Published December 30, 2009
I erased my story because I don't trust people. I am planning on getting this PUBLISHED and they may think I copied this and\or people might steal my ideas
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Honey, your story is here to be judged
If you want to publish it, apply for a copyright number for you to post at the bottom of each piece of your work. Then, if anybody copies your work its against the law. Good luck with your publishing by the way! x
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Thanks. I am changing the part about Frost. How bout this:
Kafel lowered his muzzle and snarled at he wolf. They became a tangling, deadly fight.The wolf bit his shoulder, but Kafel snarled and lashed at his shoulder. The wolf snarled and bit deeper into his shoulder. Kafel whimpered. Frost jumped up, helping Kafel. Sratchinng the wolf, leaving a deep and bloddy wound. The wolf, bit Frost, pushing her to the side.
The larger wolf was winning.The wolf tore at Kafel's flank then clawed his muzzle. Kafel fell back and the wolf raced away.
Whoa, calm down. If you want reviews, the best thing to do is to review other people. You'll get noticed a LOT easier.
I suggest Strunk and White's Elements of Style. But it's your choice, really.
Anyway... there are a lot of weird things in the story. The grammar's off, for one. Some names aren't capitalized, the dialogue grammar is mostly wrong, and there are other, little things that just add up. I'm not going to show you what needs to be fixed... there's simply too much to go through. But do check out your favorite grammar book and read it thoroughly. If you don't have a favorite grammar book, you should, especially if you want to become a published writer!
I just want to go over a couple of scenes...
Why isn't there more discussion of how Frost is sick? There's also no curiosity as to what could be wrong with Frost. I'm wondering why you bothered to mention it in the first place.
1) Advantage of surprise? Only a little.
2) Wolves that are in the pack do not just let one guy fight a lone wolf... they'll attack it together. When I walked three dogs at a time and they saw another dog, if one dog tried to attack, all of them joined in. Very annoying.
Why did you use this metaphor? It makes the wolves seem less cool.
...what?
Crickets do not live in snow.
Now, in general, it looks like you don't like your stories exciting... which is a bit weird! You have all this politics, all these fight scenes, all this possible betrayals, but it seems really really dry and cut-out. Obviously, you don't want your story to become a soap opera, but putting a little drama in your story is always a good thing!
So, try adding a little drama! Instead of having things get resolved quickly (Frost feels sick, the healer doesn't know what's wrong with her, so she gets put on patrol and is not affected by her feeling sick at all) you can make things a little bit more interesting if things don't resolve so quickly (Frost feels sick, the healer doesn't know what's wrong with her, so she gets put on patrol and is seriously injured because of her inability to concentrate). Make little things have consequences. Azami is too kind and allows for possible traitors to be buddy-buddy with her... maybe this means that she gets over thrown and has to regain her position as alpha female... weirder things have happened!
Just make things have real consequences and make the characters struggle with those consequences. It'll make it more dramatic and help us get drawn into the story emotionally. And yes, that does make it a lot more complicated to write. However, half the fun of writing is figuring out how all the puzzle pieces fall into place!
Have fun writing!
Please don't just read and don't leave comments. I'd like some advice!
Do you guys like it??