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Hiya fragile! Here as requested!
If I find word(s) that are too "fancy" then it's bolded in the quote. If I can come up with something better on the spot, then the fancy word is crossed out and a less fancy one is bolded next to it.
There should be commas between each "flash" and "tick"
Yep, the whole sentence is too fancy.
Unless formal similes are being used in the book, don't use them now.
Smiley again.
Drop the "were" in here. Makes it more in the now.
With the language it's pretty clear who's speaking, but with the tag it's not. If you want to make it 100% clear, then put a mention of Mark somewhere by the dialogue.
Bolded bit- I have no idea what you mean by "cringed into the far wall." I think you misplaced/misused a verb.
This tag is less clear, since we have no mention of Mark at all, while he's still speaking.
You can put this all on one line, or not. Just my preference to have all the dialogue from one person on one line.
~ "Just then" could probably be nixed.
~ You're repeating yourself with "smiled an evil grin." Or is that part of the book's style?
And your MC doesn't yell/gasp/do anything from this pain? I know I'd yell is somebody cut my cheek.
"Stained" is pushing it here, also.
Why three?
That sure sounds like an apology to me....
Long sentence here. Break it up.
Even after the corrections I made I still find this sentence long. Shorter is better in this case, ya?
I just can't see this character thinking that last bit.
If Mr. Brown lives next door to them, would he really introduce himself this way?
Long sentence. Break it up! ^_^
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Whew! Other then some style-switching, this was pretty good. I liked the ending, and how it tied into the book's title. ^_^ Nice work!
When rewriting, I'd watch out that your own style doesn't bleed through. That's what 90% of my nit picks are; words being too long. (Which, in any other case, I would not comment on, but since you told me about the language....
If you have any questions (or need clarification) feel free to PM me.
~Rosey