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Hi,
Okay firstly I really love this. I can't wait to read more.


his green eyes stared at me hard
You forgot the a, easily done.

All of the sudden, I broke down in sobs - It was positive.

I would add more here. Add some feeling and emotion.
"My heart ached as I started down at it. Positive Tears started streaming down the sides of my face." I don't really know, that just was the first thing that came into my mind.

I may re-word the first sentence:
With shakey hands, I put my key in the lock and twisted it.

To maybe: As I put my key into the lock my hands shook. (Then maybe talk about turning the key and hearing the lock click open.) I twisted the key to hear a soft click noise as the door unlocked. (so maybe something like that).

Anyway, I found this great as I said earlier. I'll give you a 8/10 as it does need more emotion in parts.

Keep it up
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"My hands shook as I put the key in the lock. When I twisted I heard a very soft click."I don't think it goes with the flow.

"Maybe he went to bed early and hasn't noticed I didn't come home. "

Why not try: "Maybe he went to bed early, not noticing that I wasn't at home."
"When I turned around I felt a large hand strike my face and send my backwards"
This should be: "When I turned around, I felt a large hand strike my face, sending me backwards."
"I knew better then to respond".
A tiny grammartical error here, It's supposed to be "Than" not "Then". A simple mistake like this totally changes the meaning.

Other than this tiny little things this story is absulutely amazing and interesting.......oh and please try to be detailed about her emotions. That would make this perfect.

Will I be coming around to read this?
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fictionfanatic wrote:Prologue:

My hands shook as I put the key in the lock. When I twisted I heard a very soft click. It was one in the morning, three hours past my curfew. I'd fallen asleep at my boyfriend Jordan's house while we were studying. I was scared to death, knowing what would happen when my dad saw me.

When I entered my house, it was completely dark. Maybe he went to bed early and hasn't noticed I didn't come home. I silently closed the door and locked it. When I turned around I felt a large hand strike my face and send my backwards, hitting my head on the door as I fell to the ground.

Dad was holding a nearly empty beer bottle, which I knew was not his first, his green eyes stared at me hard as he slurred "Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea what time it is?" I knew better then to respond. I just slowly stood up, clutching the back of my head which felt wet. I had to refrain myself from crying.

He threw the glass bottle to the ground, I flinched when it shattered. "Answer me you little slut!" He yelled, hitting me across the face again. I let out a small yelp and clutched the side of my face. He grabbed me by the arm roughly and said "You've been at Jordan's house all night!" I tried desperately to get him to let go of my arm, which was hurting badly as he tightly held onto it.

I stuttered "I-I fell asleep. We didn't do anything." He smacked me again, and as I flew backwards I yelped from both the pain of being smacked and from the fact that he was still holding onto my arm.

"Dad, please! I promise we didn't do anything!" His grip tightened, and I couldn't help but whimper. He yelled "You're a liar, you little slut." He paused for a second, but then grabbed me by my other arm as well and he said "Fine, if you want to be a slut, you can go ahead and be one." I closed my eyes tightly and bit my tongue as my dad unbuttoned my pants and I heard the zip of his.

***

I woke up, lying on the cold floor infront of the door. I felt absolutely disgusting when I recalled the night before. Tears began streaming down my face from the pain in my lower abdomen, the pain in my face, and the pain in the back of my head.

My tears mingled with the crimson blood on the floor. When I stood up off the floor, I buttoned up my pants and ran quietly up the stairs and into my room. I undressed and stared at my bruised body in the full length mirror. It would be long sleeves and jeans again today. There's no way to hide the bruises on my face, I could only put on a bunch of make up and come up with an excuse.

***One Month Later***

I looked at myself in the mirror, the bruises on my face were almost gone, but you could still see a little bit of that ugly yellow color on my skin. Wringing my hands together, I looked up at the clock on the wall. My hand shook as a reached out for the pregnancy test.

All of the sudden, I broke down in sobs "No, this can't be happening." I wished I could just be sucked into a black hole and disappear. The test was positive. I felt my stomach lurch so I threw myself at the toilet and threw up.


Alright, this is quite good, but it's not really outstanding - though I'm sure it could be. It's a very dark and realistic idea, but the actual content is a bit fast-paced and sudden. Build it up, we want to feel her mounting fear, engage in her frantic emotions when she discovers the test is positive. You've got a very intruiging story here, and it makes you want to read more. You just need a bit more detail and a bit more oomph, as people might say.

Still, on the whole, pretty good!
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Reading this reminded me of my best friend's old home life with her dad, which is very sad.

Like everyone else said, add some more emotional detail to it. Situations like this involve lots of hatred, depression, and fear. Make those emotions stand out, because the majority of your readers won't have had a similar experience to your character, and they need those emotions to be able to connect. Without the depth of those emotions, your readers will lose interest, kind of like those books you start, then set down and never finish? You don't want your writing to be like that. You want your writing to be so powerful that the reader won't ever want to set the book down. You want your writing to be so amazing that your reader yearning to finish the entire book in one night because they love it so much.

