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I sat down on the swing like I always use to, and everything came flooding back just as the tears came flooding out. I remembered my whole life before the summer and the new school year and all the crazy daydreams stored in the seat of my swing. I pushed my feet against the ground and started to swing. I tried to forget everything and just remember my silly day dreams. There was one problem though, the things I was trying to forget patched up the empty holes of my day dreams.

Its just the start..I am kinda stuck.




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In the first sentence "use" should be switched to "used" and, if it were me, I wouldn't use "flood" to describe both your emotions and tears. Use a synonym. When the verbs are that close together it's not a useful parallel structure so much as repetition, so it kind of loses it's effect. Same with "swing" and "daydream," using a synonym can make the illusion that much more vivid, since the reader has more words to associate with the imagery forming in their heads. I find that sometimes when I use a synonym instead of repeating the word it also links my thoughts to other scenarios that the new word reminds me of, or something of the sort, so a continuation topic is that much easier to find.

Just my two cents! I'm new here, so just browsing really.




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Alright thanks.
Kayleigh.
Guys were'd you go?
I misss you.:[



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