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

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Old 06-13-2007, 07:08 PM   #1
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Guilt

“There is something about falling.”
“Do you get back up when you do?”
“Get back up? Why should I get back up on two feet I only get knocked down when I do.”
“True but don’t you think that it is the proper thing to do?”
“Listen. You have no idea what it is to fall. You don’t know anything to tell me that I should stand back up. All you humans are the same.”
“Humans, does that mean you do not consider yourself human?”
“To tell you the truth I am not. Me, I am more perfect than anyone can ever imagine.”
“LJ time is up but please come back next week.”
“There is no need. Why should I slow down my life to deal with petty problems that humans go through?”
LJ stands up in the office. He is wearing all back. “LJ is there something you would like to talk about?” The therapist asked him in a calm voice. He turned to her and then gave her a blank look. LJ pulled out the Masamune. “Do you understand what Equivalent Exchange is?” LJ asked her slamming the blade down. “Do you know what it is like to have this be proven wrong to the point in which you don’t know what to think?” He said looking at her scared face. “Don’t worry I won’t kill you. I am not in the mood to dine on your blood. Humanness really has gotten me sick.”
“So what are you going to do?”
“What should have been done a long time ago, Heaven isn’t much of a place to be but in a way I miss home.”
“Are you talking about suicide?”
“Yes. Do you know that since I am the first one created that I can have no sin? Lucifer thought this was true for him but to be truly perfect there is no way to have sin. God made sure to not forget this in me and that was his mistake. In a way I am like a human and an Angel. I can feel and cannot be judged like you.”
LJ pulled the Masamune out and pointed it at his chest. With one burst of emotion he jammed it between his ribs which burst the heart. He fell over and blood poured out. The therapist ran to him. “It’s too late. I have wanted to do this since I had fallen.”
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Old 06-14-2007, 11:58 AM   #2
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Good Points
  1. Quote:
    With one burst of emotion he jammed it between his ribs which burst the heart
    A very powerful sentence is used here. Well done.
  2. The ending is good because it lets the reader figure out what happens next.

Bad Points
  1. Was extremely short.
  2. Nearly all of it was speech.
  3. You switched between tenses here a lot.
  4. It was all a bit sudden, everything seemed to happen all at once.

Tips
  1. Pace everything out, and slow it all down. If it all happens at once you will confuse your audience. If it takes time for things to happen, it would create suspence, and would also make it less confusing. This would also solve the problem of the fact that it was too short.
  2. Keep to the same tense. One moment it was 'he is dressed in black' then it's 'he said'. This is normally just a matter of remembering what tense your in. If your unsure of what tense your in, go back to the beginning and find out. If the tense at the beginning isn't what you want, then change it all.
  3. Try to put a few little extra actions in it, just so the reader can take a break from all the speech.
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Old 06-14-2007, 02:01 PM   #3
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Yeah. It was first time doing a story like that.
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Old 06-14-2007, 02:14 PM   #4
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Yeah. It was first time doing a story like that.
I don't want excuses. Just take the tips in, and use them for the next time you write something similar to this.
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