I loved reading through this.
fictionfanatic wrote:Prologue:

I undressed and stared at my bruised body in the full length mirror. It would be long sleeves and jeans again today. There's no way to hide the bruises on my face, I could only put on a bunch of make up and come up with an excuse.


My best friend did this on a weekly basis. How sad is that?
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An ambulance sped
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This is pretty awesome. Just remember that you have to make it a little more realistic. It's sad, yes but so are puppies in the pound. Make the reader feel really really sorry for the character or make the reader root the character on! C'mon we don't even know her name. Why would she even come home? Would a father really rape his daughter? Ect... You understand. Please PM me when the next part of this is up. I'd love to read it.

Good job and keep writing
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Really good, really dramatic and I want to read more. I only have one *tiny* word of advice -

When I entered my house, it was completely dark. Maybe he went to bed early and hasn't noticed I didn't come home. I silently closed the door and locked it. When I turned around I felt a large hand strike my face and send my backwards, hitting my head on the door as I fell to the ground. This is good, I just think you could've pulled the feeling out a little more. What I mean is, make us feel the sense of relief a little longer. How does a horror movie gain suspense? They make you think you're safe - you get that breath out - then BANG! I just would've liked if you gave us a little more time to breathe a sigh of relief alongside her, to make the hit from the dark more jolting.


But that's a really small thing, and it's only a suggestion, really. This was good.

Keep writing,
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Hiya! You've been reading my stuff, so I thought it was only fair that I come and read some of your stuff:D I have to say, I absolutely love this!!! It was very emotionally charged and powerful and sad... and every other adjective that you could think of that equals 'good'! Anyhoo, my colors are red for grammar and spelling, purple is word choice, and my commentary is blue!
fictionfanatic wrote:Prologue:

My hands shook as I put the key in the lock. When I twisted, I heard a very soft click. It was one in the morning, three hours past my curfew. I'd fallen asleep at my boyfriend Jordan's house while we were studying. I was scared to death, knowing what would happen when my dad saw me.

When I entered my house, it was completely dark. Maybe he went to bed early and hasn't noticed I didn't come home. I silently closed the door and locked it. When I turned around, I felt a large hand strike my face and send my backwards, hitting my head on the door as I fell to the ground.

Dad was holding a nearly empty beer bottle, which I knew was not his first, his green eyes stared at me hard as he slurred "Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea what time it is?" I knew better than to respond. I just slowly stood up, clutching the back of my head which felt wetmaybe add 'with blood'? I don't know, its up to you. I had to refrain myself from crying.

He threw the glass bottle to the ground, I flinched when it shattered. "Answer me you little slut!" he yelled, hitting me across the face again. I let out a small yelp and clutched the side of my face. He grabbed me by the arm roughly and said "You've been at Jordan's house all night!" I tried desperately to get him to let go of my arm, which was hurting badly as he tightly held onto it.

I stuttered "I-I fell asleep. We didn't do anything." He smacked me again, and as I flew backwards I yelped from both the pain of being smacked and from the fact that he was still holding onto my arm.

"Dad, please! I promise we didn't do anything!" His grip tightened, and I couldn't help but whimper.
New paragraph.He yelled, "You're a liar, you little slut.Its up to you, but I would put an exclamation point instead of a period for more effect." He paused for a second, but then grabbed me by my other arm as well and he saidtry something a little more interesting, like 'growled' "Fine, if you want to be a slut, you can go ahead and be one." I closed my eyes tightly and bit my tongue as my dad unbuttoned my pants and I heard the zip of his.

***

I woke up, lying on the cold floor infront of the door. I felt absolutely disgusting when I recalled the night before. Tears began streaming down my face from the pain in my lower abdomen, the pain in my face, and the pain in the back of my head.

My tears mingled with the crimson blood on the floor. When I stood up off the floor, I buttoned up my pants and ran quietly up the stairs and into my room. I undressed and stared at my bruised body in the full length mirror. It would be long sleeves and jeans again today. There's no way to hide the bruises on my face, I could only put on a bunch of make up and come up with an excuse.

***One Month Later***

I looked at myself in the mirror, the bruises on my face were almost gone, but you could still see a little bit of that ugly yellow color on my skin. Wringing my hands together, I looked up at the clock on the wall. My hand shook as a reached out for the pregnancy test.

All of the sudden, I broke down in sobs "No! This can't be happening!" I wished I could just be sucked into a black hole and disappear. The test was positive. I felt my stomach lurch, so I threw myself at the toilet and threw upsince you said 'I threw myself at the toilet' I think using 'vomited' in place of this would work better..


Ahhh!!! I can't even begin to describe how much I loved this! Despite the scariness of the topic, I think you tackled it well! I cannot wait to read more!
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i thought this was great, i couldn't stop reading it! can't wait to read more. :)
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Wow.... This was really dark and couldn't have grabbed my attention any more if you tried... I can't wait to read more.
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