Commentary wanted. :)

coolshannie

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Well I started writing about someone completely oposite of myself... kind of the like what if I was this person in this situation? So.. please tell me what you think of this so far. Give me some feedback. Was there to much detail? What did you like about it? What didn't you like about it? What else? I really want to improve on my writing skill. :goodvibes

I looked in the mirror, the reflection looking back at me pained my eyes. That person on the other side wasn't...me. My straggled brown locks fell to my shoulders, the curls had become bounceless, my face seemed a ghostly white. My index finger fell over my right eyelid smearing the black eye shadow. The black dress was ruined, stained with mud, covered in rips. My hands fell over my eyes, my voice pulsed as I let out a slight groan. My elbows fell onto the edge of the sink propping my head that I held in my hands. I uncovered my eyes, groaning at the light flooding into them. I bent my fingers only to see the nail polish that was badly done and coming off. I stood up straight and looked around the small bathroom. Liquor lined the bathroom counter. ' Why was he always right?' I thought. I let out a scream as my right arm went across my body and then struck the bottles with an intense force causing them to fall and shatter too the floor. I didn't yell out in pain, i couldn't feel it as my emotions ran too the roof. Cuts ran up and down my arms, hidden from the eyes of the world by all my efforts, yet they seemed so exposed now. I felt vunerable to the point of death. He had been right, he had been right about everything, maybe he saved my life. I backed up into the wall and sunk to the ground, the liquor soaking up into my dress. My head fell onto my knees. My eyes began to search the floor. My heart suddenly beat faster with rage seeing the razors on the floor. I quickly grasped them in my hands and threw them against the opposite wall. My rage could not be fufilled by my own misery. He had been so right, why couldn't I have seen it then? He had seen right through me without any intention of hurting me yet I still hurt myself. Earlier that night I had every intention of killing myself, yet sitting their soaked in liquor, and stained with blood, the thought of death didn't seem so appealing. Instead the thought of living seemed to sting my mind that night, sitting there in the piercing bright lights of the room on the hard floor of the bathroom.
 
wow, that was really good. I think you definately should keep working on that, possibly write a novel!:goodvibes
 
Thank you.

Constructive critisism is something im looking for as well and will be appreciated. :goodvibes
 

I don't agree that that would be the way she would be feeling...but it is your story.

You said my "index finger fell over my eye" or something. Which didn't make much sense to me.

You also said "fell over" twice in the same few sentences, which didn't appeal to me.

I'd say keep working on it though, it sounds like an interesting story, and I'd like to read more.
 
I don't agree that that would be the way she would be feeling...but it is your story.

You said my "index finger fell over my eye" or something. Which didn't make much sense to me.

You also said "fell over" twice in the same few sentences, which didn't appeal to me.

I'd say keep working on it though, it sounds like an interesting story, and I'd like to read more.

Thank you for the constructive critisism. I really needed it, I ALWAYS need it, but people are always to afraid to give it to me. :goodvibes :confused3
 
I suggest you use paragraphs.
I know it's a short, but I didn't even bother reading it the first time around because it was so stuck together.
 
Jenny, I'm curious as to why you think the feeling should be different?

Overall, its alright. Some of your grammar was off, and the vocabulary seemed lacking at some points. But theres a great idea behind the story. I give it a 7/10.
 
Jenny, I'm curious as to why you think the feeling should be different?

Overall, its alright. Some of your grammar was off, and the vocabulary seemed lacking at some points. But theres a great idea behind the story. I give it a 7/10.
I honestly, cannot put it into words. I don't really know the situation...but if someone is so desperate to actually take their own life, what one person says isn't going to change much. I just don't think she'd be in that a coherent mind to actually think things through like she did.
 
I honestly, cannot put it into words. I don't really know the situation...but if someone is so desperate to actually take their own life, what one person says isn't going to change much. I just don't think she'd be in that a coherent mind to actually think things through like she did.

hmm. I can see where you're coming from.

I think a mentally deranged person wouldn't listen to someone, but a lot of people who are on the edge of committing suicide subconsciously want to be caught, so they will let themselves be talked down.

Thats what i assumed was happening in the situation.
 
Thank you for all the help! :goodvibes

What I was trying to get at is that everybody has issues, this person has many issues, and within those issues she doesn't want to go through any of it anymore, yet there is that one person who see's through that fake smile and is willing to show her that life is worth living.

I will probably re-write what I have written later this week using all of your helpful suggestions. Thanks again, and keep them coming. :woohoo:
 
hmm. I can see where you're coming from.

I think a mentally deranged person wouldn't listen to someone, but a lot of people who are on the edge of committing suicide subconsciously want to be caught, so they will let themselves be talked down.

Thats what i assumed was happening in the situation.
Oh yes, I understand.

Shannie, it sounds like you've got a great plot line here, though. =]
 

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