Author Topic: A short story that I am making that needs a title  (Read 1288 times)

Ever since I was born I wanted to be active but not like this. I know what happened recently on this mountain but I never believed it. My friend went missing and I feel like the only one that cares so I'm going to find him. Seems like only yesterday we went skiing down this mountain. Good times ya' know? I warned him not to go by himself...he never listens. A tear fell from my eye stuck in between the goggles and my face. It hasn't snowed much so his tracks should be around here somewhere...


After about an hour I decided to find a place on this mountain to rest for the night. I'm never going back to that place so called "home". My parents don't love me they just yell at me.  I turned around to see how far I went from the top but when I turned around and I was airborne...

End of chapter one
« Last Edit: December 17, 2013, 10:29:44 PM by Ichigo123 »

An update was made 12/18/13
« Last Edit: December 17, 2013, 10:30:33 PM by Ichigo123 »

Sorry, but it's awfully short, and the ideas are just really really really cheesy.
I wish I could give you some positive feedback, but quite honestly I can't think of anything.
I don't know how to put this nicely; if I could, I would.

the issue here is you're throwing way too much plain, undeveloped, and undetailed/uninteresting info at the reader in the span of less than 1 well-written paragraph.

and i'm not sure about the well-written. Cut down on sentence length and type the story as if you were reading it out loud. A lot of the bad parts of any writing become apparent when reading work out loud.

It's my first try at writing I thought I would give it a go.

I wish I could give you some positive feedback, but quite honestly I can't think of anything.
I can think of a few edits that are necessary

"Ever since I was born I wanted to be active but not like this. I know what happened recently on this mountain but I never believed it. I never knew mount killermanjaro (The mountain is called Mount Kilimanjaro unless you are making up a place, in which it should be properly capitalized as it is a proper noun) could actually kill someone. I am dead? (Sounds more like a statement, try "Am I dead?") No, that cant be (Either needs an elipses[...] or a comma) what about the screams I hear... (Doesn't work here with the elipses, use a question mark instead) I'm only 16, or ... I can't die, or ... it hasn't been long enough... (Should cut in half around here. Normally when something in which a character breaks into someones thoughts or an action occurs like so there should be a break.)

"Well if your (you're) not dead then get up we have some surviving todo!" A strange voice yelled at me. Who was that? Am I still on the mountain? "I said get up!" As the voice once more spoke I felt a sharp pain in my left side. This is (You've been using passive voice this entire passage, might as well use "was" instead) a obvious sign that I'm alive. I tried to open my eyes but only one opened. I placed my hand over my right eye. It was gone! I screamed in terror. The voice came from within me... I said aloud "Where am I?!" (This seems to be unnecessary repetition and it's just worded weirdly. "The vigorous yell erupted from deep within me..." unless you are screaming internally)

End of chapter one (Too short to be a chapter, more like a prelude, intro, or at least section. Definitely not lengthy enough to be considered a chapter. But that's more nitpicking than anything, if it's a short story I guess chapters could work fine)"
« Last Edit: December 17, 2013, 09:37:10 PM by Flamecannon »

Thanks for the pointers and feedback everyone but I'm heading to bed but it's a little less likely that I'll continue this and probably go back to making beats.

Ichigo123
all answers to all questions and criticisms i have lie in this name

Why don't you name it "The Mountain & I"?
« Last Edit: December 18, 2013, 05:10:51 PM by Caribou »

Why don't you name it "The Mountain & I"?

Sure why not.

I have a terrible case of writers block

This is very bad. Chapter one is less than three full paragraphs. Please add more to your story before you decide to slap a title on it (unless you truly know how the story is going to play out).

it holds back too much information, and is a bit boring.

it doesnt drag the reader in the same way if you actually said what was happening.