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Old 07-13-2008, 03:01 PM
The Fall






Author's Note

hi there! I wrote a new story the other day
please read and tell me how it is,
if you like it please comment and i'll keep posting the next ones.
here's something to listen along as you read.

The Fall OST - MP3 Music Streams on IMEEM

thank you!
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Chapter 1


The chilly breeze of the ocean brushed my hair. Another rush of wind toyed with the coldness of tears against my cheeks. I reached down to the garment that flowed gently on my body. Never have I ever felt so beautiful in anything before. I took a step forward then stopped to look down. Huge waves of the ocean splashed against the rocky shores.

"If you're going to jump, might as well do it now."

I turned around and saw a tall young man standing next to his car staring back at me. He had his hands in his pockets and was oddly wearing a beanie in the summer. Nonetheless, he knew how to dress himself.

"Why don't you do it, get it all over with?" He said and slowly walked my way. He stopped at the edge of the cliff and looked towards the rising sun.

"Why are you encouraging me?" I asked.

"Why wouldn't I? If that really is your decision, you should carry it out." He said. "Unless you're scared." He turned to face me.

"There's nothing left in this world to be scared of anymore." I replied.

"Then why don't you stop focusing on the bad and focus on the good?" He said.

"Like what? I see no good around me." I said. He nodded his head towards the horizon.

"Don't tell me that's not beautiful." He said. As much as would like to prove him wrong, there really was no way. Who knew looking at a sun rise would bring so much emotion to the heart.

"People say sun rise can mean rebirth. Maybe it's time for you to start over. I personally don't know who you are or how you're living your life, but sadly whatever it is that's driving you to doing this will live inside you for all your life. It's your choice of whether to live with it or choosing the path that you are now. Just because today is a horrible day, doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life; you just got to get there." He said.

He turned around to walk back to his car. My eyes were still kept on him. He opened his door and turned around to me.
"I hope you won't leave all the beauties on earth that the eyes still have to see. And I hope you won't rid of another beatiful person from this world." He got into this car and slowly drove away.

I turned around to get my last glimpse of the sun rise. Then took my step forward.

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Old 07-15-2008, 12:47 AM
OH NO.
cliffhanger!

update, please and thank you!
it sounds really good. =)
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Old 07-15-2008, 02:36 PM
ahhhh thank you! im so glad I have a reader
i'll post two chapters as a bonus! ^^
Tell me if you want more.
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Chapter 2

I couldn't stop thinking about that dream I had last night. Though it was a bit frightening, I felt more sad then scared, there was just something about it. It gave me chills. Maybe I'm too stressed. I should call Jin up afterschool.

The view of school ending felt even more crowded then the streets of New York. I never really liked school. Not because of the usual reasons why teens didn't, like homework, just simply because of how uncomfortable it made me. Passing by friends that used to be so close, people who you thought they were, but ended up being far from what you thought. I guess I can definately relate to everyone about that one.

"Miwa!" Someone yelled out from behind. I turned around and saw Jin. He came up and hugged me.


"Something wrong? You called all of the sudden, I didn't know what was wrong." He said.

"No, it was nothing, I think I'm a bit stressed, and we haven't had time together for a while, so I was wondering if you wanted to hang out." I said.


"****, I'm up for that anyday." He smiled and took my hand and we started walking to the car.

"So where do you want to go today?" He asked.
When we got to the car and got in, I turned to face him and said, "Where we first met." I smiled at him and knew that he would smile back.

Although the drive was a bit far, the closer we got, the more I smelled the cold air of the ocean. Jin knew I loved to come here, even though he still hated how we met.

==FLASHBACK==

"Mommy! I'm going to change now, I'll be right back" I said as I headed over to the changing rooms. I headed over to the changing rooms and walked around to find an empty stall. When I passed a certain one, I heard a voice behind the curtain. I was six, and didn't know any better, so I stepped right in.

"Dammit, I can't get this stupid shirt on! Ugh!" I heard the boy in front of me complain.

"Uh oh, you said a bad word. That's not good for you" I said. The boy quickly turned around.

"AHHHH! What are you doing here? GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!!" He screamed and sat down in a squat possition.

"Why are you being such a wussy? Fine, I'll buy you a sundae later, get over it." I said. Although I really didn't have a clue why he was making such a big fuss.

"Why do you assume I want a sundae? When you just saw me like this!" He yelled.

