I won't essay this, but I have a few tips on how to get things approved by me.
1: Sophistication: The better your application for whatever it is you need approved is put together, the more likely I am to approve something. If something is utterly incomprehensible, since you cannot take time on your app, I will not take my time reviewing it, and thus will merely post "denied."
2: Originality: If your character is part of the "Hierro contest", or is the guy who will do ANYTHING to protect his friends, with nothing original about him, I will grade many times more strictly, as apposed to say, a cannibal, or a madman.
3: Negotiating: When I review something, it is not a negotiation. If I ask you to change something, you get one post to explain why you should not have to.. That is it. If I still think it should be changed, then you should either change it, or if you feel it takes away from the point of whatever it is you are trying to make, go in a different direction with it.
4: Politeness: If you start insulting, arguing, blah blah, I am denying your application, regardless of how nice, pretty, and perfect it gets.