Hopeless romance- a rough section of it.

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A little rough story in my head...

-A boy who has lucid dreams,fell in love with a girl from his dreams. A love circle forms between An, Xuan, Phu, and Am. Neither can obtain what they wanted. This is hopeless romance.





A beautiful girl is seen at a distant, admiring a white rose on a field of grass. A boy walked up to her and she leaned closer to his face. The scene faded.

An alarm rings in the distant but was soon silenced. A tall lean body came out from the bed sheets. He walked to his bathroom, washed his face, and stared at the mirror for a moment.

“This dream again...” he sighed.

As he walked back to his room, he heard a loud voice coming from the kitchen.

“An!!! Do you have any idea what day is it today?” she scolded, her face looking at him with furious eyes.

He looked back, hesitated, then responded, “Good morning Xuan.”

“No, I don’t know what day it is today” he lied, his face smiling, as he pours himself a glass of orange juice. But he knew, today is the day where they will enter high school, starting off as freshmen.

“Arrrgh! I can’t believe you. Here eat this breakfast I made for you then dress up. School will start soon.” She rolled her eyes, slide a plate of eggs and rice to him, then walked away.

He watched her as she leaves and chuckled. After he ate his breakfast, he went back to his room and began dressing. He put on some khaki pants, a white dress shirt, as well as a black leather jacket and a scarf around in his neck. An walked to his desk and opened the bottom drawer. Out came a curious looking black notebook. He turned a couple of pages and began writing.

August 27
I had that dream again. It’s the third time I had it, at this rate I’ll start believing it’s reality. Today is the start of high school, but I’m worried about Xuan. She had grown so beautiful my god, girls these days. Anyways, I hope she doesn’t attract a lot of guys, it would be too distracting. Today is also the day that marks our 12th year anniversary of being close friends. Time fly by fast sometimes.
An Nguyen Le


He closed the notebook and came out the door with Xuan. The two walked to their school in bitter cold. Xuan could be seen shivering holding her hands together tightly. An looked at her with sympathy and sighed. He took of his jacket and offer it to her.

“Wear it so you won’t get sick” he said without looking at her.

She gratefully took it and said, “Won’t you get cold?”

An just kept walking which made Xuan showed fits of frustration. Along the way the way they met another childhood friend named Phu.

Phu greeted them and said teasingly to Xuan, “Oh my god! You’re so hot.”

“Shut up Phu” she smiled.

The three finally enter school and took their seat in their homeroom. The classroom was loud as students chatter about their vacation. In what seems like an hour, a young prince-looking male teacher came in. All the girls screamed except Xuan who looked at them in disgust. The teacher smacked the blackboard with a ruler and announced to the school.

“Quiet down please.” He said then added, “ I am Mr. Le and as you all know Nguyen Quang Academy for the Gifted is a prestigious school. I hope that all of you will do well and enjoy your time here as well as with me.” The entire class cheered and the teacher began laying out today’s schedule.

As Mr. Le is talking, Phu turned around and whispered to An, “ Did you hear the news? One of the smartest students in Vietnam is coming to our class soon.” Phu looked back making sure Mr. Le did not see him and whispered again, “They say that student is a she. Not just a she, but like the cutest girl ever.”

An stared at him disapprovingly and replied, “I don’t really care about your girl fetish. I careless even if she is a princess.”

Phu, with his mouth wide opened, said “ What?! You’re so cold.”

The beginning of high school went smoothly for three friends. Nothing interesting happened and all they did was exploring the campus. It became like this for several days as the students get used to their school. An and Xuan have medical classes with each other and Phu have automotive classes.

An woke up when the alarm rings. This time he have a headache.

“This dream again and again…” he sighed rubbing his aching forehead. He reached in his desk and drew out his notebook and began writing.

August 28

This dream I kept seeing it. What does it tries to tell me. Who is the girl? Why do I fell attraction to a person that doesn’t even exist? If I tell Xuan, she’ll take me as a fool. Might as well leave it like this.
An Nguyen Le

An closed the notebook and came out into the bitter cold with Xuan and Phu. As he closed his apartment door, Xuan looked at him worryingly and asked, “Are you alright? You look tired.”

“It’s nothing…just a small headache.” He replied

They walked for several minutes. Pasted many houses and finally arrived at the school.

As the class all settle down, the teacher came and did his usual announcement.

“Good morning class.” He said

“Good morning teacher.” The class replied
He nodded then said to the class, “I would like to say this class is very very lucky. Today a new student has arrive as I’m sure many of you knew. Please welcome her to the class.”

Soon after he finished announcing, a very beautiful and innocent looking girl came through the door. She nervously stood in the front of the class and introduced herself, “Hi. I’m Am Tien Long. I hope to get to know you guys.”

The guys stared in awe and the girls rush up to welcome her.

“Oh my god. She’s really cute” Phu said as he look at her, then screamed, “ Owwww! “

Xuan just hit on the head with her book and scolded him, “Don’t look at her like that!”

“What’s with all the noise?” An said as he read his book. Then he set the book down and looked up. What he saw made him very stiff. His heart racing. His breathing became faster.

The transfer girl was the girl from his dreams.


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Should I or should I not continue the story? What is the question?
Is life nothing but a dream
where everything is just memories?




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By all means, you should continue writing. It may never be published, but it'll be a very good writing practice for the author in you. What I mean is this: Most of what you write will never make it to the stores, no? So why bother writing it, no? But let me tell you, writing this will most certainly increase your odds of becoming an author later in life.
So, yes, do continue writing it.
As a side note (a rather large side note) you will need to edit. The dialogue of the characters sounds as if English isn't their first language. Considering their names (Xuan, Phu, An) I'm probably right, but if they don't speak English as a first language, why bother having them speak it at all? You could probably keep the choppiness of their dialogue if you add some foreign words. I'm taking a random guess here, and putting out Japanese. No? What language do they really speak? Try to build up on that.
Grammar and spelling is another point you must be careful. YWS has a spell/grammar checker next to the submit box, and it only takes a few minutes to use. If you use Microsoft Word Processor, then press F7 on your keyboard to activate the spell checker. These little things will greatly increase the quality of your work.
Keep writing!
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well i can tell you one thing AnNguyenLe, this is definitely one rough section of it... :wink:

so the characters are Vietnamese? cool! i like that, it's different. but their uniqueness isn't coming through your story, probably because the kick off of it is cliched or not that interesting... i'm trying to say this in a nice way possible, hope you don't take it the wrong way, and i might not be in position to say but the story is a dead end, few to none would continue reading it...

but i agree with Jenthura, continue writing, not specifically on this one but just spread your thoughts out, it'll definitely make you a better plotter and story teller!

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Thanks so much :) These reviews are very helpful and will certainly help my writing which is the whole point. I'll try to improve as much as I can.
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This is Amazing! I love it! Please write more! what happens to the boy? Do they fall in love or hate each other? Please, pleas, please write more :)
Bella



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