by BlazingSabre » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:44 am
O.O
*quiet, stunned applause*
This is wonderful.
Absolutely wonderful.
But, being the writing critic that I am, I noticed a few things:
-- You forgot a couple of hyphens; it shouldn't be "dark haired," but rather "dark-haired." This was more of a problem in the forst two chapters, and wasn't as present in the third.
-- If you end a quotation with an exclamation point, you shouldn't have a capital letter if you add a "he said" or something comparable. For example: "We're going to blow up!" she was saying. It's counterintuitive, but "she was saying" would be a fragment otherwise.
-- Vary your sentence length! You have a ton of wonderfully long sentences, so add in some short ones to break things up a bit.
-- Be careful to not overuse one-sentence paragraphs. While they're great in moderation, using multiple in a short span lessens their power. An ideal to strive for could be potentially one one-sentence paragraph or less per chapter.
-- I'm with previous commenters in saying that defining Rose's personality would be nice.
I'm a bit nitpicky, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt ^.^
Things I really enjoyed:
-- The sensory details you used were fabulous. FABULOUS.
-- Rose's conflicting emotions about her mother are perfect-- she loves her, but resents her at the same time, and the dichotomy there is beautifully written.
-- The acting-out of an explosion. Right before an actual explosion. The irony. YESSSSS.
-- The concept is attention-grabbing. I want to see where this is going.
I do a bit of informal editing for people, so if you'd like a more in-depth analysis, feel free to PM me!
Thanks for your story!

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