Happy All Hollows Read!

Nov 01, 2012 01:00

A few nights ago, Keri texted me with the brilliant idea that we should do an All Hollows Read story exchange. I readily agreed and then proceeded to procrastinate until Oct 31 to actually write the damn thing. Mainly because I was displaying the incredible inability to decide what to write (one day or another there shall also be a story about ( Read more... )

i blame keri, why do i do this to myself?, fic, friends

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Critique xelioth November 1 2012, 06:33:42 UTC
It definitely feels like you did this very last minute. You had me there for a minute in the middle, you nailed the child listening through the doorway and the creepy voice, and by the end of the first sentence, I was reading the accent in Sophia's voice. However, the ending falls pretty flat in comparison, and there were notable points of awkward phrasing. "And even not a someone of appropriate playing-with age" is very difficult to read, and while I get that's how you (we) talk, it's an awkward phrase to process while you're reading. There are a couple other similar such phrasing issues sprinkled in the earlier half of the piece, but the latter half works just fine. You seemed to get into a groove half-way through ( ... )

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Re: Critique iki_teru November 1 2012, 06:44:09 UTC
parenthetic phrase removed. the awkward phrasing bits have been tweaked where applicable because I think I just self-edit badly and transposed an "a" in between two words that it did not belong between.

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Re: Critique xelioth November 1 2012, 07:23:10 UTC
I hope I wasn't too harsh.... It really isn't bad at all!

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eternal_moonie November 1 2012, 10:23:47 UTC
Absolutely AWESOME!!!

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iki_teru November 18 2012, 23:23:19 UTC
belated reply is belated.....

THANK YOU FOR READING ♥

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lettersandliars November 2 2012, 00:17:34 UTC
HIGH-PITCHED ANIMAL NOISES

THIS IS PERRRRRRFECT I LOVE CREEPY KID STORIES UGH EVERYTHING IS SO MUCH MORE TERRIBLE THROUGH A CHILD'S LENS

THE WORST MONSTERS ARE THE ONES WHO WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND

I LOVE YOU

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