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TITTLE, DESCRIPTION; Good tittle, interesting. Descriptive line drew me in to read the story. It really caught my curiosity.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: You've built lots of tension and conflict with very few words in this short piece. It kept me on the edge of my seat, there's certainly a well thought out storyline behind this one. It really kept me guessing.
PLOT; FLOW; Well planned and executed plot, realistic and you've done a great job with adding little twists to hold reader interest strong.
Flow is smooth, events happen logically and in a way that doesn't throw readers out of the scenes.
Characters, Dialogue: Main character is strong, very believable, I felt I was right beside her. I did think a touch of inner dialogue to herself about how many times parent's had warned her, using her name and age, might give the reader a really tight connection with her. Your villain, though fleeting in appearance is well introduced.
POV's existing inner dialogue that sets background and takes us through events is extremely well done.
IMAGERY; EMOTION: Imagery is very vivid and powerful, I particularly liked how you added in sound through the whistling. Much more that I liked, streetlights, etc. - but don't want to spoil the story for others here!
Emotions of fear, apprehension, relief, shock are all potent and I felt them along with the character.
Favorite Lines/Parts:
Opening paragraph, it tells us much about the character and sets mood and location well.
Closing paragraph, because it is an awesome twist and leaves reader imagination churning! Perfect if you wanted to make this a longer piece.
SUGGESTIONS;
calm, study steady pace [ add comma, correct typo.]
surely certain I heard [ gets rid of passive 'ly' word]
better judgement thought against it whispered, "don't do it."
so I turned back [ delete 'so ', start new sentence with I..
used as weapons [ missing word marked in red]
so was my car. I'm sure. [ redundant, delete this part]
You need to give this a strong revision for missing commas to break up long, run on sentences, maybe make some into two shorter, snappier sentences. See / compare paragraph six against [ excellent pacing] against paragraph five [ longer sentences, need work] for ideas.
CLOSING THOUGHTS; A sharp, intense read that I'd love to see expanded, I really enjoyed this story!
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