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Until Her Day (Sixteen)

by Royboy





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Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:49 pm
Twit wrote a review...



Yuh, this is good! I think you did the (dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun) foreshadowing just fine. Stands to reason that it can't stay perfect. :)

Royboy wrote:With her chores done and permission to sit outside and read, Evie ignored the taunts of Anna...


"Anna's taunts" sounds better, and not so much like a French translation exercise.


Roya wrote:"It's beautiful," Evie muttered, fingering the edges.


I always associate "muttered" with the person saying something in an unwilling or cross way. I'd use "murmured", but your choice.

Otherwise, fine! :D




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Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:07 am
Black Ghost says...



Ah, one sentence like the one you added is enough. As long as you have some kind of hook, it makes it better.

Hope that helps,
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:04 am
Royboy says...



Is a single sentence of forshadowing enough, or do I have to rewrite this? If it's only one chapter that's like this, will it really make that big of a difference? I added another sentence, if that will make a difference. Check the very end.

~Roya




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Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:58 am
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I would suggest at least hinting at a conlfict in this...just to keep the reader interested.




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Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:56 am
Royboy says...



Yeah, I appologize. Hehe. It gets not-so-perfect in a bit, but I just wanted to show how it was an ideal life with a loving family and everything. Will you excuse me this once? *grins*

~Roya




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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:29 pm
dele24 wrote a review...



And here is where it starts to get funky for me. I don't know what it's like to be sixteen, and I don't know what a happy family is like, my parents having divorced when I was eight.


Wow, my parents divorced when I was 8 too!!!

I did like this chapter, but not as much as the other two. I think thats because you made it too perfect, her parents are liek perfect, the boy she likes asks her out, its just too unrealistically good.





If it wasn't for poetry, I couldn't express myself.
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