by onthesurface93

Published October 11, 2011

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onthesurface93 commented Comment · Oct 12, 2011

Once again, thanks very much for the kind words! Often what makes sense to me doesn't always make sense to everyone else, so that's okay!
I'll definitely try cutting back on details, to add them in later, that's a good tip!
Thanks!
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Shadowhunter14 wrote a review Review · Oct 12, 2011

Hey! It's me again, to review the next part of your story :)
So this was really good, as expected. I liked the way you revealed some of the back story to us, which is always important in a story. Also, introduced a few other characters and gave us a better idea of our MC (Lotta)'s character. Like last time, there are just some very minor grammar errors that only the picky ones will notice like

result of the dragon's fire

etc. but those don't really matter, just nit-picks.
Anyway, I can't find much fault in this actually! Once again you developed your characters quickly and effectively and drew us into the story. I found this piece quite long, but maybe that's because I usually review poetry and can be impatient :) This isn't strictly necessary, but I think you could cut this down a little, maybe the bit in the middle where she's describing her life and her family. Instead of telling us all of this in a couple of paragraphs, perhaps you could sort of reveal it to us slowly, dropping a bit of information about her every now and again, because telling us almost all of it in one setting has the potential to get a little dull.
The frustrating fact is...they just do not give up, .They insist that I must use my powers, that I must hone my skills before -
That is when they stop speaking, at "before".

Just to make the above sentence look better, more dramatic, sort of.
and somehow...without knowing it,

I think you can substiute the "..."s above with a comma. You use quite a few "..."s throughout the story, and I think most of them could be replaced with a comma or hyphen, just check these bits over.
the magick of her healing abilities flows into my skin

the two of them became my symbolic family.

I don't really get what you mean by "symbolic" family - I mean, I get what you're trying to say, but "symbolic family" isn't a phrase I've heard very often so it may provide confusion for some people.
He always wears things of undeniable worth, but he is noble enough that he does not parade about in it.

This isn't an error, I just really liked this sentence, not sure why :)
Then he opens the doors to the hall, and my stomach drops completely.

Ooh, what a great cliffhanger!
Anyhow, good job yet again, very interested and keen to read the next part. This review isn't as good as I though it would be, but I hope you find it helpful anyway :D



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