From a survey across several houses including mystery, romance and sci fi editors.
1. Wrong or incorrect submission.
2. Author intrusion/Passive voice/Filtering.
3. Unheroic or underdeveloped characters (including villians).
4. Lack of character growth or motivation.
6. Lack of senses other than sight used to describe.
7. Too many or sloppy point of view switches.
8. Excessive mechanical errors.
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