 simplytoopretty 2008-02-15 . chapter 1Um, okay. So you kind of stole Queen C's idea with Clark being turned into an animal, but I can let that slide. I like Clark-as-an-animal story and the Chloe turning into an animal was cute. But there are a fewa problems with this story. One, the dialogue is at times silted. Try to move away from very formal English with dialogue. Write how people talk. The dialogue tends also to be a bit convulted and it just doesn't come off as natural. It comes off as forced and stiff. Also, most people don't ask two unrelated questions in the same sentence, which is what your characters do a lot. Have them ask a question, get an answer, and then ask the second question.
Secondly, the characters are very OCC. OCC isn't a bad thing, but your characters are one-dimensional. Characters should be complex, but you've reduced Clark and Chloe and Martha to people I'd expect a 11-year old to write. Like the part about how Chloe and Martha can just tell the cat is Clark by his eyes is a bit of a stretch. It could happen but the way you did it just seemed too quick.
I get that you like happy endings and Chlark romance, but the way you go about this just doesn't really work. You have Clark just suddenly declaring his love for Chloe. What happened to Lana? Why does Clark as a cat want to declare his love for Chloe? It just happens really oddly.
On a positive note, I did notice significant improvement in your sentence structure and your grammar. That's really good. Still, character development and dialogue are aspects you could really stand to work on. I'm going to recommend reading books and also observing how your friends/family speak.
Good luck with your writing! |