 Lost in the Funhouse 2007-01-21 . chapter 1I'm going to be a little stylistical picky because I don't know if your style is based from the fanfics you're used to writing. If it is, keep in mind that fics and fanfics are written differently and what may work with one doesn't always work with the other (:
Firstly, nearly every sentence you have is a new paragraph and that makes your writing appear choppy. Create paragraphs and don't be afriad of them, but don't make them too long where there's only one or two per chapter. The enter key is your friend, but don't overdo it (:
You have an interesting backstory in the beginning but you're doing a lot of "telling, not showing." Many readers like a mental image of what you're writing about and it's hard to get that when you as the writer are not showing the image, but simply telling it.
Those sentences in particular threw me, mainly because you said Rabbi Mendelson screamed at the top of his lungs, but Wayne wasn't AWOKEN (not awoked) from the shrill cry, but for no reason at all, as if he hadn't heard his name but just happened to wake up at the same time by coincidence.
Now, it's nice that Wayne can prepare himself, but you gave him quite a workload that seems to be something to make him invincible, nearly like a Gary Stu. In reality, I don't think anyone could master all of those skills in just fifteen short years.
Interesting plotline but, as you mentioned in your AN, if your keynote for this will be the cartoons and comics you love, maybe a better place for this story would be fanfic or even fantasy genre, where the impossible is possible. An interesting read and I hope you continue |