"Because sundaes can fix anything" I said smiling at him. This seem to quiet the boy down, but the rest of the day, that pout stayed on his face. We were quite young, but I always thought the way he pouted was so adorable.

That year, my family was on a road trip to the beach. Since we never lived close by, it was always something I looked forward to. Jin lived nearby, and came here every summer. After the incident, we quickly became friends.When ever I was with him, it made me feel like I was with someone I knew for all my life. I had grown so attached to him in the two days that we met, that by the last day, they had to pry us apart. When we got back home, I begged and begged my parents to move closer to the beach.

Considering that I was an only child, I pretty much got everything I want. Three months later, we moved right into Jin's neighborhood. It was pointless to count the days that we spent together after that. And the older I got, the more the reason why he made such a big fuss made sense to me.

==END FLASHBACK==

I stepped out of the car and immediately felt the wind against my body.
"Hey Jin. Look." I pointed over to the changing stalls.

"God, Miwa, do you HAVE to remind me? =.=" He said. I bursted out laughing.

"You're always feeding off of my misery aren't you?" He said then smiled. Okay... I can't deny that one. We made our way over to the ice cream stand and got ourselves some scoops. Then walked over to the bench that faced the few palm trees that grew on the beach.

"Do you still remember what I first said to you when you moved into my neighborhood?" He said.

"How can I not? Only you would have said that to me." I said and stood up and imitated his pose and voice. " 'You have to marry me when you grow up, now that you live close.' AHHAHA you're funny Jin, if you were anyone else, I would have beaten you up badly." I said and took a seat.

"Ohh reallyy?? Well, if you don't remember why I said that, let me remind you that you were the only girl to ever see me naked. AND THAT INCLUDES ME BEING BUTT NAKED, WHEN I WAS 8!!!" He screamed it in my ears.

"You know, my mom never even saw me half naked, and she was the woman that gave birth to me. Let alone a stranger like you walking in on me." He said and laughed.

"AHAAAHHA don't you ever regret anything you say?" I asked.

"No, I was being serious, even though I was a kid. When I said I was going to marry you, I'll make dam sure I'm going to marry you." He said. He always knew how to make me giggle, like a baby.

"Awww you're sweet." I said, and leaned my head on his shoulder.

"Good to see you being yourself again. I was getting worried there." He said. I smiled. Even if the world walks out, I always know he's right beside me. Well, he better be, he is my boyfriend after all. ;]

Chapter 3

".... you just got to get there." The tall young man said. I blinked. Then looked over at him as he started walking back to his car. Where am I...My head hurts.. >"<

The man turned around. He wasn't much older then I was, probably about 23 years old. Then he started speaking again, but this time, there was no sound. Whats going on...?

Slowly and slowly... as seconds passed by... I couldn't believe my eyes, time had frooze. It felt different then what I had expected it to feel. Everything stopped.

I thought I had too, but I tried moving. And my body seemed just fine. I looked over to the man, he was still there, smiling. If this is the same thing I saw yesterday... then she should be... over there. I turned around, and no doubt. There she was. In her beautiful gown. Turned around, looking at him, with sorrowful eyes.

I slowly walked closer to her. She wasn't moving, just like him. Her hands clinged to the layers of her dress. Up close, it was truely beautiful. I touched the fabric, but the moment I did, my head began to ache once again. I let go, and it stopped.

I looked up at the young lady, she looked younger than he did, but still a bit older than me. I took my hands and brushed her face of the tears.
"What happened to you?" I said. I turned around to look at the sun rise. Then looked back at the lady. But the moment I did, everything around me began to turn into broken glass.

The scene, the lady, the man, everything, was gone. I looked down to my feet, were the pieces of glass. Then looked up, to notice I was surrounded by darkness...



"Miwa, hello? Miwa!" Jin was in front of me, waving his hands. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, sorry I was zoning out." I replied. He looked worried. "No really, it's okay." I said to reassure him. We were at our favorite bakery, eating cake of course :]. Although I was messing with mine more than eating it.

"What's wrong? Appetite not good?" He asked.

"I guess so, I've been like that lately." I said. "Hey Jin, can to take me to see mom later?" I asked.


"Course, I haven't seen her for a while, I'd like to come too." He said smiling. I smiled back. I stared at him while he ate his cake, just like fat kid who hasnt eaten one in yearss. I laughed.

"What?" He asked looking confused.


"Who do you love more, that cake or me?" I asked laughing. "Cause right now it seems like that cakes really appealing to you." I said.


