I can see it is a prologue and only as the beginning, I do not need to know everything so yet. It may be your first work, may not, it does not matter right now really.
Welcome to the site if you consider yourself new here though months have already passed.
I will try to still help, maybe with bits, with this start and hopefully we will get to the following parts together. The review may be not long and informative as the writing is short but I will try my best. Most things were marked by previous reviewer.
At least in my eyes, there is no need to repeat the word Prologue at the beginning but many do it so we can leave that aside right?
'Oh shucks,' I thought scrambling to brace for impact.
You really do not need the comma before closing the thoughts' marks. You can of course leave it there if the speech/though is continued right after that, maybe also in another paragraph. But it needs to be continued and by the same person who started it, whatever it is.
I sighed and continued trying to get the locator beacon working.
For this sentence, I mainly have one question. Is the narrative sighing and continuing something while trying to get the locator beacon to work..or he is continuing to try to get it to work? If it is the second, the construction is right.
Less than a minute later the pod slammed into the planet's surface,bounced and then slid for about 10 meters before being stopped by a tree.
I opened the hatch and stepped out of the pod,which had come to rest at the edge of a clearing.
Two things to point out here. First, you need to hit the space before the comma.
Second, you need one more comma before 'before'.
Same for the second sentence which I put with it, space after comma. I noticed you know your grammar and all but you are unevenly using it. So double checking will help.
I strained my ears trying to locate the source of the sound but all was quiet.
One comma after 'ears'. Not really needed because you can not misunderstand it because ears can't try to locate but still.
"Must have been hearing things”I thought as I continued walking.
You need your space after the speech and before the action.
Before I could react it reached me and everything went black.
Comma after 'react'.
React and reach are pretty close and easy to mistaken so it's good to seperate the actions. Not the only reason to do that of course.
Overall, it is a very good beginning. I hope to read and review more. Your skills are appearent but it seems you just forget a thing or two sometimes. Someone already said it but you really can put more details in there, maybe showing us a bit of the jungle. Animals, unknown creatures for the narrative. His thoughts of survival and many others. You are currently pushing the reader to aim at the narrative's thoughts when you can let the reader see so much more.
Have a great day!
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