Date: July 10 2022 12:46 PM Title: The Plan
So, this is solely off the first chapter. But it seems like this is gearing up to be an enjoyable ride. My biggest liking to this so far is the lean and easy to follow nature of it. Though perhaps it does lack description at times.
I will say that grammar and punctuation wise I am seeing a bit too much commas in places where they sometimes don’t belong. Such as in the first 2 paragraphs. Not to mention formatting issues. Though they seem largely fixed by the next chapter (having skimmed it.)
Another minor complaint I have is the use of brackets here. They seem to employ a tell not show situation to the story. (E.g Vee’s signature pose being “cool” is told to us, rather than anything describing it, or a metaphor likening it to something else or even inner monologue from the character telling us it’s her signature pose and that it’s cool. ) I feel like there are better ways to do these specific details which could leave your being more interesting.
So far I have a few complaints, but it’s a good beginning.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much for the detailed review!
I'll definitely work on trying to reduce my use of commas, as well as brackets! I think I like having long sentences, and I often like to interject little pieces of information and flavor, but I'll do my best to reduce the frequency.
I ran my story through an HTML converter and reposted it, so HOPEFULLY the formatting is better now. I write my stuff elsewhere then copy it over, and sometimes it does weird stuff :/
I also rewrote the last paragraph, regarding Vee's pose. It's nothing amazing but you were right and I wanted it to be better.
Really glad you're liking the story so far :)
Date: July 10 2022 12:37 PM Title: The First Mishap
This is far better in my opinion. Maybe the first chapter was simply formatted weirdly, but this seems like a big improvement. The description is nice, a bit on the small side but there. The grammar is far better too, there’s still some formatting issues here and there. But nowhere near to the extent of the first chapter. And tbh i can see why, having also published some stuff on this site. So it’s understandable.
This was enjoyable, looking forward for more.