Reilly Soar~part 1

by twiggers

Published September 28, 2010

The only thing I knew at that moment was to get away, 'cause they wanted me, bad. Who wanted me? Why the towns people, of course! I shot through the woods, every tree was a blurr of green and brown. Coming to the end of the woods, there was a river. No man could cross that river without a boat, the rapids were too tough and the water too cold. I, however, could cross it. Not to brag, but I could. With one leap into the air, I flung out my wings (yes, wings) and soared higher into the sky. With every down stroke, I could feel my muscles work, and hear the wind whistle past me. Ahhh flying! I highly recommend it, good for the soul, good for the body! But, I'm getting ahead of myself, this isnt the begining, ohno! This is the begining... of the end...

The day when it all started was normal. I woke up, dressed in my breakfast gown, (yes, gown, my island country seems not to have caught on to the progress humans have made after the year 1700 A.D.) and started my morning lessons after "early meal" (a.k.a. breakfast). A bit into study of sciences, I complained to my advisor of a sore throught. My advisor, being the gullible person he is, told me to see the witch-doctor (remember, I said we're stuck in the 1700's). At the cave where Nagijuanna the witch-doctor lived, she checked me over thrice, and gave me a pill "to make me feel better". But did the pill make me feel better? Of course not! Just my luck! Instead, when I got back to the palace, (did I mention that my mother's the queen of the island of Quantara? Oops...) I sprouted, you guessed it, wings! Now everyone will love me! Or just burn me at the stake for "witchcraft", which every good townsfolk like to see! You could imagine the look on my mother's face... her beautiful young daughter, the princess, with long elegent red hair and gleaming eyes... ruined. Mother almost fainted. That was when I knew i had to fly away... but where?

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kaitlyn
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kaitlyn wrote a review Review · Sep 29, 2021

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),

Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!

Anyway let's get right to it,

The only thing I knew at that moment was to get away, 'cause they wanted me, bad. Who wanted me? Why the towns people, of course! I shot through the woods, every tree was a blurr of green and brown. Coming to the end of the woods, there was a river. No man could cross that river without a boat, the rapids were too tough and the water too cold. I, however, could cross it. Not to brag, but I could. With one leap into the air, I flung out my wings (yes, wings) and soared higher into the sky. With every down stroke, I could feel my muscles work, and hear the wind whistle past me. Ahhh flying! I highly recommend it, good for the soul, good for the body! But, I'm getting ahead of myself, this isnt the begining, ohno! This is the begining... of the end...


Okay, so this is a good choice of start. A nice high intensity escape sequence with a good ol' fashioned chase of sorts, except the execution just really isn't there. First of all the pacing is wayy too fast. It doesn't give us any time to register the gravity of the situation and it barely tells us where we are, where the ones chasing are and which direction is running. A few key components of a setting being missing like that ends up creating a situation where despite the cool premise here, it fails somewhat in capturing the reader's attention.

The day when it all started was normal. I woke up, dressed in my breakfast gown, (yes, gown, my island country seems not to have caught on to the progress humans have made after the year 1700 A.D.) and started my morning lessons after "early meal" (a.k.a. breakfast). A bit into study of sciences, I complained to my advisor of a sore throught. My advisor, being the gullible person he is, told me to see the witch-doctor (remember, I said we're stuck in the 1700's). At the cave where Nagijuanna the witch-doctor lived, she checked me over thrice, and gave me a pill "to make me feel better". But did the pill make me feel better? Of course not! Just my luck! Instead, when I got back to the palace, (did I mention that my mother's the queen of the island of Quantara? Oops...) I sprouted, you guessed it, wings! Now everyone will love me! Or just burn me at the stake for "witchcraft", which every good townsfolk like to see! You could imagine the look on my mother's face... her beautiful young daughter, the princess, with long elegent red hair and gleaming eyes... ruined. Mother almost fainted. That was when I knew i had to fly away... but where?


Okay, so this little flashback? memory? of sorts there is actually quite nice. It sounds like a pretty nice little explanation there for the chasing that's quite believable and with the tone you've got going on here, it has a bit of a fairy tale vibe to it which I always like, but uhh, once again, I feel like you rush it a little too much. Both of these paragraphs are trying to go to good places, its just they're going too fast to get there in a way that impacts the reader properly, so I think you need to think on this a bit more and try to flesh out these points in a bit more detail.

Aaaaand that's it for this one.

As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.

Stay Safe
Harry

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Krp0
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Krp0 wrote a review Review · Oct 11, 2010

But, I'm getting ahead of myself, this isnt the begining, ohno!


Blue: Spelling mistake- isn't
Green: Another spelling mistake- beginning
Red: Grammar mistake- should be 'oh no!'

hope that helps. :)

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twiggers
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twiggers commented Comment · Sep 29, 2010

Thank you. I'm going to try to post part 2 in a few days, so check in soon!

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wonderland
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wonderland wrote a review Review · Sep 29, 2010

twiggers wrote:The only thing I knew at that moment was to get away, 'cause Please, use the full words. Short form like that only works with speechthey wanted me, bad. Who wanted me? Why the towns people, of course! Using the exclamation mark there makes it seem like it's obvious. it's not obvious I shot through the woods, every tree was a blurr of green and brown. Coming to the end of the woods, there was a river. No man could cross that river without a boat, the rapids were too tough and the water too cold. I, however, could cross it. Not to brag, but I could. With one leap into the air, I flung out my wings (yes, wings) Brackets there are unnecessary and soared higher into the sky. With every down stroke, I could feel my muscles work, and hear the wind whistle past me. Ahhh flying! I highly recommend it, good for the soul, good for the body! But, I'm getting ahead of myself, this isnt the begining, ohno! This is the begining... of the end...
The day when it all started was normal. I woke up, dressed in my breakfast gown, (yes, gown, my island country seems not to have caught on to the progress humans have made after the year 1700 A.D.) Same, with here. use commas and started my morning lessons after "early meal" (a.k.a. breakfast) again, use commas. A bit into study of sciences, I complained to my advisor of a sore throught Throat. My advisor, being the gullible person he is, told me to see the witch-doctor (remember, I said we're stuck in the 1700's) You don't need to repeat the fact about the time. . At the cave where Nagijuanna the witch-doctor lived, she checked me over thrice, and gave me a pill "to make me feel better". But did the pill make me feel better? Of course not! Again, the exclamation mark makes it seem obvious. Just my luck! Instead, when I got back to the palace, (did I mention that my mother's the queen of the island of Quantara? Oops...) I sprouted, you guessed it, wings! Now everyone will love me! That is an overload of exclamation marks. Like, way too many. Or just burn me at the stake for "witchcraft", which every good townsfolk like to see! You could imagine the look on my mother's face... her beautiful young daughter, the princess, with long elegent red hair and gleaming eyes... ruined. Mother almost fainted. That was when I knew i had to fly away... but where?



Alright, so Overall
Interesting start.
I sort of want to know what happens next
Write On
~WickedWonder



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