 Damien Vlashtov 2009-04-20 . chapter 1Powerful. I like how you begin this piece, alluding to the suicide in the first line. In a few places, I feel commas would help the flow flow of the piece. "Inadvertedly he was helping her in ways he would never understand" change this to "Inadvertently he was helping her, in ways he would never understand." Then put a comma in the sentence "Her blood running with her tears, coalescing into the bath that would be her watery grave". You expertly describe the actual cutting--you made me cringe. The only thing I would change here, is the wording, "she was finally realizing her penultimate plan." Penultimate just doesn't really fit here...I would find another word. Lastly, I would rearrange the italicized wording at the end. "She felt as if she could hear the scream from beyond" is a great line, but vague due to its placement. "She" could be referring to the sister. Regardless, good piece. I love how you end it; I was actually expecting the girl to back down. |