What do you think to the first chapter of my story? ?
I have started righting this book and im dyslexic which makes things hard. please don’t comment on spelling but is there is something which does not read wright please let me know. i want to know what you guys reckon, be honest. If its crap i would rather know. i will vote the answer that seems most honest best rather that the person who just says ‘its fantastic keep it up’. any comments would be Fantastic – thanks
I woke early that Saturday morning and as the rest of the house was still in a deep sleep I pulled on my jeans and long socks, slung on a long sleeved top, a fleecy hoody and slipped into my wellys. On the way out of the door I also grabbed some black gloves and a bobble hat. I slowly walked away from the houses down the muddy path to the beach expecting the usual emptiness but as I strolled through the dunes I found that I was for once not the only person out that morning. Walking towards me was Carl Jackson, also known as CJ. He was the most well loved boy of Larbrook high school and probably didn’t Evan know my name despite being in the same school and year as me for all of his school life. Every guy wanted to be his best friend and all the girls wanted to be dating him. He was in some baggy jeans and a large grey coat. He had a beanie pulled over his small black hair. He didn’t Evan acknowledge that I was there as he walked past me. Afterwards I just stood still in amazement. What was he doing on Besawalk beach at this time? Besawalk was a small village in the middle of knower. There were a few of us teen who lived here but CJ was not one of them. He lived miles away in Larbook. After recovering from that mornings shock I carried on with my usual walk down the beach.
When I got home mum was in the kitchen standing by the kettle waiting for it to boil. She looked up from the mug which she had just added some milk to “what is the point in having a mobile if you never take it out with you, what if I had needed to get in touch with you?” she moaned. I looked at my phone sat on the kitchen table. “You would have had to wait till I came home” I answered in my usual sarcastic tone. As she took a breath to speak the phone on the table suddenly lit up while blasting out a kings of Leon track. Before she had a chance to speak I grabbed the phone from the table and answered it to find Jims muffled voice saying “you coming out? The usual place” with out pausing I answered “yeah for sure” I then hung up the phone, turned to my mum and mumbled “I’m going out” as I quickly walked towards the door.
After leavening the house I walked towards the common. As I walked past Gabbys house I looked up the driveway, she was there as usual in her flared jeans and black trench coat, leaning up against her dad’s Porsche. “You coming” I yelled. She suddenly bounced into life “well what the hell do you reckon I’m stood out here in the cold for” she said with a cheeky smile on her face. When we reached the grassy clearing on the common used as a cricket pitch we saw Jim sat on the swing. “hey” he yelled over. At that moment Gabby and I sprinted over to the spare swing. I got their fist (as usual) Gabby had always been a slow runner. “What up homes” I said in a jokily way. “What up gals” he answered.” Were are the twins” mumbled Gabby. She was always shy in front of Jim, she gets a giddy and starts flicking her hair all over the place. She had fancied him from the first day she met him and everyone knows it but she still refuses to tell l him. Jim didn’t answer so she tried again. “Who else is coming?”, “Danny and our newest member” he said in an excited voice. “What! New member? But who is it?” she squeaked back at an amazingly quick speed. “Were not a group you fools” I said. Jim just slowly raised his arm pointing at the gate. Stood there at the entrance of the field was CJ. I new that Jim was friendly with CJ but I had no thought they were that friendly, Jim was the only one of our group who was remotely close to being well loved. As CJ walked across to us Jim started to clarify “CJ just went here from Larbrook so I let him know that we were going to hang out.” Not taking my stare of CJ I answered “fantastic” in a sarcastic voice. “Isn’t it!” Gabby said, being very serious. CJ was now stood directly in front of me and it was so tempting to take my feet of the ground and swing into him, but holding back my temptation I just stared at him with questioning eyes. “CJ this is Lexy and Gabby” Lexy, that was me. I was 15, a regular height with scraped back light brown hair. “Hey” he said in a casual voice. I just nodded in acknowledgement which was more than he had done this morning on the beach. “So what’s your name then?” said the Gabby in an attempt to be flirtatious. “I sit next to you in form room everyday and you say hey CJ. I reckon you know my name” he said in an argent tone. “Well you never say hey back so I figured it wasn’t your name and you didn’t realize I was talking to you” she sounded offended for the first time. “He thinks
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First of all you need to have everything spaced out. That’s where the “Enter” button comes in. Makes the reading simpler and less eye strain.
Second of all I reckon you have a excellent start but you need a small… more. I reckon you might need to be a small more descriptive in certian spots and a small less descriptive in other spots.
Third you keep using Evan when an even would be used.
Forth, this isn’t really somthing to fix, just more of a tip. Give your characters depth. Like CJ for instance, question yourself “Why is he the most well loved kid? What makes him so fantastic? Why did he go?” Get the thought?
After you write a piece let it sit for a few days maybe even a week. Then you lose your attachment with it and you can pick out the mistakes better. When your writing NEVER right your work. First your in writing mode, when your done then your in rewriting mode.
“It is impossible to discourage the real writers- they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write.” Quote by Sinclair Lewis.