Creative Writing Rubric

Adapted from a rubric by youseemore

Total points possible = 50 points

  1. Ideas/Organization/Content—20 points
    • Setting, characters, and plot are fully fleshed out, vibrant, and connected
    • Flow of action is logical and deliberate
    • Uses multiple subplots (if appropriate)
    • Plot is original/creative/imaginative
    • Uses symbolism or subtext
    • Ending is effective, fitting, and provides a sense of completion
  2. Style/Voice—15 points
    • Vivid and imaginative descriptive details are present
    • Writing reflects a unique, consistent personal voice
    • Writing (when appropriate) incorporates/weaves/experiments with
      different styles
  3. Word Choice / Sentence Fluency—10 points
    • Word choice is inventive, sophisticated, and appropriate for work
    • Word choice is consciously appropriate and deliberate for character
    • Sentences read smoothly making it easy to decipher meaning
    • Sentence structure is varied and complex
    • Sentence structure is deliberately manipulated in a sophisticated manner to
      affect style
    • Dialogue (when present) is effective/appropriate/believable
  4. Conventions—5 points
    • Spelling is correct throughout piece
    • Punctuation is used correctly
    • Punctuation is deliberately manipulated in a sophisticated manner to
      affect style
    • Format and presentation is correct/professional (Times New Roman, size
      12, double spaced)