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  • Mischievous Thwapling replied to the topic Short Story: In a Mother’s Arms in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 4 months ago

    @inklingflame

    AWWWW!! That was so sweet! The poem at the beginning was a very beautiful and nice touch. The mother/daughter relationship… Awww…

    “I’ve got to go.” He said into the phone.

    I believe it would be best punctuation wise to cut the comma, replace it with a period, then make the h in He lowercase.  Like this: “I’ve got to go,he said into the phone.  (I bolded the changes so that they would be clearer)

    Then the same thing with this sentence: “Please let me go with you,” Edith begged. Comma instead of period 😉

    *googles whether one has to put a period after Miss since I’m unsure* Okay, so according to the internet (that’s reliable, right? JK) one shouldn’t put a period after Miss, though one is essential after Ms.  So with Miss Nancy, you could shorten it to Ms. Nancy, or take off the period.

    Please don’t finish she implored with her eyes.

    Just to make it clearer, you could italicize the “Please don’t finish” part, like: Please don’t finish, she implored with her eyes. (Nice word, implored, btw. Love the image it gives me)

    “Dad, where’s Mom?” She asked.

    Just make ‘she’ lowercase 🙂

    I think this is just typo: With mixed feeling she opened the door and stepped outside.  I think it would be ‘With mixed feelings.. etc.’

    BTW,  I really liked the simile: “Hair as soft as sparrow feathers, with waves like the ocean.” And the one about her eyes being like the sky after the storm? LOVED IT!

    LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!!! I hope I didn’t sound harsh or anything. I have really hard time critique because I’m always nervous I’ll come across wrong…

     

     

     

    • Thanks! I’ve never liked/been good at grammar:) It’s going to be the death of me someday! I definitely need grammar help 😂 I usually don’t get upset when I get critiques, so no worries here. I’d rather you say something then keep it to yourself anyway;)

    • Same here!!
      Yay, I’m so glad! Thank you SO much for letting me read it! It was wonderful.

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