"Of course, this cake tastes good, and I love it way more than you." He said while picking up the dish and spilling it around. "See? Isnt it appealing to you too?" He said than took off a piece and waved it front of me.

"You know you want some. Buzzz buzzzz. bumblebee flying aroundd." He said as he waved the fork with the piece of cake around like a bee. "Miwa! Miwa! Eatt meee!" He said in a high pitched voice.

"HAHAHAHHAA rawr! I'm coming!" I said and opened my mouth wide. Jin placed the fork close, then put it in his own mouth.

"SYKE. eat your own" He said in a full mouth.

"Awww you ass." I took some of my cake and rubbed it on his nose.

"=.= oh so thats how you wanna play huh? Okay fine." Jin said then took his plate and pushed it into my face. "AHHAAHAHHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!! you look pretty hunny. 8)" He said.

:O. seconds later, we couldnt help but laugh.

After we cleaned up, as we were driving to mom's place, i took out a little quare, and began folding. Jin looked over and smiled.

"Still making those?" He asked as he was driving.

"What are you talking about? I'm not gonna stop until I die! Haha you know that." I said. Everytime something unforgettable happens, whether good or bad, I'll pull out a little square from my pockets and begin to fold a heart. Just a symbol of that day. Each person I spend with gets their own colored hearts, Jin's is white. I have a whole jar of these at my house. And guess what color dominates all? You guessed it, white ;].

GENOVA HOSPITAL, yes that was mom's only home. And she's never really left.

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Old 07-16-2008, 03:05 PM
Chapter 4

I stepped out of the car and waited for Jin to come out. We walked together into the entrance.

"Oh wait! I want to go buy her flowers, you go on first, I'll be right there." I said.

"Okay, be careful walking around." He said and headed on first. I walked around the corner of the hospital and saw an old lady selling flowers.

"Hello young lady, would you like to buy some flowers? They're fresh from my garden." She said and gave a kind smile. I smiled back and nodded then took a look around. She had roses, daisies, peonies, cherry blossoms, almost all the flowers you can imagine. Mom loved the color purple. So I bought her a big bouquet of lilacs.


"First emotions of Love" She said, were what lilacs meant. Each flower has it's own meaning. Dad taught her that. I've never had the pleasure to meet him myself, he was gone before I was born. With so many stories mom told me about him, it was like he was never gone. She also said he wasnt like any man she'd ever met before. He never gave her roses like any man did, always lilacs. That's what made their love so special.

The door slid open, "Hi mom! I brought you something!" I said. Then handed her the bouquet of lilacs.

"Awww, thank you sweetie." She said and took the flowers from my hands. She looked at them deeply and I knew she was thinking of dad. Her eyes told it all.

It was hard. To look at my mom day by day. Partly because she was growing older, and I still had the image of her holding my hands walking home from school. But mostly because she grew old by herself.

People never really appreciate aging. When you can grow old with someone, it's such a pleasure that's been overlooked by marjority. But mom, she grew all by herself. I really don't know how she did it. I don't think I can imagine all the pain she went through.

I looked over at Jin, who by now was being nosy all over the room. He picked up a bobble head and tapped it's head lightly and smiled at the wobbling head. I don't think I can deal with the pain if I were to loose Jin.
"So Miwa, how's school?" She asked.


"It's been good. Same as always." I replied.

"It's your senior year, aren't you excited? I know I was when I was your age." She said.


"Haha, yea I know you were, cause grampa told you that you can only marry dad if you graduate." I said and smiled.

"Haha, you know everything don't you." She said.

"I wonder who told me ;]. But I'm pretty excited about graduation." I said.
"I just hope I'll be well enough to attend." She said.

"Mom don't say that. I know you'll definately be there." I said and she lightly smiled.

Mom was hospitalized when I was very young. She was a witness of a bank robbery when the police came before the robbers could escape, they took the closest person, sadly was her, and threw her out a 1 story building as a threat.

The doctor said it was a miracle she lived, although half of her body is now paralyzed. But that wasn't the worse part, when they did tests on her, they found out she had cancer of the blood. And from then on, she never left the hospital.

Once in a while, Jin and I would take her out to eat. But by the end of the day, that was where she had to return.

After spending an hour with mom, Jin and I made our way home. When we were on our way out to the parking lot, a girl was standing by Jin's car. It was dark, and from far away, I couldn't exactly tell who it was.

