- GiantessFanXXX wrote:
Standing at 5'5 is the young elven girl of Sasha now sasha is not the prettiest of elves nor is she the most talented singer of her clan.Standing at 5'5 she is a plain girl with waist length red hair tied in a ponytail,she carries around with her a simple spear,now standing next to Sasha is her friend her best friend infact Tim.
The grammar here is... wonky. Repetitions (you give us her height twice), lack of capitalisation and spacing, sentences running on together... It's best to try and get it right in the opening sentence, or you may create an unfortunate impression.
Try something like:
"Standing at 5'5", Sasha is a young elven girl. Now, Sasha is not the prettiest of elves, nor is she the most talented singer of her clan. She is a plain girl with waist length red hair tied in a ponytail, and carries around with her a simple spear. Standing next to Sasha is her best friend, Tim."
I've removed the repetition of her height, and the second, clusmy use of "now".
I would also advise writing in the past tense rather than the present. It may be a matter of personal taste, but it just feels... better. And for some reason, I've noticed that fan stories written in the present tense are often very much inferior in quality.
I would avoid "young girl". Call her a "girl" or a "young woman", but "young girl" makes her sound like a child.
If Tim is lying down (as indicated a few lines later), he can't be standing beside her. Not even in a general, introductory paragraph. Especially if it's in the present tense.
So perhaps something like this:
"Sasha was not the prettiest of elves, nor was she the most talented singer of her clan. Standing at 5'5", she was a plain girl with waist length red hair tied in a ponytail. In her travels with her best friend, Tim, she carried a simple spear."
I'm still not happy with that, mainly because I can't think of a way to introduce her spear in the opening section without it sounding out of place. If I were you, I would introduce the spear indirectly at some point in the story. Just by having her pick it up, for example, rather than insisting on the fact that she's got one.
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Now you may be thinking Tim is an ordinary elven boy,but that is not the case
There's that "now" again, for the third time in three lines. Try to avoid that; it's clusmy. It makes it sound as though you're trying to get your bearings to start the story.
Also, there's not much reason at this stage for the reader to assume that Tim is an elf, or indeed "ordinary".
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No Tim is a Smilodon a saber tooth cat,the story of how they met starts when Sasha was around five years old it is an interesting story but it is Also a story for another Time.
Punctuation!
"No, Tim is a Smilodon, a saber tooth cat. The story of how they met starts when Sasha was around five years old. It is an interesting story but it is also a story for another time."
Or, better still:
"No, Tim was a Smilodon, a saber tooth cat. They had first met when Sasha was around five years old. Though theirs is an interesting story, it is one for another time."
Or leave that last part out altogether. Unless you’re trying to go for an “oral story-telling” effect throughout?
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Now Sasha and Tim are very close very close not close enough to be confused with lovers but in this wide world you never know anything is possible.
No, that just sounds… It’s just clumsy. Leave it out. You’ve already established that they’re best friends.
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Now onto the story....what you thought that was the begging of the story no get real.
So you’re going for an oral, external narrator. Who is this narrator? If he’s supposed to be insubstantial, it seems odd to hint at his personality by having him say “get real”. It also sounds a bit out of context for Felarya. To me, at least.
And you meant “beginning”, not “begging”. That’s why you need to proofread rather than just use a spellcheck. The spellcheck will tell you if you’re using a word that doesn’t exist, but it won’t tell you if you’re using the wrong word.
To be honest, I’d be tempted to forego the whole introductory section. Is there a point to it? If not, just start directly with the story. You can establish and describe your characters as you’re going along; you don’t need to do it before you start.
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It was an ordinary day and the sun was just emerging over the tree tops,Sasha and Tim slept togethor as usual Sasha resting on Tim's soft fur that made a comfortable pillow,Tim wuld be asleep usually with his paws on Sasha or his head resting at her side.The sun shone and as it rose and as it did it shone into both Sasha and tim's eyes.
Tim groaned stretching and opening his mouth gave a short but surprising roar scaring some nearby Duiker's and waking sasha who got up and playfully punched Tim who in turn responded by knocking Sasha over and licking the giggling elf's face in a loving mannor much like a dog would do. This was all normal it happened every morning and it was common for the two friends after usually half an hour of playfull punching and shoves the two friends would set out to look for breakfast.
Not bad. It establishes something about their personalities and relationship all at once.
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Picking up her nearby spear she noticed Tim had knelt down beside her
See, there’s your spear.
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For Sasha riding Tim was like riding a horse it reminded her of the things she did when she was a little girl,sometimes if they were moving steady enough Sasha was able to lie happily on Tim's back looking up at the trees above thm as they moved togethor through the jungle undergrowth.
Nice touch.
The scene with the flowers and the meeting with the scorpion girl aren’t bad either, and promising. You just need to work on form (structure, punctuation, style…), so that it’s not a distraction from the content.
Based on what you’ve written so far, you’ve come up with interesting situations, and I like your characters. Your story is clearly going to be quite creative, and I’ll look forward to the next part.