Hey Derek! Haven't seen you in a while. Okay, onto the crit. This is short enough for me to give a full one...
Chapter 1: Intro
An explosion outside the castle window awoke the young prince. He sat up straight in his bed astonished by the events occurring outside. Events, to me, sounds very formal. What was happening outside, maybe? Also, events kind of implies he knows what's going on. I know I wouldn't if I was suddenly woken up like that... Another blast hit the right wall cause Fable to push forward with much force. The boy of just seventeen Cut out the "just". You've already said he's young. Plus, this is fantasy. He's most likely going to be around that age. The just would be okay if he was five... but not seventeen fell to the ground his head smashing into the hard stone floor. The rays of light outside peirced should be pierced the dark cloud that covered the night sky and now I'm not sure pierced it the world at all. Penetrated, perhaps? Only pierced, cloud, mm, it doesn't work for me. Fable looked up at the moon;wasn't there a cloud there? Moonlight, perhaps his long black hair covering his right eye.
Fable's vision blurred, blood dripping down the back of his neck. He slowly tried to stand, but fell again to the ground. Another explosion smashed into the lower part of the castle. The tower which contained his quarters started to tilt toward the ground. Fable’s feet became numb and he began to slide toward his doom. He tried to stand and run up the floor of the falling tower. Failing, he slid down the floor and to the edge of the tower. In mid tilt, the tower stopped its slow pursuit to the ground. Fable hung onto the remains of the wall that had once been there. An explosion struck the tower once again causing it to continue its collision course with the dark sea below. find another word for tower. His home, his room, his abode, the structure, the building. You say tower way too many times.
Fable began to fall with the tower. He clenched his fist as to if if to keep himself from falling. Why would you clench your fist? The tower hit something that stopped its fall. Fable held on for his life,personally I prefer for dear life, but it's your story but the blow to the head was starting to affect him.hadn't it begun to affect him already? Catching up with him; his vision blurred, his strength drained Catching up with him doesn't sound right here. Try rephrasing the last two sentences if you want to fit it in, eg "The effect of the blow to his head was catching up with him. His vision began to blur and his strength drained.". His fist loosened and his hand numbed. He felt himself fall not fast but slow; not quickly, but slowly as if time was slowing down nice, he looked at his doom a little morbid. Try fate here. Time resumed its original pace and Fable expected darkness, he expected death, but it never came. He opened his eyes, he lie lay on his back, scales, black scales.I think you need an extra clause here. Perhaps a new sentence. Try back. He could feel scales, smooth, dark scales. A roar emmited from a strange creature, but was furious yet peacful peaceful, then a comma or a colon, not sure which, ask someone else! almost like it was calling his name. It pulled his mind awake, he knew that roar anywhere, his dragon Roaric. He looked up to see a blurry vision of a woman glowing in a red cloak. huh? I mean, huh? He has a dragon and there's a woman there suddenly. Elaborate
Fable’s eye felt heavy, he felt disoriented and cold. He finally gave into his body and his eyes closed, as he drifted to an unconscious state. and where's the dragon and the woman? What are they doing???
It wasn't bad, as such, but you need your prose to come alive more. Put yourself in his position, what would you be doing? Also, describe. Describe the room, describe falling. Put us into Fable's mind. Let us see what you saw when you wrote this. There are some nice bits of writing in here, it's showing potential.
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