Hi, my name is Jaye and I'm reviewing your piece on behalf of the Simply Positive Newbies Review Forum where you are listed as one of this week's selected reviewees.
First, let me welcome you to the WDC family. I hope you find this as enjoyable an experience as I have.
General Impressions: This is an interesting, yet heart-wrenching, story of a friend's unwise decisions.
Characters: Characterization would be improved by showing the individual scenes instead of just relating them.
Dialog: The dialog used seems realistic and believable.
Grammar & Punctuation: When writing dialog and using a name, nickname, title, pronoun or noun as an address to a person, it should be set off from the rest of the sentence with commas.
When writing dialog the actual words spoken should be enclosed in quotation marks.
Watch for confusion between "then" and "than".
Suggest a thorough proofread and edit, looking for the sort of things listed below.
Specific Suggestions:
In this phrase, ‘ hanging out with my best friend JC. '
Suggest: hanging out with my best friend, JC.
In this phrase, ‘ JC met this guy Josh and he became her boyfriend. '
Suggest: ,JC met this guy, Josh, and he became her boyfriend.
In this phrase, ‘ Right after labor day, '
Suggest: Right after Labor Day,
In this phrase, ‘ About three weeks into the school year on a saturday, '
Suggest: About three weeks into the school year, on a Saturday,
In this phrase, ‘ wanted to know since JC was out of town if I would be willing to meet him '
Suggest: wanted to know, since JC was out of town, if I would be willing to meet him
In this sentence, ‘ Mom was at work today but Dad was home. '
Suggest: Mom was at work that day, but Dad was home.
In this phrase, ‘ My parents were pretty strick '
Suggest: My parents were pretty strict
In this sentence, ‘ So I headed for the livingroom where he was to talk with him. '
Suggest: So I headed for the living room to talk with him.
These comments are only my personal opinion. My suggestions are made in the spirit of making a good piece even better. Keep writing!
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