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roseofnoonvale
the style is a little hard to read, but there is also a lot of potential. The main character thinks a good bit, fitting ffor a librarian. there are a few errors I've spotted here and there, just little things. You want to hook the reader in from the begining, paint a pretty or not so pretty picture. the pacing seems pretty well so far
9 年前回覆

Monos Alba
Hello, here's my review.The first few sentences are a bit redundant and obvious, not the strongest hook around.Within the first few paragraphs, it's good to give the reader an image or something, be it a person, place, or thing. I know that this is just the intro, but you can drop a description in here and there. You do a much better job with it in the next chapters, though it sometimes comes across as listing traits off. I'd say give us one of Andy's grandfather's stories, even if it's a condensed version to what Andy heard.As for Andy, a part of me felt like the large paragraphs were a bit tiresome, but they fit in well with his personality. He doesn't talk much, but he thinks a lot, fitting for a librarian.The pacing is fine with the overall story so far, picking up once the dialogue starts here, which is also good.
10 年前回覆

Wizpen
Sorry, can you describe what listing traits off means? As for the grandfather's story, i'll put it in bits of it in future chapters. Again, thanks for the review, appreciate it a lot.
10 年前回覆

Monos Alba
@Wizpen, Sure! When I say listing traits off, I mean going off on a paragraph of descriptions of something or someone. I don't know about you, but I've read many a fanfic where the character is listing off their appearance: "Hi my name is Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that’s how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don’t know who she is get da hell out of here!) ... Today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow."Maybe this wasn't the best example, but this is what I mean. The description is listed off with little opinion or feeling given from the narrating character, a must when writing Second and First Person perspective.For me, I choose to either have my character 1. take in their whole appearance with some opinions (usually if they're the detail-oriented type) or 2. mention an eye-catching trait or two and introduce more of a person's appearance as the story moves along.You're welcome! Remember, this is only my comments, I hope you can get other opinions.
10 年前回覆

Wizpen
@Monos D.O.A, Ah I see what you mean, Thanks for the information!
10 年前回覆
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