"Jin, do you see someone by your car?" I asked.

"Yeah, but I don't know who that is. Let's get closer" He said.

Each step we took, revealed a gorgeous girl.

"Hello darling. It's been a while." She said.

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Old 07-17-2008, 04:20 AM
DARLING.
What the heck?!
Exgirlfriend?
Prostitute?

I hate cliffhangers.
haha
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Old 07-17-2008, 04:20 AM
By the way,
I loved how that you used Mike He in the picture.

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Old 07-17-2008, 04:14 PM
Haha
Thank you! I love mike he xD
Heres the next one! enjoy <3
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Chapter 5

Sometimes I wish I was blind. To not see the cruels on earth, and all the sadness that comes along with it. Now would be a good time to be blind..

The unknown girl who stood in front of me a minute ago, had made her move. She seperated Jin's hands from mine, and kissed him.

"Who's this Jin? Your little whore?" She said after she finished. I waited for him to reply, but he didn't speak a word.

It took me a minute to progress everything that just happened. For all my life, I was able to control my body through will. But seeing this, my body acted on its own. Tears flowed uncontrollably. I didn't want to hear him explain. Nor did I want to hear anymore of her degrading comments.

*SMACK* She stared at me spechless at what I'd done. Knowing me so well, I knew Jin was prepared to take the hit. The stinging from the slap left my hand burning. I couldn't stand being around them any longer. I did what any girl would have done. I ran. Not because I was scared, not because I didn't want to stand up for him.

But simply because for the first time in my life, it felt like he wasnt worth it. As if he were just any ordinary boy. Not some one who I thought meant so much to me.

As I darted away, I felt his hands grasp mine. I shook from his grasp and kept running. Like the world was going to end right before my eyes.

"Let her go." The lady said as she held him back. I wanted him to run, to chase after me. But I guess her words were enough for him to forget me.

I didn't know where I was heading, as long as my feet were still moving, I felt better. The feeling of getting away from it all. I didn't want to go home tonight. Home would be the last place I'd want to be right now. It was place I had decorated with all the memories of Jin and me. And right now, he's the last person I want to see.

My head completely lost track of time, before I knew it, the sound of waves came within hearing distance. It was getting dark, but even if it was pitch black, I'd still know where I was heading, the beach.

I knew every curve of the road, every rock in the way, every whole on the ground. Even if I was really blind, I knew this place by heart. I kept on walking, until I reached the shores of the ocean. I didn't know how far I was from the parking lot, all I could feel was sand on the feet.

WOOSH shhh, WOOSH shhh, WOOSH shhh.

It was cold, the feeling of the water against my toes. I picked up my sandles and sat down, staring at the moon. Who knew, it was a full moon today.

My face felt like ice, from the tears and wind blowing against my face. I didn't know what to think, nor did I know how to deal. I never truly understood what it meant when people told me to not make someone your everything, until now. Where do I go from here? What am I suppose to do?

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed at the silent ocean. "HOW COULD YOU TREAT ME LIKE THIS? ahhuh *sniff* AHHHHHH!" I pounded at the soft sand. It took me a while to calm myself down. I havent cried like this for as long as I could remember.

*Rainy day - Ayumi Hamasaki*
Wasure taku nai koto nara
Oboeyou to shinaku temo
Wasureru koto nante nai
Sou shizuka ni kanjiru
I picked up my cell phone and looked at the caller ID. *Jin* I picked up but didn't say a word.

"Miwa, where are you? Let me expl---." I hung up.

"Whatever." I said and dropped the phone on my purse.

*Wasure taku nai koto nara
Oboeyou to shinaku temo
Wasureru koto nante nai
Sou shizuka ni kanjiru*

I picked up. "THERES NOTHING TO EXPLAIN!" I screamed into the phone.

"Hi there mad lady." I heard on the other end.

"Oh, Nami. Hey..." I said. Nami was my best friend from childhood. She used to live next to me, until she got accepted into a student exchange program. She's now living in NY studying fashion and its always nice to hear her voice.

"That's my greeting? I havent talked to you in forever and that's what you say to me? You were always a bitch you know that?" She said.

"Haha." I said. Nami knew how to make me smile in any situation.

"Yeah, thats right. So what's wrong?" She asked.

"I don't wanna talk about it..." I said.

