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(ENS) Rabid_Gallagher
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Alright....that was....interesting...
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(ENS) Rabid_Gallagher
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I can see why my collenges on HBO haven't even posted a comment. Better title. Wtf is the Yabbagouch? A flying piece of brown shit? Seriously, it needed the code. I didn't finished it because it didn't use Code.
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You need the Code.
Use a lot more detail.
Better your alien personalities.
Learn to write.
Improve your paragraphing skills.
Make youre grammar shine.
Overall, you have a lot of work to do, so get to it.
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Good imagination--bad writing. One of your most glaring problems is how you do (or in this instance, don't do) action. You write action as if you are reporting it in a history book. You need to learn what writers call "Show, don't tell". For example, you wrote:
| Quote: | | A spartan soldier came out of one of the ships and killed six more grunts under seven seconds. |
Look at how much better this is when you show the action:
| Quote: | | A small crowd of Grunts shrieked in horror as a Spartan emerged from the dropship--but they didn't shriek long. Armed with only a pistol and combat-knife the Spartan waded into the frightened aliens with blurring speed; spinning, shooting and slicing. Within seconds the Grunts were slaughtered, and bluish methane hung in the air like a pallor of death. |
See what I mean? If you do that AND follow MCC's advice, you will do much, much better.
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I agree with Chuck. First-time authors often summarize their action, rather than write it.
You've got to slow down. Remember, this isn't a movie - we can't see what you see.
You've got to paint a picture in our heads.
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