Published December 17, 2011
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Hey buddy, I know this is a few years old but I told you already that I was gonna review a whole bunch of random stuff.
I'll try and not beat to death what other people have said. So skipping what the other reviews said.
I haven't quite decided if this would be more grammatically correct, however it feels better to me if the title was "Sadness of a lonely teen."
Also It should be "I’ve been alone all my life with just my family and I."
Also you shouldn't have started that second paragraph with "but"
I would have re-worded this part.
"I gave my enemies no advantage over me, nothing to make me give an inch nothing to ward me off when I sought vengeance."
and I would have changed it to something like this,
"I never let my enemies have an advantage over me. When I sought vengeance I never let down my edge."
Also i would have reworded this,
"I would fight without relent without having worry of the consequences."
and changed it to
"I would fight relentlessly and without worrying of any consequences."
I have no idea if you will actually read this review and this work is old anyway. If you want me to put more input just ask because I could write more but for now I will just leave it at this.
Lavvie, read the description line next time I had a serious faceplam just now.
Hi there MasterLHeart! 'Tis Lavvie.
I don't think I'm going to go too literary-review here and that's because I'm unsure if this is actually from you on a personal basis. I don't want to edit out your thoughts or opinions so much because that's not right. Anyway, let's see how this goes since it's so short and seemingly personal, almost private.
Already, I'm contradicting what I wrote previously about not editing thoughts. That line about 'a somewhat average teenager' annoys me a bit since it states that you're average, but not quite, that there is something different about you/this teenager. What is different about them? Usually, a phrase like such would insinuate that the little bit different would be something along the lines of some special power or ability. Instead, I, as the reader, am only supplied with something about girlfriends around Christmas that barely speaks true about average teenager. A lot of teenagers don't actually have relationships with anyone - and even then, it doesn't matter much. It's mostly experimentation with the opposite gender and thus the couple hold hardly substantial romantic feelings between themselves.
In short, I am trying to explain that not having a significant other during the holiday season is definitely not unusual about being a teenager. And so your point is redundant and therefore contradicts the entirety of your little short story. Nevertheless, I'll continue as if I haven't pointed that out.
This is a prime example of the many comma splices you commit throughout this short story. If you want to keep it simple, that comma in the center can be replaced by only a semi-colon (;). Here is a YWS article about comma splices for your personal reference and knowledge to fix the other comma splices throughout here.
...what do you mean? First of all, you have a sudden switch between past tense to present tense. This doesn't do so fix it. Secondly, this fragment I've quoted just doesn't make sense.
This should be 'years' without an apostrophe. It's the usual possessive form versus the plural form.
If you have any questions about this review, don't hesitate to shoot me a PM.
Yours,
Lavvie
Hey MasterLHeart,
This was a really good, strong written piece.
A few mistakes though:
Desperate plea for help? Little melodramtic, but that's cool.
Other than that, it's pretty good.
Well Done!
NightWriter x