RE: KARMA

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I really like your story, and the ability of your main character to forgive, @zellypearl.

Something you could try, in order to make your stories richer and more engaging, is to convert some of the storytelling into action and dialog.

I'll provide an example. Here's an excerpt from your story:

Tears were already rolling down my cheeks as I was reading the message.
I can't believe Richard.
I can't believe he did this to me.

This information is provided in summary form without details describing where the character is or what she is doing. To make this more involving for the reader, you could describe what the main character is doing and change some of the things she says into spoken words. For example:

As the tears rolled down my cheek, I looked at myself in the mirror.
"Richard," I shouted. "Why did you do this to me?"
In anger, I threw my hairbrush at the mirror, and began to cry as it shattered into pieces.

This is called "show, don't tell." For some interesting information about it, see the writing tip post, Is 'Show Don't Tell' a Writing Rule? Thank you for posting in The Ink Well! We love to help our writers improve their writing, so I hope you don't mind my feedback.



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