The memory room by onezero

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The memory room by onezero

http://www.abctales.com/story/onezero/the-memory-room

i really enjoyed the idea behind this story, and the narrators motivations for her actions are not overstated. The title is intriguing and the plot is original.

However it IMO could do with a good edit. It takes too long to get going i would start in the jumble sale, leaving out the first para completely. I also think Ella and the narrators story could developed a little further, who did Ella lose, why did she come and live with her?

An engaging read.

Thanks Juliet for your comments, I'm really thrilled you enjoted the story - its my first one! I will endeavour to make a good edit of it, I've had a few grammatical erros and typos pointed out to me too - technical things a new writer needs to work on I guess! Your comments are interesting re missing out the first paragraph, I suppose I wanted to set the scene for the main characters motivation for visitng jumble sales. This could be done as you suggest from within a jumble sale itself - I'll have a good think about this. At forst I did write in a littel more about Ella, and how she had lost her son too, but on reading back, it seemed to take focus away from the main character. Perhaps I've removed to much now! All in all, you've given me food for thought Much appreciated!
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