Subject: I'll do my best
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Posted on: 2012-10-08 19:09:00 UTC
I'll see if I can add more to what I've already got here and post at some point ... noodles off to procrastinate.
Subject: I'll do my best
Author:
Posted on: 2012-10-08 19:09:00 UTC
I'll see if I can add more to what I've already got here and post at some point ... noodles off to procrastinate.
I like it! Granted, the characters and the story could use a tad bit more fleshing out, but otherwise your characters are creative and original, especially Coriander's urple prose curse. The only thing that caused me any confusion was the fact that her name was misspelt as Mareln, and is now Mare Elm. Was the switch from an n to an m on purpose? By the way, Mare is quite a nice name; did you know it means sea in Italian?
I might have created a Pottermore account in order to find out what wand Mare should have and on discovering she had an elm wand, decided it worked as a surname.
I think you may want to flesh out that piece a bit, mate. It's a tad short.
I'm afraid I don't have anything finished that's longer. I've got some of a Doctor Who fic that's kind of run out of steam and a bunch of plans for original fiction. Sorry about that. *Hangs head in shame and goes to work on a story about airships.*
I don't know about "short," but the "things happening too fast" is probably the reason it's so short. Maybe if you decompressed the sample a little bit, did a bit more description.
I do like the purple prose thing, but I feel like we know more about it from the agent bios than we do from the actual story. Letting the agents talk a bit more before the end could solve that.
No shame here! I like what you wrote! In fact, I like it so much, I want more of it!
Listen, the problem is that it's too short to really get a feel for your writing style. It's not bad, it's just too short.
I'm not ragging on you, and don't feel ashamed. I like it - just give us more.
I'll see if I can add more to what I've already got here and post at some point ... noodles off to procrastinate.
Basically, what Riese said. Also, sentences inside quotation marks have commas instead of periods in their ends.
Canon nitpick: a sheet of instructions would be useless in HQ. In fact, it would be worse than useless, since it'll make the person using it never arrive at the place they're looking for.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7164234/1/Chorniclesofnarnialovestory
The title should tell you enough. The shifts from second to first person, often in the middle of sentences are just the scum on the Ankh.