Dream school

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(This is the first part, i will add the rest later.)



I have a dream, but nobody seems to think I can do it, but I know if I put my mind to it, I can do anything!!
MONDAY MORNING:
Mondays are always the same for me, well when I think about it the whole week is the same. It was raining outside, not a surprise, I can’t remember the last time I saw the sun. I pulled the blankets of me and got up out of bed, when I came into the light of the lounge, it just about blinded me. There was a note stuck to the fridge, I pulled it of and read it while I got a drink.
Good Morning Honey. Hope you had a good sleep, and I hope you have an even better day at school, remember knowledge is power. Oh and before you leave can you put tea on. (120c) Thanks. See you tonight sweetheart. P.S. I might be a little late but you just eat your tea I’ll have it when I get in. 
That’s pretty much how mine and mums relationship was, I didn’t see her much now she has gotten her new job. I grabbed the cereal out of the cupboard and poured it into a bowl, slowly trying to make it take longer the necessary. I sat and ate it while flicking through one of mums, women’s weekly magazines. Apparently, the colour that suits me best it light blue. I completely lost track of time, by the time I was finished my breakfast and, finished reading, it was 8:30am. I quickly stood up and rinsed my plate, and put it in the dishwasher, and flicked the tea on. I ran into my brother’s room and flicked his light on and a moaning voice came from the pile of blankets.
“Come on your going to be late for school.” “You can use mums shower, now hurry up.”
I grabbed a towel from the cupboard, and turned the shower on. I looked at myself in the mirror my hair was a mess, it was usually long and straight, this morning it looked like a crows nest. Thousands of knots, through out my brown hair. There were big black rings under my eyes, I hadn’t been sleeping very well lately, and I keep having strange nightmares. I had lots of spots usual teenage stuff which was so annoying!!! The bathroom was the only place I didn’t feel embarrassed to do what I loved to do. I took my hairbrush of one of the shelves and started to sing. My mum always said I was very good, but mum doesn’t have enough money to get me into a good school. She said one day, you can but not today, she’s been saying that for the last 5 years. I got so caught up in my singing, I just about didn’t hear the knock at the door, but I did hear the annoying voice come booming through it.
“WOULD YOU BE QUIET, YOU’RE SO ANNOYING!!”
No one ever liked me to sing, I don’t think it’s because they thought I wasn’t good, I think it’s because they think I should do something better with my life. My Grandparents say it’s not a real job. The only person that would support me was Dad, but he’s not here anymore, he went to heaven. I wish I could hear his voice, reassuring me that I could do anything I put my mind to. After Dad died Mum wasn’t handling it very well she didn’t like to be at home, so that’s when she took her new job, so she could work later.
It was 8:50am now, I was late as usual but It didn’t bother me, I hoped into my car I got for my seventeenth birthday, (I think mum was hoping the car would make me forget about, my singing). Of course it didn’t work. I turned the radio up really loud and just sung my heart out the whole way to school. I turned up at school at 9:00am I could see my class, from where I parked I grabbed my bag, and walked towards it preparing myself for what was coming. I took a deep breath outside of the classroom, and opened the door. When I walked in everyone’s eyes were on me.




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This is a very nice story; it flows very well from one paragraph to the next and is seriously engaging.

Ok here's me being pinickity:

Firstly, it's better grammar to put one exclamation mark, but that really doesn't detract from it. Uh, secondly, it would be nice if you put the note in italics or something to really seperate it. I like the little note. It's cute and makes it more real for me. I think it would be nice if you wrote about some background about the character - I don't know if you're going to do this later - I mean she doesn't need a name but what's her background e.g is she well off/poor? You could show this by describing the house a little bit - only a small bit - but I think it could do with some description. Er,

borntoshop wrote:Apparently, the colour that suits me best it light blue.


I assume she knows this from a quiz or something? Could you tell the reader what she knows this from?

borntoshop wrote:I completely lost track of time, by the time I was finished my breakfast and, finished reading, it was 8:30am.


You don't need the second comma on "finished reading". It would probably read better if you said "by the time I finished my breakfast and flicking through the magasine...

(Me being pinickity again)

borntoshop wrote:I quickly stood up and rinsed my plate, and put it in the dishwasher, and flicked the tea on. I ran into my brother’s room and flicked his light on and a moaning voice came from the pile of blankets.


Here you use the word "flick" twice though very close to eachother. I know its hard not to do - I like the word flick, it describes things well :).

borntoshop wrote: “Come on your going to be late for school.” “You can use mums shower, now hurry up.”


You should write this as "Come on you're going to be late for school; you can use Mum's shower, now hurry up."

Or...

"Come on," I shouted. "You're going to be late for school; you can use Mum's shower, now hurry up."

borntoshop wrote:I looked at myself in the mirror my hair was a mess, it was usually long and straight, this morning it looked like a crows nest. Thousands of knots, through out my brown hair.


(oh and also you need to make sure that you don't join two sentences with a comma . I put semi-colons in)

Instead of using the word hair twice you could write:

I looked at myself in the mirror; my hair was a mess. It was ussually long and straight but this morning it was like brown crow's nest: thousands of knots.

But, apart from all those tiny things, I really liked it and thought it was a very, very strong peice. You have a very nice style.
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borntoshop wrote:(This is the first part, i will add the rest later.)



I have a dream, but nobody seems to think I can do it, but I know if I put my mind to it, I can do anything!!
MONDAY MORNING:1
Mondays are always the same for me, well when I think about it the whole week is the same. 2 It was raining outside, not a surprise, I can’t remember the last time I saw the sun. I pulled the blankets of me and got up out of bed, when I came into the light of the lounge, it just about blinded me. There was a note stuck to the fridge, I pulled it of 3and read it while I got a drink.

