 its.Nothing.Special 2008-08-12 . chapter 1LOL. I loved it! You're certainly developing as a writer, my friend, that you most certainly are! 8D
OMGILOVETRENT. He reminds me of my own friend named Trent, only he hates being called Trenton because . . . that's not his name.
ANYWAY. Grammar stuff first!
[“Well, bye Mom. I’ll miss you,” Samantha gave her mother a big hug.] The comma should be a period, because the dialogue tag is its own sentence. Or you could say, [. . . Samantha said, giving her mother a big hug.] Yeah.
[She could feel the tears forming in her eyes, and embarrassingly tried to wipe them away before anyone could see.] I think you mean "embarrassedly" and not "embarrassingly."
[“I’ll miss you too, Sam! See you at Christmas!” her Mom got back into her car and Samantha watched her drive off.] There should be a comma before "too" and the "her" should be capitalized -- again, separate sentence. Tricky stuff. Sucks, right?
[“Well, it wasn’t really an attack, per say…” Samantha rolled her eyes and Taylor responded with another giggle.] Should be "per se," not "per say." Even IF that's how it sounds. And I would put the "Samantha rolled her eyes..." part on a separate line because it seems like Samantha's saying that and it could get confusing. OHNOES.
[“I’m Logan Caspin,” He said.] Lowercase "he." Cute name. Delinquent name? ROFL. Doesn't sound like that to me, but whatever.
[“What? Oh, no, I came here last year.” She said, stumbling over her words a little bit.] Comma, lowercase "She." And good job writing the awkward dialogue. You're great at writing dialogue that reflects the situation/emotions of the character. Kudos!
[“Excuse me?” she crossed her arms and there was silence, until Trenton started to laugh.] Capital "she."
[“What’s crack-a-lackin’, Sammich?” Sam squealed as she found herself in a headlock, receiving a noogie from the one and only Trenton.] I would put the Sam part on a different line again. BUT TRENT . . . YEESH, I LOVE HIM.
[“But how am I supposed to know if they are cute or not? Or if they’re new?” he asked, smirking slightly when he saw that he was SO going to win this argument.] LOLOL. Nothing wrong with that sentence. I thought it was really cute.
This whole thing looks like it's going to be really cute, actually. Can't wait to see where you take this. Boarding school stories are ALWAYS fun, especially when you've got characters like this. Keep writing!
;)becky |