tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post5172436914050876749..comments2024-03-29T05:54:33.136-04:00Comments on Authoress: 60 FantasyAuthoresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-2671746759072865112010-03-27T21:50:11.000-04:002010-03-27T21:50:11.000-04:00This doesn't really hook me, sorry.This doesn't really hook me, sorry.Selestialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11513212631394350304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-2464853552348203282010-03-26T12:06:13.443-04:002010-03-26T12:06:13.443-04:00Not hooked. Confused about why thing is in quotes....Not hooked. Confused about why thing is in quotes. Is it not really a thing? Missing an 'a' in front of few kilometers. I do like the second line, but it doesn't match the roaring and hissing of the first sentence, so I'm not grounded. Does he have a name?feywriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224558691840388691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-741358168601148182010-03-25T17:09:45.531-04:002010-03-25T17:09:45.531-04:00Not hooked. Thing in quotes didn't bother me....Not hooked. Thing in quotes didn't bother me. It's easy enough to take the quotes out. But if it the biggest hurricane in human history, a titan in modern times, I want to see it. Don't tell me. Show me.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769803733067838372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-11709953131409000942010-03-25T16:40:54.134-04:002010-03-25T16:40:54.134-04:00Nope, sorry. "Thing"? In a first sentenc...Nope, sorry. "Thing"? In a first sentence?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402266791214015301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-31832678190115201652010-03-25T16:22:32.019-04:002010-03-25T16:22:32.019-04:00Eh, not hooked.Eh, not hooked.Amber / Obsidian Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677468494179012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-24197852715285129172010-03-25T16:01:44.013-04:002010-03-25T16:01:44.013-04:00Sorry, I'm not hooked.
Having "thing"...Sorry, I'm not hooked.<br />Having "thing" in quotes immediately took me out of the story. ㋡samsevernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913647759811350705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-32465354271616003352010-03-25T15:29:05.855-04:002010-03-25T15:29:05.855-04:00Not hooked. The second sentence is strong. The f...Not hooked. The second sentence is strong. The first, not so much. If the "thing" isn't the hurricane itself, but something within the storm, describe it. If it <i>is</i> the hurricane, then I think you can get rid of your first sentence and start with the second.falconessehttp://falconesse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-51365823535654999242010-03-25T15:10:12.468-04:002010-03-25T15:10:12.468-04:00I'm nearly hooked. I think this might work bet...I'm nearly hooked. I think this might work better if you flipped the sentences around and reworked them. Put the hurricane first, with the roaring, and then give the observer second.Anassahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554524219883438465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-34096726640541029182010-03-25T14:42:06.470-04:002010-03-25T14:42:06.470-04:00I'm not hooked—yet. I like the second sentence...I'm not hooked—yet. I like the second sentence best so far. I wonder if you could start there and find a clever way to insert your character into the next sentence.Portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435815819572442582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-60941415330646648992010-03-25T14:27:26.907-04:002010-03-25T14:27:26.907-04:00I can sort of see where you're trying to go wi...I can sort of see where you're trying to go with this, but I am just not hooked.Greynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-40162663370458087552010-03-25T12:38:56.760-04:002010-03-25T12:38:56.760-04:00Not hooked. MC "observes" and the rest i...Not hooked. MC "observes" and the rest is description of a hurricane which doesn't match with any mental image I have of a hurricane (or how a character observing one would act).Tamihttp://tamimoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-52777162486406393852010-03-25T12:09:32.303-04:002010-03-25T12:09:32.303-04:00I agree, don't quotation thing. It just doesn&...I agree, don't quotation thing. It just doesn't grab me.Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-72246929901174560692010-03-25T11:32:02.413-04:002010-03-25T11:32:02.413-04:00A bit too abstract, ambiguous, IMO.A bit too abstract, ambiguous, IMO.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-45674947960676174272010-03-25T11:16:35.938-04:002010-03-25T11:16:35.938-04:00I get the quotes mean the hurricane is unnatural o...I get the quotes mean the hurricane is unnatural or abnormal, but that he's merely observing it takes away from the urgency and drama.<br /><br />Not hooked.fairchildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-24381337810902043372010-03-25T10:49:33.715-04:002010-03-25T10:49:33.715-04:00Not really getting this one. The scare quotes, plu...Not really getting this one. The scare quotes, plus a hurricane doesn't really hiss and roar when it's kilometers away (when a hurricane is far away, it just looks like banded storm clouds). Unless you mean the eye of the hurricane, in which case, it's hissing and roaring on top of your head right now. Makes me question the situation too much.Annahttp://www.justoneanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-3849393790092704912010-03-25T10:35:58.091-04:002010-03-25T10:35:58.091-04:00"thing" in quotes, hissing that you can ..."thing" in quotes, hissing that you can hear kilometers away? Sorry, not hooked.Momwomannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-4859900194167013082010-03-25T10:31:34.795-04:002010-03-25T10:31:34.795-04:00Why is "thing" in scare quotes? Now I...Why is "thing" in scare quotes? Now I'm not convinced it actually is a hurricane, but an angry kitten. It's roaring and hissing.Jodi Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796496740054225283noreply@blogger.com