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AgnosticBeliever

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hi i'm fart I publish short stories and flash fiction on scribble hub for practice. Can you critique my short stories and give me tips to improve my writing.

BTW. I know scribble hub is full of impoverished writers that think their good because a bunch of kids think you book is good. I am not asking you know that. I am asking writers who aspire to create world fill them with life and make every being unique. I want writers who want their characters to be real.

link to story:https://www.scribblehub.com/series/379736/practice-short-stories/
 
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RepresentingWrath

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hi i'm fart I publish short stories and flash fiction on scribble hub for practice. Can you critique my short stories and give me tips to improve my writing.

BTW. I know scribble hub is full of impoverished writers that think their good because a bunch of kids think you book is good. I am not asking you know that. I am asking writers who aspire to create world fill them with life and make every being unique. I want writers who want their characters to be real.
Post links to your stories.
 

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I recommend either hiring someone to proofread or do it yourself. At least get the free grammarly. It’s what I do, and it makes mine slightly more readable, because it wasn’t the best read, grammar-wise. Stories were pretty good, enjoyed them. But, Im probably not the first to say this, but stories are like buildings. Sure, the main focus of the building(or the story) is important, but so is the support beams and foundation(grammar and punctuation)
 

AgnosticBeliever

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I recommend either hiring someone to proofread or do it yourself. At least get the free grammarly. It’s what I do, and it makes mine slightly more readable, because it wasn’t the best read, grammar-wise. Stories were pretty good, enjoyed them. But, Im probably not the first to say this, but stories are like buildings. Sure, the main focus of the building(or the story) is important, but so is the support beams and foundation(grammar and punctuation)
thanks ill do that in my next flash fiction.
 

Representing_Tromba

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Just took a look and I have to say that Grammarly would help you a LOT. On top of that, I would recommend paragraphs that consist of more than just two to three sentences in the short story you named cloud. Try and group paragraphs based on what a single character is doing. This isn't necessary but it sounds a lot nicer and more consistent when reading.

Another idea that can be categorized under grammar would be to use commas. for example, when you wrote "It's time rise" it sounds really weird and there is no period which makes it seem like the sentence doesn't end. It should look more like this "It's time, rise." Another thing would be to let the reader know who is saying it by connecting the line below it to this sentence.

For the second short story which you labeled "Uos" you were a lot better about creating paragraphs that seemed like actual paragraphs. Though I have to say that again, Grammarly would aid you a lot. There was a fair amount of spelling and grammatical mistakes. Now, my next advice isn't required as there was only a discussion between two people at first but definitely try to say who is speaking. Again, this isn't necessary for a conversation between two people but it does help the reader if you at least say who spoke first. Perhaps even using some descriptive words to say how they sound to the other. Is Meg happy for T? Is she sad for him? I don't know.

Some other ideas would be to listen to your story as it is read aloud. Using a simple ereader app will do the trick. My next advice is more personal. Most writers on this site are either practicing just as you are and have gained a decent amount of experience, or they are just writing as a hobby to pass the time. Either way, all of them want their characters to be real and as close to how they envisioned them as possible so don't be a prideful dick by saying stuff like "BTW. I know scribble hub is full of impoverished writers that think their good because a bunch of kids think you book is good." I can't speak for everyone when I say this but a good chunk of us know that we aren't good enough to write some great work of art but hey, at least we're trying. Please, don't be an ass about it!
 
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AgnosticBeliever

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Just took a look and I have to say that Grammarly would help you a LOT. On top of that, I would recommend paragraphs that consist of more than just two to three sentences in the short story you named cloud. Try and group paragraphs based on what a single character is doing. This isn't necessary but it sounds a lot nicer and more consistent when reading.

Another idea that can be categorized under grammar would be to use commas. for example, when you wrote "It's time rise" it sounds really weird and there is no period which makes it seem like the sentence doesn't end. It should look more like this "It's time, rise." Another thing would be to let the reader know who is saying it by connecting the line below it to this sentence.

For the second short story which you labeled "Uos" you were a lot better about creating paragraphs that seemed like actual paragraphs. Though I have to say that again, Grammarly would aid you a lot. There was a fair amount of spelling and grammatical mistakes. Now, my next advice isn't required as there was only a discussion between two people at first but definitely try to say who is speaking. Again, this isn't necessary for a conversation between two people but it does help the reader if you at least say who spoke first. Perhaps even using some descriptive words to say how they sound to the other. Is Meg happy for T? Is she sad for him? I don't know.

Some other ideas would be to listen to your story as it is read aloud. Using a simple ereader app will do the trick. My next advice is more personal. Most writers on this site are either practicing just as you are and have gained a decent amount of experience, or they are just writing as a hobby to pass the time. Either way, all of them want their characters to be real and as close to how they envisioned them as possible so don't be a prideful dick by saying stuff like "BTW. I know scribble hub is full of impoverished writers that think their good because a bunch of kids think you book is good." I can't speak for everyone when I say this but a good chunk of us know that we aren't good enough to write some great work of art but hey, at least we're trying. Please, don't be an ass about it!
Thanks noted.
 
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