Good Morning Honey. Hope you had a good sleep, and I hope you have an even better day at school, remember knowledge is power.4 Oh and before you leave can you put tea on.5 (120c) Thanks. See you tonight sweetheart.
P.S. I might be a little late but you just eat your tea I’ll have it when I get in. 6

That’s pretty much how mine and mums relationship was, I didn’t see her much now she has gotten her new job. 7 I grabbed the cereal out of the cupboard and poured it into a bowl, slowly trying to make it take longer the necessary. I sat and ate it while flicking through one of mums,8 women’s weekly magazines. Apparently, the colour that suits me best it light blue.9 I completely lost track of time,10 by the time I was finished my breakfast and, finished reading, it was 8:30am. I quickly stood up and rinsed my plate, and put it in the dishwasher, and flicked the tea on. I ran into my brother’s room and flicked his light on and a moaning voice came from the pile of blankets. 11
“Come on your going to be late for school.” “You can use mums shower, now hurry up.”12
I grabbed a towel from the cupboard, and turned the shower on. I looked at myself in the mirror my hair was a mess, it was usually long and straight, this morning it looked like a crows nest.13 Thousands of knots, through out my brown hair. 14There were big black rings under my eyes, I hadn’t been sleeping very well lately, and I keep having strange nightmares.15 I had lots of spots usual teenage stuff which was so annoying!!! 16 The bathroom was the only place I didn’t feel embarrassed to do what I loved to do. I took my hairbrush of one of the shelves and started to sing. My mum always said I was very good, but mum doesn’t have enough money to get me into a good school. 17 She said one day, you can but not today, she’s been saying that for the last 5 years. 18 I got so caught up in my singing, I just about didn’t hear the knock at the door, but I did hear the annoying voice come booming through it.
“WOULD YOU BE QUIET, YOU’RE SO ANNOYING!!”19
No one ever liked me to sing, I don’t think it’s because they thought I wasn’t good, I think it’s because they think I should do something better with my life. My Grandparents say it’s not a real job. The only person that would support me was Dad, but he’s not here anymore, he went to heaven. 20 I wish I could hear his voice, reassuring me that I could do anything I put my mind to. After Dad died Mum wasn’t handling it very well she didn’t like to be at home, so that’s when she took her new job, so she could work later. 21
It was 8:50am now, I was late as usual but It didn’t bother me, I hoped into my car I got for my seventeenth birthday, (I think mum was hoping the car would make me forget about, my singing). 22 Of course it didn’t work. I turned the radio up really loud and just sung my heart out the whole way to school. I turned up at school at 9:00am I could see my class, from where I parked I grabbed my bag, and walked towards it preparing myself for what was coming. 23 I took a deep breath outside of the classroom, and opened the door. When I walked in everyone’s eyes were on me.


1. Get rid of the "MONDAY MORNING". It isn't much use.
2. It sounds too commonplace, definitely not a thrilling opener. Try "It was Monday morning again. Everyday was the same old routine: throwing off the blankets, slugging out of bed, shuffling into the kitchen." Lounge?
3. Most of your commas should be periods instead. "off" instead of "of" if you will.
4. "Good morning, honey. Hope you slept well." Put the "school" part at the end, as in "have a great day at school!" "Knowledge is power" doesn't sound like what a mom would say to her kid, more like what a teacher would to her student.
5. "Oh, and before you leave, could you put kettle on?"
6. "I might be a little late, but you can have your tea first." And why does her mother beat around the bush? If it were my mom, the note would say: "Put the kettle on before you go. I'll be late, so don't wait for me for tea. Mom."
7. "That’s pretty much how my relationship was with my mum." "I didn’t see her much now she has gotten her new job" should be "I haven't seen her much since her new job."
9. "Apparently, the colour that suits me best it light blue." Firstly, it's in past tense, so "suited". Secondly, the "it" does not make sense.
8. "I grabbed the cereal out of the cupboard and poured it into a bowl, [s]slowly[/s] trying to make it take longer the necessary. I sat and ate it while flicking through one of Mum's women magazines."
10. " by the time I was finished my breakfast and, finished reading, it was 8:30am." I think " when I had finished breakfast, it was already 8:30am." would do better.
11. "..flicked the tea on.." What? Flicked the tea on?? "I ran into my brother’s room and flicked his light on and a moaning voice came from the pile of blankets." Too many "and"s! Separate into two sentences.
12. Who's talking here?
13. Separate into three sentences. "Crow's".
14. To risk sounding like MS Word: Fragment, consider revising.
15. Separate into two sentences.
16. "I had lots of spots usual teenage stuff which was so annoying!!! " Seriously: huh??
"...I didn’t feel embarrassed to do what I loved to do." "I could do what I loved without being embarrassed" sounds better.
17. Say "she" instead of "mum".
18. Punctuation, please.
19. Don't repeat "annoying". Try saying, "Shut up! It's freaking irritating, you know that?"
20. "grandparents". "He passed away" sounds less childish than "he went to heaven".
21. Punctuation again.
22. And again. You hoped into the car? I think you mean "hopped".
23. Your overlong sentences again.

I know the feeling. I'd sing when I shower, and once my brother said, "Did you bring a broken radio in there?" I, being all of seven, stuck my tongue out at him.

You punctuation needs a lot of work. Start reading more, then you'll get used to it. Honestly, your story wasn't engaging for me. This could be because of your grammar. It could also be because nothing intriguing happened. I learnt only three things about your MC. Elaborate!

Hope I helped!

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Lily.
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