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 a really cute piece that truthfully addresses the attitudes of some small children and their perception of day-to-day happenings. You would increase reader interest in your main character if you would at least give her a name. An approximate age might also help.
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.
Suggest a thorough proofread and edit, looking for the sort of things listed below.
Specific Suggestions:
In this phrase, ‘ The child was at that stage where she new happy, '
Suggest: The child was at that stage where she knew happy,
In this sentence, ‘ “Yes it is darling. '
Suggest: “Yes it is, darling.
In this phrase, ‘ Even tough a slight wind had picked up, '
Suggest: Even though a slight wind had picked up,
In this phrase, ‘ who will a lot of the time put up with a lot of things '
Suggest: who will, a lot of the time, put up with a lot of things
In this phrase, ‘ and discomforts and bad attitudes and such, in a childs eye, '
Suggest: and discomforts and bad attitudes and such, in a child's eye,
In this phrase, ‘ If something is not right or even if it doesn’t feel right a solution '
Suggest: If something is not right, or even if it doesn’t feel right, a solution
In this phrase, ‘ Look its going up and up and up '
Suggest: Look it's going up and up and up
In this sentence, ‘ “Yes flying. '
Suggest: “Yes, flying.
In this sentence, ‘ “Windy” the child said. '
Suggest: “Windy,” the child said.
In this phrase, ‘ you could see the clogs of her brain ticking. '
Suggest: you could see the cogs of her brain ticking.
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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