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Reviews for: Be careful what you wish for
MadaMag
2008-06-21 . chapter 1
Idea is great, and it's a friendship, not romance, and since they are so rare it's also a great plus.

The editing need to be done. To write the story in such flush (lack of breaks in paragraph) make it hard to read. Usually we break when a speaker in dialog is changing (you can do it easy in while editing the chapter).

The story also is a bit rushed; as in dialog over scene build ie. "“Lancers fire!” But as always Zorro was already out of reach... Diego entered the tavern:“Ola Father, Victoria, I..."
Even if it's in new paragraph it would be advised to point that some time went between those event, like "It was already afternoon when Diego entered the tavern..." and to 'show' us, the readers, his action after he entered ie. "He scanned the inside and seeing his father talking with the beauty seniorita he stepped toward them with a smile. “Ola Father,..."

I'm looking forward to more of your stories! Keep going, the most important thing - ideas - you cover great.
Sprite3
2008-05-23 . chapter 1
I agree with pamz below, more spacing between the paragraphs and the dialogs would make this text much easier to read. Also, you should correct the numerous typos as well, they may not show up on your word processor because they are actual words (like trail and trial).
Overall this was a good story, though I would have made it a bit longer to explore a little more the feelings that Victoria has in her dream. I would've made the initial situation where she slips into the 'alternate universe' more mysterious, let the reader wonder what is happening... like she would have a seemingly normal day after she wakes up but then she can't find Diego and realizes he's gone. I also would've kept the angel as a punch line somewhere after she comes back to the 'real' world... suggestions of course :)
pamz
2008-05-22 . chapter 1
Overall, a pretty good story. Just a couple of spelling errors - trail (a pathway) instead of trial (a court proceeding), 'off course' (lost or off the path) instead of 'of course' (yes, sure), and 'ola' instead of 'hola' (Spanish for hello).

I also would have like more paragraphs, they make for an easier read. Starting a new paragraph for each speaker also helps the reader to keep track of who is saying what.

Punctuation was also a little weak, no periods on the end of some sentences, missing commas and quotation marks, and the misuse of colons.

But still a good story I enjoyed reading. I like that Victoria got to see all the good that Diego did for everyone and she realized what he really meant to her.
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