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Can you read the start of my story and tell me if it's good? I'm 14 and wanna be a author. Please help?

Here is the start. This story is going to be like Fantasy/Suspense. But for Teens!!(: (no not vampires)

Chapter 1:

I stared out the car window quietly. The air was blowing soft against my face and I could feel my hair blowing back and it felt nice. I could smell rain, like it had just down poured. A shiver ran through my body, not that it was cold, but perfect tempeture. I tried not to think about anything else except the beautiful weather as I like to call, my kind of weather and I didn't focus on anything else. It felt nice to feel like your flying and your mind was free. It was like walking in the rain for the first time, the beautiful way it just-

"Ow!" I screamed. My little brother had thrown his little racecar he was playing with right at my head. So much for my amazing moment. I faced sideways so I could look behind me at the backseat where he was siting.

"Aren't you a little to old to be playing with little cars?" I asked him.

"Aren't you a little to young to be insulting me?" He rolled his eyes.

"Ugh! Mom, aren't you going to say something? He hit me in the head?" I told her through gritted teeth. She kept her eyes on the rode where she was driving.

"Hayden, you've been messing with him the whole ride here, can't you two just stop? We are almost there," she exclaimed. I turned back to face the window, like i've done the whole two and a half hour drive.

"I still can't believe your making us move in with your so called boyfriend that you love so much," I complained. How could she move us three hours away with her boyfriend, who I barely even knew? Sure, he spent alot of time at our house, but I was always out with friends. Friends who i'll probably never see again, thanks to her.

"We've talked about this Hayden," she sighed. My mothers long brown hair was perfectly straightned, something that she never does and she had on sunglasses on top of her head.

"Yeah, we have, but that doesn't mean it's okay," I said turning to face her.

"I'm sorry. It will take time, but you'll adjust quickly,"she suggested.

"Whatever. I can't believe you did this to me, right in the middle of my sophmore year. I don't know anyone there and I barely even know Bryan!" I yelled. It wasn't completely like me to be throwing this kind of tantrum, especially in the car, where I couldn't just run off to my room, but she was being so unfair. She didn't even think about how Trent and I feel. Of course she thought about her boyfriend Bryan though.

"I'd rather live with dad," I whispered. As soon as I said it I regretted so much. I didn't want to hurt my mom, but it slipped out.

She blinked rapidly and then got back to normal. I could tell that really made her sad.

"Sweetie, it's for the best. Please. I know you completely disagree with me, but Bryan is a nice guy and he really likes you kids and well, i love him, and it would be nice to have someone around and someone to help. He's great! In time, you'll figure it out. Its a tough move, but I think once you start school and get settled, you will love it. It's fifteen minutes away from the beach too," she smiled.

"Great. Floods," I smiled fakely.

She sighed and I let it drop and turned to trent.

"Trent, tell mom you hate that we're moving," I demanded. He looked at me confused.

"I'm glad. I hate my old school. Everyone was rude," he admitted. I thought Trent had tons of friends. I guess I thought wrong...

"Thanks Trent. See, you'll get used to it, watch and see," my mother told me.

"Yeah, right," I rolled my eyes. I grabbed my ipod from my lap and put on my headphones and blasted it as loud as it could go and began to face the window once again. I watched as we quickly passed all the trees. I could still see drops of rain falling from some of the leaves. Then, I thought I saw a figure under one of the trees, but then I blinked and it was gone. Probably, just my imagination or I really am crazy. I shook it off and softly closed my eyes, hoping to fall asleep.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If you were an adult it would be beyond poor writing.

    But since your 14 it's okay but you can do better

  • 1 decade ago

    Not bad. There are spelling and grammatical errors but you'll catch them in your editing process. One thing to keep an eye on is changing your point of view. Right now you're writing in first person, seeing only through the eyes of your character. But in this sentence, 'She blinked rapidly and then got back to normal.' you have changed to the mom's point of view. Your character wouldn't know the mom was back to normal. Now, if you wrote it that she blinked rapidly, swiped at dampness on her cheeks, then took a deep breath, shook out her hands and re-gripped the steering wheel, something along those lines just showed your character that the mom was pulling herself back together and allowed you to stay in your first person point of view. You do a very good job using the senses, which a lot of writers forget. Touch, smell, etc. Try making the descriptions a bit more original though. In the first paragraph you mention how nice it feels to have her hair blowing. Instead of saying simply, 'it felt nice' try coming up with something original in your own words what that means. Or better yet, leave those words out completely. You've implied it feels nice through the use of descriptive words like blowing softly. That's strong writing. Following that with it feeling nice is almost like you don't trust your previous words to get across to the reader what you are trying to say, and it ends up lessening the impact of the previous words. I'd say delete the feeling nice part and continue showing us rather than telling us. All in all, you're headed in the right direction and it sounds interesting. Good luck.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You used blowing twice in the first two sentences. I'd change that.

    Wind blows softly around your face, not soft around your face.

    In the second paragraph, get rid of the "he was playing with." You don't have to, but it sounds more professional.

    In the second and third lines of dialogue it should be "too" not "to."

    "Aren't you a little too young to be insulting me?" That doesn't make sense to me, but maybe it does to you(?)

    In paragraph five, it should be "Something that she never did." Past tense or present, pick one and stick with it.

    Paragraph 5, 3rd line of dialogue. Thats not something you suggest.

    It's a good start. I like it so far other than those small mistakes. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hey! Just to let you know, I'm thirteen and also want to be an author!

    I think it's pretty good so far, not that I'm an expert.

    Some of your sentences (The air was blowing soft against my face and I could feel my hair blowing back and it felt nice.) were getting kind of long.

    It also seemed kinda slow, like I was waiting for that WOW moment, ya know?

    Other than those it was really good!

    Good luck!

    -Selena :)

    Source(s): Young Writer as well.
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  • 1 decade ago

    I like it, needs lot's of work though. Add a little emotion and fix a couple grammatical mistakes. The first paragraph felt to repetitive to me, maybe delete some of those last sentences.

    Source(s): Me, Myself, and I :)
  • 1 decade ago

    It starts off pretty decently. Your grammar needs to be edited a bit but it sounds like it could develop into something pretty good.

  • 1 decade ago

    You are truly amazing. Be an author. You have a gift! Very detailed and well written. I wish you luck with your writing career. I am a 12 year old and I too want to be an author. If you pick my question for a best answer, would you please wish me luck or at least add me to your contacts. Thanks. Best of Wishes and Follow your Heart!

  • 1 decade ago

    its good but i dont think the reader can really relate to the teenage girl, shes kind of whiney.

  • Andrea
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    i think it's really good i would love to read the book when your finished writing it

  • 1 decade ago

    I like it! Keep it up!

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