 Seigimoro 2005-05-06 . chapter 6 Well...stupid thing won't let me sign in...
Whew, I finally finished it all... @.@ Came out to almost 80 Word document pages. But, hey, it was worth all the paper and risking an explosion from my computer lab teacher. XD
Well...to start off, very, very few problems. I suggest profreading your work occasionally though, mainly before you post the next chapter, and to refine your exisiting ones to prefection. There are some errors and a couple of grammar problems (though negelctible they are: missing commas, spelling errors, etc.), and at the level you are at, it's neccesary that you keep your work as smooth as possible. You'll get more envious people that way. ~_^ (and perhaps rival Rose Thorne's work XD)
You've done a nice job to keep the attention of the reader, so I have no comments on that. *but*, the first chapter is a bit on the tedious side-there are some places that could use less description so the chapter can move faster. I don't think it would be much of a problem to take some pieces out. This is mainly the beginning, before Yui gets out of the dungeon for good. The rest of the story works just fine. That still shouldn't keep you from re-reading your work every so often; it'll help you catch places that you think may use a bit of editing and/or revision. I do it all the time, so my work 'evolves' every once in while... XD
Now, I'm going to go into metaphors...a great usage with them. However, I'd just like to point out that you'd sometimes have to be careful with them...
"Kaika was comfortable like the mountains of the country he calle dhome, constant like the sun, and gentle like the wind."
Now, think about the wind a bit more deeply. Is the wind always gentle? Let's not forget how annoying and cold they can be in the winter, and how firece they are in hurricanes and storms. You want to pick a metaphor that makes absolute sense (I have no better way to explain it...), always centered around the same thing. Bear with me, here...I'm trying to make sense. ^^; The best I can do is show an example...
Say you're describing a woman who has blue, cold eyes. To be creative, what would be most fitting to show how unpleasent this lady could be? (heh.)
"Her eyes as blue as blue knives."
This is what I mean: this is a poor description, because not all knives are blue, and specifying only the subsection of knives that are blue completely ruins the effect.
I must make another point:
"Her eyes are as blue as smurfs with daggers."
NEVER go into this. Especially in a serious story. Sorry...I had to do that, lol.
"Her eyes are like the crack and tumble of blue, glacial ice."
THIS is what I mean. Glacier ice is always blue and always sharp, especially in a situation like this. Once I again, I hope I made sense. XD
Yeh...I can't wait for the next chapter. ^.^ I was enthralled by it enough that I forgot I was baking in the sun outside. XDD Good thing I didn't get sunburned (in alaska... o.0).
(whew...if you wondering, I've written reviews longer than this.)
The rest of you reviewers, give her (or him?) more support! There's more to fanfiction than yaoi and yuri. XP |