What do you think of the first chapter of my story?
Question by Why not? I’m Lexi! ?: What do you think of the first chapter of my story?
I’m 11 and want to know if it’s good for my age.
“What is this place?” I exclaimed, landing on the soft carpeted floor. “I think it’s a house, but why is it our size? Its so…small.” Trixie said, her ruby red wings slowing down as she gently landed on the ground next to me. (We’re about 4 inches tall, one of the things so charming about us faries.) “I don’t care what it is, I am SO tired! ” Heidi said, landing and blowing a strand of blonde hair out of her face. “You do whatever you want, I’M going to explore!” I exclaimed. “Me too. ” Trixie agreed. “You take upstairs”, I take downstairs. ” I said. “Heid, you wanna take this floor?” I asked her. “Ok, I guess. ” she said, getting up off the small blue loveseat. I ran down the little wooden stairs. “Ariana, you have wings. Why are you walking?” Heidi asked. “Technically I’m running. ” I told her, walking farther down the steps. It was a bedroom, obviously meant for a girly-girl, because everything was pink and butterfly-ey. The bed had was a light pink, and the matching pillow had a fusha and hot pink butterfly sown on it. The tiny pine wardrobe had a few outfit in it, including a hot pink ruffly shirt, a jean skirt, a pretty lavender short dress thingie that you’re apperantly supposed to wear tights with, and a T-shirt that had two bunnies saying “you are cuter than carrots”, which I stared at, trying to figure out how exactly that made sense. The room had little pictures of butterflies around it and some teeny fake lilys in a hot pink vase. This room was starting to make me sick, too girly, and being a girl, I have nothing against that, but it was too much. This room could be Heidi’s, at least while we’re still staying here. I walked into the next room, which was probably supposed to be for a boy, because it was all sports, but Trixie would just adore it. The bed’s comforter had a pattern of soccer balls, footballs, and basketballs. A small plastic basketballhoop hung in the corner above a soft plush basketball, and a baseball beanbag was against the wall, which was painted to look like a baseball feild. The cabinet had a football helmet at the bottom, along with a basketball uniform, a pair of jeans, and a plain white tee. It really was amazing that a human had taken time to make such tiny clothes. I walked into the next room, which was like a big game. The bed was painted gold to look like a Monopoly piece, and the walls were painted to look like a game board. This room was perfect. A pile of mini board games and a pair of little dice sat in the corner, and the dresser held a checked tee, a bright yellow Tweety shirt, a black skirt, and some jean shorts. The next door was cream colored, and had a big bed with brown shhets and pillows, and the dresser had a tuxedo and a fancy red dress. The next doorway held the staircase again. I walked up, to see Heidi sitting on the couch. “This is definatly the perfect place”. I said.”I like this place, exept that the kitchen doesn’t have real food. But the couches are sooo comfy, and the chan-” she was cut off by Trixie, who came running down the stairs screaming. “There are our-size people up there!” she gasped, looking worried. I slowly started to walk up, Heidi close behind, and Trixie squeezing my hand. I walked into the first room, which was a bathroom. I walked into the next room, which were filled with fake plants that had been sprayed with purfume. I walked to the next room, which was emty, exept for 5 our-size humans who sat, staring at us. I gasped, but they just sat still. I walked up to them and gently lifted up up the boy. He was light and, to my surprise, made of material. “Dolls.” I whispered. “So this is a dollhouse.” Just that moment, a door opened. Not in the dollhouse, but in the room it was in. A blonde human walked girl walked in, and I screamed.
tell me how it is, if I went was too or not enough descriptive, if it didn’t make much sense, etc. Thanks for reading I know it might be kind of long for some people.
I’ll add chapter 2 later when I finish it. ![]()
ummm, what first of all, Stephanie Myer sucks at writing, second this is nothing like Twilight.
Did you see a vampire in there? Or a werewolf? Or a girl from Pheonix? I think NOT!
i know i need to do another paragraph every time someone talks.But i didnt do it because I forgot when I was writing becuase I like writing alot and I was having fun.
I know my vocabulary is bad in this but I’m afraid of misspelling it and looking like an idiot.
Best answer:
Answer by Twilight Girl
OMG ITS CRAP! you will NEVER be the next stephenie meyer STOP STEALING HER IDEAS, get a LIFE.
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Okay your first mistake: the whole thing is one big paragraph. It should be separated into different paragraph. When a new person speaks, start a new paragraph. Also, try not to use word that don’t exist even if they sound cute for fairies. Your descriptions are good and its a pretty good story all around. You are a good writer for your age.
Oh and don’t listen to “Twilight Girl” she says that to every writer on here. Seriously. She’s an idiot and your work is nothing like Stephanie Meyer.
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You’ve got a lot of editing to do.One of the main issues I noticed is I think you kind of used too much detail throughout the story, and maybe you should improve some of your vocabulary? No, I’m not trying to be a bitch, just being honest.
Ignore Twilight Girl, she’s going around to every question in this section and spazzing. I’ll make a mental note to send a letter to her caregiver later explaining how she forgot to take her meds this lovely morning.
Seriously now, though. It’s not too bad. One thing that irked me, however, was the dialogue. When someone new speaks, it’s a new paragraph.
EXAMPLE: “What is this place?” I exclaimed, landing on the soft carpeted floor. “I think it’s a house, but why is it our size? Its so…small.” Trixie said, her ruby red wings slowing down as she gently landed on the ground next to me.
SHOULD BE:
“What is this place?” I exclaimed, landing on the soft carpet floor.
“I think it’s a house, but why is it our size? It’s so small.” Trixie said, her ruby red wings slowing down as she gently landed on the ground next to me.
Also, you RARELY use parentheses in a book. Plus, when writing numbers, you write them in word-form. (So, “4″ should be written as “four”.)
There are some grammar mistakes, but it’s not too shabby. It just needs a bit of work.
(Oh, and in the last sentence, you repeated yourself .. it’s an honest mistake, though).
(: Good luck.
That’s really good for eleven, but there need to be some improvements.
Every time someone talks, there is a new paragraph. At the end of quotes, if there is going to be a “he/she/it/whatever said” there is a comma instead of a period between the last word and the quotation mark. Don’t show: tell.
But this is really good for eleven years old! You have awesome potential.
Ok. So, I agree with everything people have said about the paragraphing, but other than that it’s fairly good.
For an eleven year old this is amazing work. You should definitely show your English teacher.
And you should keep up the writing. You never know who could write the next great classic. And practice makes perfect.
Keep writing.
Cheers,
-Kare