opinion about a book. Lots of people say they feel rather intimidated by the thought. But y'know, it's like anything, once you've got the knack it's a breeze, really it is. And I don't think there are nearly enough opinions on books submitted hereabouts so I thought ...
...just don't know where and how to start. You need a lead-in somehow. And this is where it's very easy to go wrong. Before you know it, you've waffled three paragraphs about how you came to buy the book, where you were, what you were wearing, what you had for dinner that day. STOP NOW! Personal detail is good, but does anyone really want to know all this stuff? Be honest. No, they probably don't. Keep your introduction, if it's not about the book itself, ...

jillmurphy 28.09.2002 (07.02.2004) · Read full review
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...to share my opinion of how I try to write ‘good’ reviews. The first thing I do is make sure that I’ve really had experience of using whatever it is that I’m going to review. I recently got a new mobile phone, but I refused to even put finger to keyboard until I’d used it for over a month. I don’t think a day or even a week is long enough to have found any niggles in a product like this, in fact the longer you’ve owned and used something like a phone, ...
...is listed, it doesn’t matter how good a review is, if it’s in the wrong place then it’s simply not useful and a close match isn’t good enough, if a review of an off-line shop is placed in the on-line category then it’s only going to cover part of the topic and hold information and opinion on something other than it should. It’s fairly easy to propose a new product and it’s only taking about a week for those I’ve proposed to appear on the site which ...

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...to share my experience of how I improved my reviews. == Length == Obviously one of the most important parts of a review is its length. Just because you can get away with writing 120 words that doesn't mean that's all you should write. There is that well known saying that quantity doesn't mean quality and I agree with that. I find reviews shouldn't be hideously long to the point where they bore the reader. You can not however get much content in ...
...Just a short paragraph or how suitable you see the product for its target audience. A product may be aimed at small children but you may think it isn't suitable for them. == Music and special effects == Important in DVD reviews. Take us through what you thought about the music or the special effects and tell us what could be improved upon. == Cost == Any product needs this section. You need to say where you bought the product and how much it cost. ...

rob1001 04.09.2008 (07.09.2008) · Read full review
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...opinion writer a tip on how to make his opinion better. From the money point of view, it will also display your Ciao name in the list of readers, so many may click on your name to see your list of opinions, in which they are very likely to read again accreditating your account and opinion with reads each time. Another brilliant and very effectively way of gaining readers is to read and rate reviews that haven’t been rated before. A good way ...
...**GIVE TIPS ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN THE CIAO COMMUNITY** Write opinions, giving tips on how to succeed in the Ciao community, as people naturally want to make more money; wanting to succeed and will want to find out how. There will be a high volume of people wanting to read this opinion making you more Ciao Money, from members reading your tips. **WRITE COMMENTS ON PEOPLES OPINIONS** Writing comments on other people opinions can help them make their ...

jamespugh 05.08.2001 (01.09.2001) · Read full review
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...always wanted to do. Or how about one on My Top 101 Sins? Nah, no one would be interested in that. Then it struck me. Of course! An important subject on which I know practically nothing. Perfect! Nuzzink in ze vorld can shtop me now... So, my dear, dear friends, or, dare I say, with due modesty and humility, with hand on my most humble of hearts, as I have come to think of you all...my fans! (Too much humour? Too silly? Always consider the tone ...
...you might feel quite intimidated. How can you write something THAT good? Well, just remember we all had to start somewhere. There are many fine writers on this site who didn't start out that way. It's very easy for the enthusiastic novice to churn out op after op, each one barely over the minimum word count and each one being less than very helpful. You're smarter than that. By taking the time to read other good ops you are making yourself aware ...

Crazy-Christian 09.09.2001 (21.09.2007) · Read full review
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...was very pleasantly surprised at how quickly it was done. Then you can post your opinion when it is best for you. Write about what you know about and what you are interested in. If you do not find the subject interesting it is very unlikely that your readers will. Research the subject if necessary and check any facts. It is always worth having a look on the internet for there might be a very relevant web site that would be worth including for your ...
...summarise your opinion. Regardless of how wonderful or awful you think a product is there is bound to be something which you like or dislike or would have preferred was different about the product You might want to compare it with another similar product. Hopefully this will not only help people to make decisions but also might influence manufacturers. Finally - ask yourself would what I have written really help someone else to decide whether they ...

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