User blog comment:JustLittleOlMe/Rankings for Idiots/@comment-1736722-20120213043104/@comment-4353921-20120214004535

XD Actually, "Rankings for Dummies" WAS my inspiration for this title. If you'd like any instructions, I've done two rankings, so I'll be happy to help. In a nutshell, read the story, write important tidbits down about each character, and when you've finished all the written chapters, list the characters in the order you like/dislike them, and give descriptions and reasons for their ranking. Also, --VERY IMPORTANT TIP!-- be extremely careful not to give spoilers that would ruin the story for potential readers, or folks who haven't read the latest chapter! These include things like who betrays whom, who is eliminated, why someone hates someone, and so forth. You can include things like romantic attractions, so long as it doesn't give away plot points, that contestant X is your favorite because she helped contestant Y during a challenge, and so on. Just don't give away what the "help" was or which challenge it was.

I love doing rankings, but I need to be reading your story in order to do them. Right now I'm very behind on my reading because of my recent blogs, but if your story isn't very many chapters in, I could probably manage it. You'd be either 2nd or 3rd in line, depending on how many chapters in Michael's story is. Right now you're better off asking your current readers if one of them will do it, but I'll probably get to it if they won't. Just be warned, I started Idiots rankings around Christmas, and only posted them yesterday. They take a lot of time and effort if you want them done well, but Christmas season was the reason this took as long as it did. I'd guess 3 weeks is a more reasonable time to do them, if the story isn't too progressed. I'll look into it.