"Whatt??? :O Fine, well, don't go crying to me when I'm not around." She said. I knew she was joking, thats how Nami always was. Whether good or bad, she'll always have a smiling face or she knew how to make someone's day without having a good day herself. I loved her for that.

"Haha, sorry, today's just not a good day. I'll call you some other time and tell you what happened." I said.

"Sounds good. So how's Jin?" She asked.

"Uhhhhh, hes goodd..." Trying to sound convincing.

"Ha. Well, I hope you feel better. Whatever it is, I'm always here for you."

When she said this, I knew she had an idea what happened.

"Don't keep yourself bottled in you know, its not bad for you. Especially with that heart of yours." She said.

"Yeah, I'll try to remember that. Thanks." I said. Thats right. I guess being normal isnt really a big trend in my family. My mom has blood cancer, my dad died early of a heart attack and me, well, I was born with a bad heart. Sometimes it'll start to act up. Grasping air from my lungs. No matter how much I try to breath, it's as if it never gets to my heart. It felt like I had a black hole inside my body that sucks in all the air I breathe. Back then, I occasionally blacked out from these attacks and was sent to the emergency rooms many times. Even at my worst, Jin would always stay by my side. I guess now's not a really good time to talk about it...

"You know, sometimes people forget to appreciate the people around them. And misunderstand them a countless number of times. Most of the time, that's what causes a relationship to end. Even if it's friendship, family, or even a significant other. You have to just hear the person out. Maybe you were just jumping to conclusions. And let's just hope it's not how it really seems." She said.

"Yeah, I hope not..." I said.

"Well, I'll be off next week. So you can call me anytime. Oh yeah, since I'm never going to get this opportunity to have a long break again, I'll be going to the beach on Thursday. But you can still call if you need me. I just wanted you to know." She said.

"Okay, thanks and I hope you have fun! I really miss hanging out with you. I wish we could spend all those days together like back then. " I said.

"Wouldn't that be nice? haha. " She said.

"Oh yeah. My m------" I was cut off.

".......... Miwa?... are you there? Miwa.. stop messing around...." Nami said. No reply.

"...MIWA! MIWA!!" Nami screamed.

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Old 07-17-2008, 06:18 PM
Alright, fair warning for anyone now reading this post. If you're familiar with my posting habits around here, then you're familiar with my harshness. If you don't want to be criticized (albeit constructively), then ignore the remainder of this post. That being said, I'll do my best to be helpful and noninflammatory. Despite the fact that this is another Asian Drama, and I clearly haven't read enough of those on here.

Okay, too many chapters to take any specific chapter out and go over it, so I'll pretend it's one fluid story and critique on the overview.
  • Asian Drama - No offense, but by writing a story like this on Blogring, you're a needle in a stack of needles. Because of this, you're already getting washed up in a slew of other asian dramas, if only because I can't finitely pick out your story from the others. This doesn't mean it's bad, it just means it will be largely run-of-the-mill by association.
  • Non-Descript - Nothing special, average, run of the mill. These adjectives fit the entire writing style. The wording is simple, the sentence structure isn't very stand-out. Not bad, per se, but because you're fighting 9,000,000 other Asian Drama writers for screentime, then you'd do better to go the whole nine yards with writing style. More on this later.
  • Emotes and *verbs* - You're writing, therefore your medium is already strong enough to convey everything *smacks* and =.=; can convey without them being necessary. It pulls me from the piece when I see them, and find myself having to re-establish a reading rhythm. I'll touch up on this later as well.
  • Zig Zag - Your writing style is zig-zaggy. You shift constantly between being comfortably descriptive, and so vague I need to re-read points to figure out exactly what happened. The level of detail fluxuates, and I find myself feeling the need to re-read entire chapters so I feel sure I understood what exactly happened.
Okay, so now that I've covered several smaller parts, I'm going to describe what I've said in detail.

On Non-Descript, I explained everything just seems to have that little bit of lacking in it's description. Or the rhythm doesn't flow. For example
[quote=Original Story]"Hello young lady, would you like to buy some flowers? They're fresh from my garden." She said and gave a kind smile. I smiled back and nodded then took a look around. She had roses, daisies, peonies, cherry blossoms, almost all the flowers you can imagine. Mom loved the color purple. So I bought her a big bouquet of lilacs.


