Angel of Music Trying to stop war
Age : 28 Posts : 45811 Location : A very dark place that nobody cares about Join date : 2009-12-08
Character sheet Name: Sierrah Age: Affinities : Mostly Spirit but i have power over all of them
| Subject: Comments - (Unnamed) Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:35 am | |
| The story (Unnamed) can be found Hereawesome! I love it! | |
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Beastbearer Meeting new friends at Lunch
Age : 39 Posts : 148 Location : Oklahoma City, OK Join date : 2010-01-23
Character sheet Name: Chayton Yellowfeather Age: 17 Affinities : Air; Totem is the Thunderbird
| Subject: Re: Comments - (Unnamed) Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:27 pm | |
| Great story. It's really easy to understand the images and emotions you're attempting to convey. General tip, though: You use "was" waaaay too much. It breaks up the narrative and gives it a blocky feel. One thing to remember is that in real life, nothing just "is". Everything is always DOING something, and doing it in a particular way. A rock lays, slouches, rears, bites, etc. etc. depending on what a character does in relationship to it, or how they view it. Example from your story: - Quote :
- The last thing I remember thinking was ‘so this is how it ends. . .’
Suggestion: "The last thought sent blurring through my head by lack of oxygen revolved around death, and I found it oddly comical that I should think of death when an hour ago my biggest worry involved boyfriend bull****." In dialogue, passive verbs ("was," "is", etc.) aren't as bad, because it's common for people to speak in those terms. The narration, however, even in first person, should include more active verbs, to give your story a better sense of pacing, AND to make the already-good imagery even more profound and clear. | |
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Angel of Music Trying to stop war
Age : 28 Posts : 45811 Location : A very dark place that nobody cares about Join date : 2009-12-08
Character sheet Name: Sierrah Age: Affinities : Mostly Spirit but i have power over all of them
| Subject: Re: Comments - (Unnamed) Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:02 pm | |
| i still love it hahaha XD | |
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Kacela Seeing the Tracker
Posts : 24 Join date : 2010-01-31
Character sheet Name: Age: 13 Affinities : All elements(:
| Subject: Re: Comments - (Unnamed) Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:04 pm | |
| Thanks, VampHighPrestess555! And thank you Beastbearer, I'll try to stop using my overuse of "is" and "was", and you're right, it did kind of make it sound blockish. | |
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Angel of Music Trying to stop war
Age : 28 Posts : 45811 Location : A very dark place that nobody cares about Join date : 2009-12-08
Character sheet Name: Sierrah Age: Affinities : Mostly Spirit but i have power over all of them
| Subject: Re: Comments - (Unnamed) Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:55 pm | |
| no prob cause it is awesome | |
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twizzlers Accidentally burning down a tree with Fire
Age : 29 Posts : 501 Location : somewhere warm ^_^ Join date : 2009-07-26
Character sheet Name: Rhein Age: 16 Affinities : water, telekineses, teleportation , singing
| Subject: Re: Comments - (Unnamed) Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:22 pm | |
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earth-spirit Accidentally flooding a classroom with Water
Posts : 721 Location : Work Join date : 2010-05-03
Character sheet Name: earth-spirit Age: Affinities : earth
| Subject: Comments - (Unnamed) Thu May 27, 2010 6:09 pm | |
| Great story Kacela, are you going to be adding more to it. I would love to know what happens next. | |
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