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Thank you so much for the help! About the "her" in the first stanza: it was referring to the highway. I'm rather worried about that. Is there something I can ...

Oh, wow. I have never been critiqued like this before! Thank you. This is going on the back burner so I can work on something else, but I will keep ...

What happens when one only has the first bit to work with - one often jumps to conclusions in critiques. Since this takes place a few years before, this prologue, ...

With the step mother, it all comes down to what works best for your story. If having her as the step mother works best, for character and plot purposes, then ...