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For 's June Prose Prompt:
The prompt:
The prompt:
- In 2,000 words (exactly. Not 2,001 or 1,999. 2000.) write about a break up. Write about being single.
The catch: You have to make it ugly. It can't be your average, "Oh, he/she broke up with me I'm so depressed" crap. I want something ugly. Beatings. Obsessions. Secrets. Stalking. Murder. Make it fierce.
Uhm. I'm terrible at being strict with the word count. This is over. By a lot. Sue me.
(Maybe it's a bad thing...I made up the prompt, I should follow the guidelines right? Oh well.)
Word Count--2649.
I'm also submitting this to The Deviant Short Fiction Project over at :iconla-est-abyssus:. Read the journal about the project here!
Specific Critique Questions:
1. Do the descriptions work? Were there any places you found yourself wondering what the hell I was trying to imply?
2. Any awkward places or places I need to look at again?
3. Enough details? Too many/too few?
4. Grammar? Any errors?
June 2011
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Wooo, you have some good tension in here. I was really intrigued and a little bit scared the whole way through, apart from when the mom comes and I started to think "oh, her mom's not that bad, phew" and then i was like ARGHHH HOLY SHIT, and then i was scared again. So well done on that front!
I think the description works really well. You use language that implies something's a bit wrong the whole way through. Normally i find that a lot of description slows down a piece, but I think you used the right amount so that the pace was consistent throughout.
I didn't come across any awkward places that you need to redo, but then again i was probably busy being too terrified to notice if there was!
I think you have enough detail and i didn't come across any grammatical errors. I think that this piece is really original and has a massive impact. Possibly the most tense/scary piece i've read on dA so far! Well done!