What I love most about this item is your willingness to share a semi-wake dream.
In sending this review, I am supporting your desire to be a writer. Rather than just saying, “you have a lot of typos, go find them”, I try to list them so it’s easier for you to find and correct them. Several parts of my review are subjective, especially the Language (in Form), Style and Poetry sections. If you have any questions about How, Why, What or Whom I review, please read "Invalid Item" .
All flowered and underlined subjects are given a rating out of five s.
Overall Impression
2 : Needs work, but do not be discouraged! An item receiving this rating is not beyond salvation. By making the changes I’ve recommended below, you can clarify your work. This will help you develop your writing skills and increase your exposure on Writing.Com.
Captivate your reader by providing descriptions that make the reader feel welcomed into your world. Provide descriptions for all five senses, not just visual.
Articulate your (or your characters’) ideas clearly. Dialogue can be used to clarify complicated ideas for ‘slow’ readers like me!
Outer Wrapping (aka: Cover)
3.5 : The Static Item Type can also include Experience to capture a wider audience. The Genre isn’t appropriate since the story doesn’t really include any death or any ghosts. The Introduction Content Rating is appropriate. The Body Content Rating is appropriate. The Title sells the piece. The Brief Description lets reviewers know what information you are looking for but it doesn’t really push the item into my reader space. Whether in a bookstore or on the Internet, your wrapping needs to sell your work.
Form (Grammar, Spelling, Typos, Language)
Mastery of language is choosing exactly the word you want to make the phrase you want so the whole thing works as you intend. Too often, we choose words that we think will do the trick, and in fact they don’t do very well. What some authors find the least helpful is a focus on grammar and spelling; they may feel it’s not very helpful in terms of overall writing improvement. However, typos take a reader’s attention away from the writing’s purpose. Too much repetition counts as a typo. Sometimes rules can be broken, but only if it’s right for the story or context in which the broken rule occurs.
2 : You have an abundance of typos. Please don’t be discouraged by this long list, and please understand that typos reduce a reader’s enjoyment of your work. This list is from the first half of your story. If you make the changes and want me to help you find other typos, please let me know. My purpose in providing this list is to support you in finding and correcting typos:
“my voice ran out” – Do voices run out? Voices don’t carry, and sometimes they croak.
“even my hands nor feet” – Neither-nor as in: Neither he nor I will be there.
“suddenly my memories were pulling back together…....” – At most four dots. Also, it will help the reader understand more if you include that the character is remembering a dream (if this is the case).
“It was a cold autumn afternoon I was wearing my best blue polo shirt and khaki pants with…” – autumn afternoon. I was
“a dozen of roses on my right hand” – a dozen roses in my…
“Sally on her uniform” – Probably in her uniform
“I went nearer and nearer to her” – I approached her
“She stunned when she saw me” – She was stunned, or she looked stunned
“our eyes were staring at each other” – our eyes locked
“her round blue eyes, mesmerized by its beauty” – …by their beauty [two eyes]
“your contact lenses aren’t match the other one’s blue and the other’s red” – …lenses don’t match. This one’s blue and the other is red…
“Good luck to your party” – … luck with your…
“go now!” She said” – now!” she
“I ran to the comfort room” – Is this a bathroom? Widely known names for a bathroom include: WC, water closet, washroom, restroom, powder room, loo (in the U.K.), and in Asia, the toilet. It’s the first time I’ve heard this called the comfort room. From where does this terminology originate?
“faced the mirror before I took some actions” – looked in the mirror before heading out the door
Style (Theme, Plot, Layout, Character Development)
Good structure keeps the piece clean and easy to read. Sentences flow, paragraphs tell miniature stories (they have a beginning, a middle and an end); and the flow of paragraphs actively moves toward an end.
2 : Your work uses many clichés and your meaning is confused. The presentation is scrambled and difficult to follow. Word choices are simple. Here is a list to help you get started on your revision:
“I woke up one day only to find out that I was blind. Was it really blindness? Or was I already dead?” – As an opening to your story, these thoughts need to be developed further to allow the reader a sense of who the main character is, what the experience of waking up blind is like and what being blind means to the main character. Ditto for the idea of being dead.
“Oh my pretty Sally here comes your perfect guy!” – Maybe some guys do think this way as they approach a pretty lady, but it’s hard to believe, and the character in your story doesn’t have to be real, but instead believable. Truth is often stranger than fiction.
All capitals tends to make the reader feel as though they are being screamed at. It doesn’t always give the reader the impression that one character is screaming at another character.
“LEAVE!!!” He shouted.” – this is overdone.
(a) he, not He
(b) one !, not three (!!!)
(c) he said. Or, leave,” he shouted. But not both ! and shouted.
(d) Not all caps.
The ending is a widely known joke. Can you think of another unexpected Reaper?
Content (The quality of information disseminated)
Does your work move its type ~ a story about waking up in the morning ~ to a new level? If not, how close does it get?
2 : I had to reread to understand what you’re (or your character is) saying. Your ideas are not fully developed. Some further development of your ideas / characters would be beneficial. However, re-thinking the story would also be beneficial. Dreams, while fascinating while we are half-awake, are generally not very interesting stories after we’ve had that first cup of coffee. Try another spin on your ghost story ~ in will generate more exposure on Writing.Com.
Star Total: 2 + 3.5 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 11.5
Averaged: 2.3
Rated: 2.0
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