The Desert Trap: Please Close

by steward

Published February 4, 2012

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ShootingStars
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ShootingStars wrote a review Review · Feb 4, 2012

Hi! This is Shooting Stars here to review... Well, there's actually not very much here for me to review. Is this a part of another short story or chapter? Alone, it's not technically a short story because there's no plot, no development of characters etc.
This is literally three sentences, but a very good three sentences. Maybe you could place The Desert Trap at the opening of a book, because what little you have is very interesting. You're the writer, though! Here's a few mistakes I found:
"Jet opened his eyes and stood up, his head felt like..." It doesn't make very much sense this way. Try writing something like this, "As Jet opened his eyes and stood up, his head felt like..." Also include more feelings he had and describing words as he woke up and looked around.
"He was in a room he didn't recognize, it looked like an old..." After the word recognize, there needs to be a comma because this is a full thought.
"...Dusty VCR player connected to a dusty television." In this sentence, you used the word dusty twice. Why not switch it for another adjective the second time to make it more interesting?
"Jet looked out the barred window, there was nothing but..." Again we need to stop the complete thought after the word window with a period.
Things to keep in mind:
Show the reader, try to not tell the reader. As writers, it's our job to keep a reader turning the page. If you always tell, the story may drag just a bit.
Finish a complete thought with a period OR, if it's necessary, a semicolon.
Try adding more emotion and details!
If this is an opening to another story/book, it should be pretty great. If there are more parts, I want to read them! Just keep toying with your idea and adding on to it, and it will turn out spectacular. Keep going! :-)
---Shooting Stars

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ShootingStars
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ShootingStars wrote a review Review · Feb 4, 2012

Hi! This is Shooting Stars here to review... Well, there's actually not very much here for me to review. Is this a part of another short story or chapter? Alone, it's not technically a short story because there's no plot, no development of characters etc.
This is literally three sentences, but a very good three sentences. Maybe you could place The Desert Trap at the opening of a book, because what little you have is very interesting. You're the writer, though! Here's a few mistakes I found:
"Jet opened his eyes and stood up, his head felt like..." It doesn't make very much sense this way. Try writing something like this, "As Jet opened his eyes and stood up, his head felt like..." Also include more feelings he had and describing words as he woke up and looked around.
"He was in a room he didn't recognize, it looked like an old..." After the word recognize, there needs to be a comma because this is a full thought.
"...Dusty VCR player connected to a dusty television." In this sentence, you used the word dusty twice. Why not switch it for another adjective the second time to make it more interesting?
"Jet looked out the barred window, there was nothing but..." Again we need to stop the complete thought after the word window with a period.
Things to keep in mind:
Show the reader, try to not tell the reader. As writers, it's our job to keep a reader turning the page. If you always tell, the story may drag just a bit.
Finish a complete thought with a period OR, if it's necessary, a semicolon.
Try adding more emotion and details!
If this is an opening to another story/book, it should be pretty great. If there are more parts, I want to read them! Just keep toying with your idea and adding on to it, and it will turn out spectacular. Keep going! :-)
---Shooting Stars

Oops! Sorry! I made a typo. When I put, "After the word recognize, there needs to be a comma because it's a complete thought." I really meant, "...be a PERIOD..."
Sorry!
---Shooting Stars

steward replied · Feb 8, 2012

Sorry, I thought I could continue this but when I realized I couldn't, it was too late...



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