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Can I get some feed back on this short creative writing?

Never having fallen in love, I don’t really know what it feels like, what it should feel like, but I know that I want to. An attraction, a desire, not sure if it is suppressed because I wouldn’t act upon it, even if it was there. With all these pop teenager movies, I feel like im behind. Never been kissed? But what about if I never even wanted to be kissed?

My friend’s dad passed away. Three years ago. I haven’t seen my father in nine years. Well, that’s not true, I have seen him. In my nightmares. After he hurt me, I cant bare to see him, speak of him, or even think of him. But is it wrong to wish that my dad could have died instead. My friend has embodied his dad’s persona, but I try to erase all mannerisms and tendencies that nature had given me that are similar to his. I would give all of myself to take away my dad and give my friend his dad back. Its not that i am scared of him, for his threats are meaningless now, I’m safe, I have a family, but its more that such goodness was taken away, while evil is still out there.

Having just met a Frenchie, I was explaining to him over dinner that being orthodox, I don’t touch men. He puzzled looked at me and said “But I kissed you” What? “That’s not possible, I just met you, and I don’t kiss men (or women), the only man I will kiss is my husband” “but I kissed you” maybe in your dreams.

Father issues, or just more picky. I don’t fall for the romantic movies. “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Does that intense attraction really exist? I have been liked, I haven’t liked, not really liked. Never have I been wanted for why I wanted to be wanted.

No crush, no, my love for now, is myself. And when I meet a guy who loves me for the reasons I love me, then I can love him. My third act will be played off stage.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The ideas there are good but the piece doesn't flow well. Perhaps you have some reason for writing it this way that I fail to see, but the first three paragraphs seem to me to introduce completely different ideas that don't connect. They seem like they might have come from three different pieces of writing. The last two paragraphs kind of try to draw the ideas back together it seems but they don't quite get there.

    The second sentence is a little confusing to read and could probably be worded better. The last sentence of the first paragraph is also a bit off, I can't quite tell if you meant to say "Bust so what if I've never even wanted to be kissed?" or "What if I never even wanted to be kissed?"

    In the sixth sentence of the second paragraph there is a slight typo of the word 'can't' (nothing major just missing the apostrophe). There should be a question mark at the end of the following sentence. Again there is a missing apostrophe in the word 'It's' in the last sentence of the paragraph (twice actually). The last two sentences of that paragraph seem a little like you had a lot of things you wanted to communicate but couldn't quite get them all down in a way that flows well. The last sentence in particular has a lot of punctuation and would probably work better if you were to spread it over a few sentences. The third paragraph is completely lost on me to be honest, perhaps this is more due to me being ignorant than your writing. If you want to though it might be a good idea to try re-wording it a bit. The word 'more' at the beginning of the fourth paragraph is probably not necessary. The quote used here might need to be explained, where does it come from (again maybe I'm missing something here)? The fifth sentence might read better as; "I have been liked, but I haven't liked, not really liked." The last sentence also may read better as; "Never have I been wanted for the reasons I want to be." The last paragraph on the whole makes for a pretty good conclusion and the last sentence sounds like it was intended to mean something metaphorically but I don't quite get it (sorry), maybe it would be helpful if you found away to work it into the piece as an extended metaphor.

    Sorry I've droned on a bit here but overall I would say the piece has good potential, with a bit of reworking it will no doubt be wonderful! The ideas seem to be there the only thing left to do is find effective ways to communicate them. The emotion behind the words seems very strong and once communicated to it's full potential will no doubt hold great effect over those who read it.

    Source(s): My opinion, feel free to pick and choose what to take note of after all my opinion is just that and nothing more.
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I'm willing to consider Ameretta that the paragraph approximately your father attracts away out of your foremost factor. I can effortlessly see, nevertheless, that you just write with ardour that flows out of you. The manner that you just assault an thought is lively and, possibly a contact indignant however, I consider the essential factor this is in case you be taught to manage your ardour and take extra time to explain or even beautify your strategies, you'll write a work that may transfer any one. And is not that what all of us desire out of writing? To make a different suppose the equal emotions that you just do? To cause them to as passionate approximately the strategies as you it appears are? Also, as I reread the piece, it's visible that you simply cranked it out and did not do so much, if any, enhancing. You have to be leaping round much less and spend extra time getting those strategies throughout in your viewers. Good good fortune!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    lots of emotion channel it more

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