About the 500 Words posts.

[gridlore]

Part of the goal of the 500 Words concept is to help me polish my writing so I can get on with my goal of getting my fiction published. So while I love it when people tell me that they like what I write, I'm really looking for more. Specifically.

• If you liked it, what appealed to you?


• If you didn't, what turned you off?


• Dissect my writing style - call me on my bad habits, please!


• Likewise with spelling and grammar errors. Feel free to act like an English teacher.


• Seriously, tell me what works and where I'm lacking. I'm trying to exploit the collective minds that read my journal so my writing improves.

Thanks!

Comments

[melchar.livejournal.com]

You should link this to the story post.

As for things I liked = the '1st thing', '2nd thing' that he did wrong set the mood for the piece nicely. The description of Satan was generic enough to go along with the point of 'enough belief causes deity'.

The fact that I like this particular POV helped. ^_^ The ending was reasonable and the protagonist's decision was logical. There weren't a lot of wasted words and the dialogue was crisp.