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Last edited by lonewolf on Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:02 am, edited 3 times in total.




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For names, you should make up some, but try to make the name tell the gender. For example, male names could have harder sounds, like "k", "t", and "b", while the females have softer sounds, like "l", "s", and "f". Also, names that end in "o" or typically male, while names ending in "a" are typically female.

Now, as for the story...

I like your first paragraph. It just screams "I am awesome at imagery, folks!", and really draws me in. Good job, though I have a few minor nitpicks with it.
The full moon hung low in the velvety sky, casting an eerie glow through the canopy of the trees. The chilly night was far from silent as we weaved through forest that was abundant in life.

1. Should be "weaved through the forest".
2. "that was abundant with life" sounds awkward and stiff. Personally, I would remove it.

I could hear the scurry of vermin in the undergrowth and their heart beats thrumming a little faster as we passed.

3. Heartbeats is one word.
4. Not really related, but wouldn't the ability to hear everything in the forest, down to the heartbeats of the little rodents be... annoying?

Also, it seems that you should do more research on wolves. I know these are werewolves (or at least, I think they are), but they'll feel more real if you model their wolf forms more closely on actual wolves. You can look at http://www.wolf.org/ for some stuff.

A cool breeze ruffled my snow-white fur

The only wolf that would have white fur is an Arctic wolf. Your wolves seem to be in a temperate forest/boreal forest biome, in which case they would be gray or brown. Pure white fur would be really conspicuous and make this wolf far too noticeable.

Jasmine was in the lead, the dominant female.

Wolf packs are typically run by a dominant male and dominant female.

There were just a few other errors I noticed.
and they could here mine.

Hear, not here.

Just as I was stronger, Kim faster, Sam stealthier and Jasmine more compassionate than humanely (or in our case, non-humanely) possible.

Wow, that sounds like one crappy power. How about Jasmine has higher stamina? In any case, the word to use is "humanly", not "humanely". Humanely is used like "to treat something humanely", which means to treat it well.

Humans are not accustom

Accustomed.

She gave us a wolfy grin,

Wolfish.

Also, you sometimes italicize the thoughts and sometimes not. It's confusing.

I also found this rather unoriginal. The "pack telepathy" thing has just been done to death, and the wolves having different color eyes based on whether or not they eat humans is straight from Twilight. And also makes no sense. Diet does not change eye color. Also, human flesh is really no different that the flesh of a deer, rabbit, or other mammal. It's all just muscle and blood.

Don't get me wrong, this is interesting, and I like wolf stories. I just think you need to fix it up a bit.

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