"First emotions of Love" She said, were what lilacs meant.[/
quote]

Reading that, it isn't bad, but it's a little disjointed, rhythmithically speaking, and the descriptors are a little difficult to follow because of it. I would phrase it like this:
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"Hello, young lady. Would you like some flowers? They're fresh from my garden." She said, smiling at me. I returned her smile, nodded, and began to look around. My mother loved purple, so I kept this in mind as I looked over the roses, daisies, peonies, cherry blossoms, and any other flower I could want. When I spotted the lilacs, I smiled. I picked several of them, and handed them to the elderly lady.

"Ah, did you know that lilacs stand for the first emotions of Love?" She asked, wrapping the flowers and handing them back to me. I (nodded/shook) my head, paid her, smiled once last while waving goodbye.
Technically speaking, neither is wrong or right, but when writing, you'd do best to have the eye naturally flow from one word to the next. Anything jarring takes a lot from the reader. It's the difference between staying up until 3 AM reading, and putting the book down until the next day. Personally, I feel like the former gives me a better experience overall.

As far as the Emotes and *action verb!* goes, those can be replaced by actions in the story, or descriptors in the dialogue. Show, don't tell.

That's all from me, hope this helped out some.

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Old 07-18-2008, 02:05 AM
Thanks i'll keep that in mind
I know i'm among a lot of asian writing.
but it was just a good story i thought of,
i don't plan on getting anywhere with it.
other than that, this is just a hobby,
I'm just trying to get a good story through,
but i'll remember those points you told me
when i'm actually writing something important.

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Old 07-22-2008, 02:30 AM
Chapter 6

It was blurry, as I began to open my eyes. All I could see was black and white. My head began to hurt like a contraction. Seconds later, the pain started to fade away. I picked myself up.

It was dark. I looked around, confused at where I was. It was an underground parking lot. It must be night time, cause there was no cars around. I kept looking around, until I heard talking.

"WHERE IS SHE?" A man dressed in a black suit with many others behind him were screaming at a young man on the floor. I couldn't quite see his face, but he was bleeding. He slowly began to pull himself up. The moment he did, one of the men standing up punched him to the grounds.

"STOP! What are you doing?" I yelled. No response. They couldn't hear me. I kept trying, but no one reacted, it was as if I was invisible. I moved closer and tried to help the young man on the ground up, but the moment my arms tried to grab his shoulders, it went straight through.

"O.O what just happened?" I whispered. I tried again and again it went straight through. Now there was nothing I could do but watch. I stepped back.

The young man was now breathing in heavily. Once in a while, he would cough, and blood would spill out. He pulled himself together and managed to get himself up.

"YAH!!!!!!!!!! " He screamed and started charging at the other men. They began to fight. I thought the young man had all his powers drained away. But i was wrong. He kept on fighting, and eventually knocked many down to the ground. He kept on fighting until there was only one man left. From the stance of the guy, he seemed like the leader.

"Do you love her that much?" He asked the young man. He was trying to catch his breath.

"More than you would ever understand." He said and started darted at the guy. A one on one combat began. I didn't notice that my eyes were beginning to tear. The way he fight, there was just something about it. It wasnt to fight for his own life, but it was to protect someone. It went on for a while, until they both ran out of energy. They looked equally beat.

*CLICK* I heard a sound. The man had pulled out a gun had pulled out a gun. I was able to catch a glimpse of his face. They weren't much older then each other, and in their mid twenties.

The young man pulled himself together and charged one more time. The othe man grabbed him and pulled him close.

"If I can't have her, I won't let anyone have her." He whispered into the young man's ears.

*BAM* They both fell to the ground. I covered my mouth and tears began to run down my hands. Seconds later, I saw the young man's arms move. I gasps.

He took out his cell phone and dialed a number. He tried to put pressure on the bullet wound.

"Yuki..." He said into the phone. I couldn't quite hear what the other person said.

"Umph..No..umph.. i'm fine, its okay. *cough cough*" He said and blood came out.

"Listen, I just want you to know, how much you mean to me. I wish I could wake up tomorrow to your beautiful face like I've had the priviledge to each day up till now. Umph... But I have to go now. And you need to know, that I love you with all my heart. If I can't be with you in this life, I'll find you in the next one.... i.... love... you..." He said and dropped the phone.

He stopped moving. I slowly walked over, but the closer I got, the more my head began to hurt. I couldn't take it anymore so I stopped a couple of feet way. With a little of ache still in my head. I looked at his face. I reached out with my head, but the moment it got close, everything stopped and broke into pieces.

Once again. I was surrounded by darkness.

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