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Anonymous asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

I started to write a story because I was bored, I'm 14, anyone wanna read the first paragraph?

I edited this since my other question and I already have eight more pages done, I can't post them here and ask for opinions though because of copyrights and stuff. =)

"I have nothing to wear..." Ciara McFallden muttered to herself as she searched through her oversized walk-in closet for an adorable outfit. She glanced down at her own outfit which was a white sleep tank, red pajama pants, and her favorite fuzzy pink slippers. It was already one o'clock on a lazy saturday afternoon and she hadn't even gotten dressed yet. She had woken up a little over an hour earlier and laid in bed for a while, just thinking about what she wanted to do today. Eventually, she threw back the sheets, made her way into the kitchen and had her family's cook Helga make breakfast even though it was lunchtime. After she finished her blueberry pancakes, she headed for the bathroom to brush her teeth, wash her face and do her hair. She had skipped a shower because she had washed her hair last night before she

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went to bed. Taking showers at night calmed her down and it was easier than taking showers before school started. It also gave her an opportunity to think about the day's events while doing something productive. Even on weekends like today, she still took showers the night before simply out of habit. As, she dug through her clothes, Ciara frowned as she pulled out shirts, glanced at them, shook her head and then put them back. Her hands paused at a blue half-sleeve Hollister knit, but then she just brushed it away as if it were a pesky fly. With a look of despair on her pretty face, Ciara stood up, folded her arms across her chest and walked out of her closet.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    This is really good, you should keep on writing and try to get your story published if you ever finish it. =)

  • 1 decade ago

    take out the following:

    She had skipped a shower because she had washed her hair last night before she went to bed. Taking showers at night calmed her down and it was easier than taking showers before school started. It also gave her an opportunity to think about the day's events while doing something productive. Even on weekends like today, she still took showers the night before simply out of habit.

    is there really a purpose to tell your audience this? it slows down the action and people don't really care if she takes a shower or not. many people these days have a very short attention span. good job so far, though.

  • shaan
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It's a pretty good story, but I think you have way too many words. You describe everything too in depth, which will bore many people. That same reason is why a lot of people don't like Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, including me.

  • 1 decade ago

    It is pretty good but I think you need to make the character more elaborate in the next few paragraphs and not the things she does or the clothes she wears. Other than that it was very good. =))

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  • 1 decade ago

    i like it! and her name really flows.

    you should be a writer. will you write more and send me some? i think its good!

    click on me and then hit my email.

    good luck,

    xxlovexx

    i think the extra detail makes it easier to picture in my mind, the way you detail it im picturing her as a somewhat spoiled regular teen with a wealthy family.

    ((and im not asking to read it to steal your story, i just think its good.))

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's really good. But be careful, there are people out there that might steal that...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Keep writing. I think you've got a talent for it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    very descriptive and detailed good start for a beginner.

    Source(s): lam
  • 1 decade ago

    is your story all about clothing?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    SALUT COMMEN T

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