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Old 09-13-2005, 10:16 AM   #1
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haven dale - is there any improvement?

I put a bit of the story back to see if there was an imporvement.
i will add more if you all like.

Haven dale

3AM
Kali Jo Jenkins. gets a flat tire in a quiet little town
somewhere in Louisiana.
she looked around nervously realizing there was
no people or sounds, not even a dog’s bark in the
distance, which would of been some consolation to her.
but there was just the wind, creaking and shadows,
it was very eerie . she tried her cell phone but all
she could get out of it was static. she went to her trunk
to look for the spare tire but there wasn't one
" Damn!! I'm such an idiot ! “ she slammed the trunk door
very upset now. She decided to Wait till daylight before
hiking back to civilization. so, she got back in her Car,
locking it and cracking windows. “ Damn town.” She could
feel the tears as she dozed off, her mind flooded with worries.
She was a single young Woman, with no one to call, no kids
to fret over, not even a pet to go home to. no One would
know or care if she died Alone out in the dark.

Later that morning.
Brenda Lou Jones , on her way to her mothers to pick up her
kids entered the same town, there was no sign that she could
see. she was tired from driving all night she was looking for a
gas station and a vacant hotel, her car was beginning to sputter.
" COME ON BABY! don' t do this to me now"
Suddenly, a woman with short blonde hair jumped in front of
her car waving her arms, Brenda slammed on the breaks,
stopping to have her car go dead.
she got out of her car " Are you ok? " she asked the
frazzled woman. " YES, thank God you came Along ,
my tire blew and my cell phone doesn't work"
" Its ok. I've got one, let me get it.. "
When Brenda tried to use her cell phone all she got was static
" my phone did that to" " well perhaps they don't have towers out
here for cell phones" said Brenda " I'm Kali Jenkins by the way."
The woman held out her hand and Brenda excepted it.
" hello , I’m Brenda." " well, I'm glad you came along Brenda "
they looked at each other a moment and smiled, feeling a
connection. " SO, what do we do hike out of here?" wondered kali
" do you have a gas can?" asked Brenda " its empty .
maybe we can siphon my gas into your car if you have a tube
cause, I don't." Brenda sighed.
" I don't either." " then we'll have to find something from here.
" said kali “Oh joy, we get to trek through our very own silent
hill. " kali managed a giggle at Brenda‘s remark.
Kali grabbed a flashlight from under her car seat and they set out
on their quest through the Isolated town to find what they needed.
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:00 AM   #2
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Sorry, this might just be me but I just can't read it in this non-standard format.

Indigestible chunks of text with narrative and dialogue intermingled is just too much work for a reader. Like trying to appreciate a good meal while jogging uphill in a blizzard it becomes irrelevant how good the food actually is.

At least you need to conform to convention and give each piece of dialogue its own line.

And paragraphing with line spacing helps too in forum threads.
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:18 AM   #3
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sorry you couldn't enjoy it

you are the only one to complain sorry you didn't
enjoy it,, i would post the other part to this story
but if i'm going to get the same response why bother
this i have been told is my best story.. i wrote more
to it because everyone was asking me for more
so maybe it is you.. bye
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:22 AM   #4
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I stopped reading after I saw the spelling mistakes and after I didn't see necessary punctuation. Little capitalisation, etc.

Havendale - somewhere - cellphone - dog's bark - there were etc..


Are you writing these in MS Word?
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:36 AM   #5
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damn..rough crowd

oh let a few mispelled word distract you,,hmm
strange.. i put this story through spell check
it didn't see these mistakes except the cel phone
part and i was trying to use cel for
cellular i know my spelling need work but it
pisses me off you didn't give the story a chance..
but i'll check over it again for the trillianth time
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:46 AM   #6
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Re: sorry you couldn't enjoy it

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you are the only one to complain sorry you didn't
enjoy it
Well, as the first respondent of two to date, you can hardly say that can you.

If you don't want honest feedback don't post. It's your job as the writer to tell an interesting story to a reader.

It is not the job of the reader to battle an author's unwillingness to format correctly, spell-check or properly punctuate their writing just to see if it's any good, unless that author's name is James Joyce.

It might well be brilliant but I can't tell because of the way you present it. Instead of getting upset at criticism of the formatting why not post a version formatted so it's easy to read then we can give you some more helpful feedback?

i'm not trying to pick a fight, i'm just saying the effort I have to put into making sense of the words interferes in my ability to get into the story.
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:47 AM   #7
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can I just asks these negative critics a question
is is actually the fact the my charaters are two
lesbian women that really bothers you???
just curious... I appreciate honesty but
give the story a chance basically the idea
and plot and all was very good even if it
needs fine tuning,,
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:53 AM   #8
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well i need teaching on writing i guess but i put so much into it
i was so proud of it.. sigh
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:54 AM   #9
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can I just asks these negative critics a question
is is actually the fact the my charaters are two
lesbian women that really bothers you???
just curious... I appreciate honesty but
give the story a chance basically the idea
and plot and all was very good even if it
needs fine tuning,,
I don't know who the characters are, because at the risk of repeating myself, (I am typing in English right?)

I haven't been able to read it with the concentration any writing deserves because of the bizarre formatting and so I can't give an opinion that will do justice to it.

But forget it. It looks to me that all you're interested in is picking a fight and I'm not playing that game.[/b]
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:56 AM   #10
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is is actually the fact the my charaters are two
lesbian women that really bothers you???
No, because if I'd have know that I'd have read on. But, how could I? I couldn't get into the story because, when I tried, my attention would be drawn to an error, which upset my reading.

I don't buy books from authors and then tell them they've made mistakes. It's the writer's job to get their ideas on the page and in a presentable manner. If there are mistakes then I don't consider it time to read that person's work; they've not taken the effort to write it so why should I waste my time reading it?

If ewe put this threw a spell cheque then ewe may just find that it is aloud because their is nothing spelt incorrectly hear. So, a spell check is only one of your tools; your eyes and knowledge are others.
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:59 AM   #11
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no not wanting a fight

good bye i am just not fit for this forum
maybe i should stick to poetry
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Old 09-13-2005, 12:09 PM   #12
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Well, she may not be able to spell, punctuate, format or understand the Queen's English when written down but can she flounce or what?
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Old 09-13-2005, 12:41 PM   #13
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hey!

Hey, come back.

There is no standard here. I love lesbian fiction. I love Howard Stern. We all gotta start somewhere, right?

Now if I draw a portrait of you, but it looks nothing like you because I can't draw yet, and I ask you to critique my drawing regardless of this, what do you say?

I wish you would put your story back. I would be happy to help with your punctuation. Also, I have found that certain dyslectic styles have to be read differently to be enjoyed, read sort of non-linearly, in big gulps.

Please put at least some of it back and let me try.
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What a fucking idiot! Excuse my language, but if flamingroses4u thinks we're going to turn sycophantic due to her lack of basic English then I don't know what is wrong with the world.

Come back and learn.
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Old 09-13-2005, 02:33 PM   #15
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story

Hey, why no story?

Oh, wait---read comments...icky...

I can read thru misspellings---I's got kids! I do it all the time.

Fess up story...
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