Hello, Lollipop!
I know you may never read this, but I found your story interesting so I'll review it. About ten years later.
Alsana was shocked by the news.
I agree with Bickazer, it's too flat and boring. It should have been more... alive and descriptive. Don't go overkill either, because that, too, does not help at all. Try to use words to there advantage and show the reader how Alsana was shocked.
She wore rather plain clothes, a forest green dress and tiny walking shoes that never uttered a sound.
Okay, at this point, I'm basically gonna have to agree with everything Bickazer said, but I'll also throw in some grammar mistakes that I caught.
Here is the beginning of my story. Its quite short but the other chapters will be longer. Hope you likey!
Wait, couldn't you add a description with your story? Was that not a feature in the past? If you could, that would have been to place to put it and not ruin the immersion. But I've seen other past stories that do the exact same thing, so I guess that feature wasn't available. Also, I like the title, even if it isn't the most creative(not saying that you aren't creative), but it works well with this story.
Why pick her? That question could never be answered.
This review may be all over the place, but stay with me here. Unless you're not reading it...
Anyways, that question can in fact be answered by the people who chose her. But maybe this is just her ignorant thinking.
Alsana was not the fairest of woman, small in height with soft, long auburn hair that swayed as she walked. She wore rather plain clothes, a forest(-)(needs a hyphen if it describes the tint of the green; wait, is that how you say it?)green dress and tiny walking shoes that never uttered a sound. On the whole, she was just ordinary.
Yes, this is a humble-girl cliché, but I mean, how could you blame someone for using what others used before them? It is very counterproductive. If people used it, it's because it was successful. And yes, time is the enemy here, but I don't think there's anything you can do to change the fact that people lived before you. So at a certain point, everything will be cliché in the future.
Her bedroom was extremely small with only a single bed as its contents(,)(that needs a comma) although there was a large window above her bed where the sun peered down at her every morning.
Commas, commas, commas! Literally every review I do includes a comma error. I'm sorry.
Above all, her bedroom was homely.
Agreeing with what Bickazer said, this was unnecessary. But so is this review, but I'm doing it anyways.
Alsana woke with a yawn and clambered out of her scruffy(,) old bed.
That comma was not needed.
She packed some essentials(,) food, clothingandsome extra belongings(,) and then straightened herself and strutted through the front door.
The first comma should've been a colon. That and should've been a comma and you should add a comma in between belongings and and. I think that's about it.
I still have no opinions with this since it is short, but hopefully I can read the rest someday. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow.
With caution,
WaterSpout
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