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Short Stories Short Stories, usually between 500 and 2000 words.

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Old 04-23-2005, 04:19 PM   #1
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Excerpt from story, Cubicle Next Door by Dookie

Sean hopped back and with a sigh began scraping his foot on the step. He turned around to the direction in which he had been going to see a dog staring at him. Sean grunted with a smirk. That’s the dog that did its duty in the corridor. Walking towards it with a vicious look on his face Sean suddenly tripped and found himself once more on the dirty old floor.

“Son! Did you not hear me the first time?!” the man/black bag shouted as he stood up “I’m gonna gut you, do you get me son?! B’cos you were too stupid not to fall on me again! Not to hard a task, ken?!”

The man/black bag pulled a small knife out of his…black bag and was walking towards the crumpled Sean. Sean jumped up and began to back away along the dusty old corridor muttering apologies.

“Listen, sir. I’m very…very sorry. I never saw you, you see? I was going to teach that dog a lesson! It’s a hazard to public safety!”

The man/black bag shot an angry glance at the dog.
“That’s my dog, son! Got anything else to say?!”




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Old 04-23-2005, 06:45 PM   #2
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Out of context, and being put into some random scene. It just doesnt work for me. Also its a really short excerpt that its hard to tell if I like it or not.


A few things that made this read less enjoyable, than it could have been.
I am not trying to be mean. You seem like a person who want to get good at writing, thats the only reason I am pointing these things out to you. Technical things are easy to fix and learn, so don't be discouraged. To me its all about having a good story idea to work with.

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“Son! Did you not hear me the first time?!” the man/black bag shouted as he stood up “I’m gonna gut you, do you get me son?! B’cos you were too stupid not to fall on me again! Not to hard a task, ken?!”
I didn't get the sense that Sean fell on this person or talking bag, whatever it is.
What is man/black bag?
I don't get it, really. He has to be one or the other. He can't be both at least thats how I see it.

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Walking towards it with a vicious look on his face, Sean suddenly tripped and found himself once more on the dirty old floor.
You need a comma there or else the sentence gets confusing. At first I thought Sean was making the face. Also you used "his", when you used "it" previously. Would be clearer if you used "it's"

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He turned around to the direction in which he had been going to see a dog staring at him.
Kind of clunky.
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