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(-= 2009-09-21 . chapter 1
very interesting, can't wait til the next chapter's up!
Alora The Sleepy 2009-09-18 . chapter 1
First off, I really like your opening sentence. It captured my interest immediately and avoided sounding like a cliched fantasy opening. So well done. =D I like the rest of the prologue too, but there's a few things you need to fix up:

- "With a heavy hearts": I'm gonna assume this was a typo, but in case it wasn't, get rid of the 'a'. =)
- "Feast, giving all": I don't think 'giving' is the right word here... Try rearranging the sentence or splitting it up somehow.
- "It was pure white and the height of two men and the width of five and in the distinctive shape of an egg.": Too many 'and's ruin the flow of the sentence. Maybe try: 'It was pure white, the height of two men and the width of five, and in the distinctive shape of an egg." I know that only got rid of one 'and', but it flows better, no?
- Now, I'm not a poet, so I'm a bit hesitant to critique the poem, BUT, I'm not sure your punctuation is correct in the first half. Like, "Left alone in the fields gowned in silk and gold.", while it sounds beautiful, is not a sentence, so should it have a full stop/period at the end? But, then of course, I have no idea how you would change it to correct that... Ahaha, I feel very unhelpful now.
- "The people were in shock and awe about the idea of a dragon and his gifts.": I think it's the 'about' here that throws me off. Maybe try an 'at' instead?
- "Admittedly she was": Why is there an 'admittedly' there? What is being admitted? That confused me. Should it be 'immediately' or something like that? =S
- "Eliza never said her feelings of the subject nor ever so much as uttered a word about it.": The use of 'said' sounds incorrect... Maybe replace it with 'gave'? And after the 'nor' there should be a 'did she' to make it flow better.
- "On the proscribed day": 'Proscribed' means 'to prohibit or forbid. So, you're close, but it's still not the right word here. I think you're looking for 'prescribed', but you could also try 'dictated', 'specified', 'commanded', 'stipulated', 'decreed', etc, etc.
- "presented in front of": Personally, I think 'before' would sound better than 'in front of'.
- "and was the cause of her current predicament. " : This reads a bit sloppy to me. I think you could get rid of it completely and not lose any meaning. If you're uncomfortable with doing that, though, I think you should find a new way of phrasing it and try to somehow split up the sentence so it's not as long.
- "muttered a pray that": Once again, I'll assume it's a typo, but just in case it isn't, 'prayer' not 'pray'.
- "sky during the entire day.": I would get rid of the during. It's unnecessary and, I think, makes the sentence too wordy.
- "without so much as a drop": You've used 'so much' twice in quick succession. Maybe try to find a replacement term?
- "away, it is not known.": The use of 'is' throws things off. You've used present tense suddenly in a section entirely written in past tense. I know WHY you've used it, but I think something like, 'away to this day is not known.' would work better.
- "But Fairview prospered for one hundred and thirty years under the Dragon’s protection and the Princess’s sacrifice." First off, I would try to find an alternative to 'but'. It starts off what should be a very impacting sentence too colloquially. In fact, you could get rid of the 'but' all together. That reads much better, I think. And also, 'the Princess's sacrifice' - now, your poem said 'every thirteen years', so why does it appear that only one princess had been sacrificed in one hundred and thirty years? =P You need to make it 'and the Princesses' sacrifices'. But then, that sounds a bit... sloppy to me. So I would look for another, more impacting way to finish the sentence. Actually, you could get rid of that bit all together. Ooh, I like that. Because it doesn't mention the sacrifices, but it's IMPLIED, as if the people in Fairview don't talk about the sacrifices, but everyone knows that every thirteen years, another one has to happen. Haha, can you tell I'm an English Lit student? But, anyway, I think you need to look into that. =)

Yeah, I know that looks like a lot of stuff to fix up, but really, it's all little grammatical things. The plot sounds like it's gonna be awesome from the prologue and summary. But I have a question: Did the summary say the princess is going to fall in love with the dragon? Because... Isn't that a little... twisted? Unless of course the dragon is actually a humanoid. That would make it OK. But, I'm here thinking like... massive beast thing with scales and breathes fire and whatnot, and a human girl falling in love with that is, well, wrong... But anyway. I'm gonna trust that you know what you're doing. =D

Great prologue, I can't wait for an update,
Alora
Emma 2009-09-18 . chapter 1
That was really quite enjoyable, an excellent beginning to a story. It moves at an excellent pace and cant wait for the next installment
Talon Raleigh Cullen 2009-09-18 . chapter 1
I love it! Please write more I so want to know the rest. It's awesome! Please, please, please. I'm on my knees(figuratively) I'm begging!
Alathea 2009-09-18 . chapter 1
This is most certainly a riveting introduction. You have succesfully managed to sum up all that you wanted the readers to know in just few words, thus capturing the interest of your audience.
Great work!
Love2read765 2009-09-18 . chapter 1
Great story so far! Keep going! :)
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