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Started by November 08, 2006 07:23 PM
10 comments, last by Wardyahh 18 years, 1 month ago
An object is thrown from the vehicle to the ground,=before or after the fall?

(well as it says the transport falls down a short drop and then that an object is thrown from the car i assume that most people would take it as happening in that order)

the pursuers lose sight of the vehicle, while they speed around the forest road leading to the crash site. = veery stupid pursuers, the clever ones would first check from above

(does it say they are crack SAS troops?)


she pretends she’s walking = can you present to me how someone can "pretend" to be walking? is she moonwalking, or walking on hands and covering that?

(Fixed My Bad :))

patrolling would be closer to the truth. For she had drawn the short straw and
had to patrol = if she is on a patrol, then patrolling is THE truth, and not closer to truth

("closer to the truth" is a figure of speech and i fixed it to what it was supposed to say again its my bad :))

Truth be told it wasn’t all that bad, The Cross rarely ventured this far into Star territory and it gave Sophie some much needed time to herself. = here you mix several POV. als it is Truth TO be told.

("Truth be told" is a contraction of the original saying(and probably is more of a personal preference) and most people would recognise the saying anyway)
(although i will admit its not correct)

So she walked in the cover = walked in the cover?

(walked in the cover of the trees(it being a forest and all))
(fixed just in case anyone didnt make the connection)

just as she was trained to, but at the same time in a world of her own, until that is, = i need a compass to find my way in this. she was trained + at the same time + in a world of her own? +until that is? = what is that?

(Huge error on my part thanks for pointing it out - Fixed)


Fearful of a full scale attack she approaches her destination with caution.= that is a good one = because you are afraid of a full scale attack (from whom?, was there a small scale attack possible?) = you approach? what a motivation!

(we'll being on patrol in a woods which (even to a small degree) might need some patrolling, you may expect the occasional thing to investigate - as a patrol-woman)
(changed to "Fearful of an attack" for clarification)

GENNA

“Thank god we were in a Cross transport or that explosion = this explosion

thought Genna to herself , = is she trained to think to otherselves too? is there any other mode of thinking than thinking "to yourself"?

(you could be "thinking out loud"?)
(just being pedantic but does it say she DOESN'T have telepathic abilites?)

immediately reaching over the seats = what a long hands you have, grandma Genna...

(lol i know. Them transports with the 5 feet of extra legspace for the rear passenger seats may require you to LEAN AROUND ON THE SEAT (and have 3 feet of extra arem length)

(changed it cause its obviously confusing

to check the safety cradle’s, = several safety cradle's? and its cradles, not cradle's.
(changed that and i'm pretty sure its cradles' plural as there is more than one(but i'll admit i could be wrong))

she silently sobbed to herself = yeah, goes logically together with thinking to herself...

(see above)

“…but I must at least deliver this one to sanctuary”.= you deliver the package - but you bring a child

(unless its not apparent until later that it is a child at all)

She steeled herself against the burden of the lost one = oh, she is preparing herself for the burden of something that does not exists as it is "lost one"?

(as in didnt let the grief overtake her because she had something important to do(taken out anyway))

and hauled the remaining cradle into the front seat. = into the front seat - did the seat have a big hole in it?

(possibly but yeah my bad again :)) Fixed

After she had accomplished this she quickly assessed the situation, = what situation for god's sake? she crashed and she has to move, thats it.

(aside from the two agents following her, her injuries(mentioned in the next breath i might add),the state of the car(again mentioned straight after))

the transport was in a bad way it was never going to move, = read that again, slow and try to find narrative logic (or insert some commas)

(added comma :) fixed)


and the potentially explosive inner workings. = pompously verbose

(but not wrong or unbelievable)

She quickly double checked that at least the remaining cradle was unharmed,= she double checked? the cradle in the middle of the seat? and why this constant repeat "remaining"?

(because apparently some people dont keep up well with my writing......and i wanted to make clear there was more than one)

it was fine, in truth it was in much better condition than she was. = cradle was in much better condition than a human being?

(broken ribs and bash on the head = pain(unless she took some painkillers i forgot to mention as well(again the injuries are in the next sentence and i hope people will actually read to the next sentence to understand the statement rather than just stopping there because its so badly written :)))

Genna surmised from that pain = which pain? you never said anything about it.

(mentioned right there in that very sentence)

that she had broken at least 2 ribs and had hit her head hard in the fall, but she was a woman of determination, she couldn’t give up no matter what. = another loud reading excercise with the aim to find logic is needed here.

(http://www.anysubject.com/english-tutor.asp) or you could just google for somemore if you need to :)

Thankful that her legs were mostly unharmed, she would at least be able to run.= so, she first thanks her legs and adds another narrative mishmash.
as they flew through the trees, taking advantage of any and all possible cover they could. = They FLEW THROUGH TREES, while taking cover? We are talking about supermen?

(if i had a fall and needed to run away i would be thankful that my legs werent injured)
(flew as an adjective, not to actually fly but to move quickly(although it doesnt say they can't))



They both knew exactly who it was they were chasing, and although they couldn’t begin to fathom why the 2nd in command, the right hand of the Cross, would run, they also knew that everyone who had previously gone up against her had died, without exception.
= this is not a sentence, this is a word soup.

(is it...my aplogies sir.. if you wait one second i will have the chef make you a fresh bowl.... on the house of course)



Continuing through the woods, from their perspective it seemed like the longest three minutes of their lives. =another word soup, this time lasting exactly 180 seconds?

(i would think with your apparent master of the english language, that you would know how to write "constructive" criticism hmmm...ok so there is something wrong there..possibly...if you gave me a suggestion i might understand what it is or better yet learn something)

Suddenly a shot rang out, Charlie One with his vast experience immediately dove for cover, Charlie Two however returned a single shot and was immediately hit with the second of two more almost instantaneous return shots, he fell injured. = if you can
understand that, your are godlike…

(Missing comma's you are the bane of my (apparently short) writing career)
(Fixed)

Charlie one shouted “Charlie Two …you ok?”, Charlie Two Replied “I’m still here Dave, = so Charlie two suddenly have a name? you must get shot first to get one?

(Yep shoot first ask names later)

hit me in the collar bone, cant use my left arm….luckily I’m right handed ….hehe”. = ask and doctor how many people with a crushed collar bone would laugh

(ask a seasoned soldier(or journalist for that matter) how many people with worse injuries have tried to find humor as a way of lightening(sp?) the mood)


“Just wait I’ll call for backup” = until I call for a backup
(dont see the mistake(see what i mean about being constructive :)))

shouted David = Dave is now David?

(yep David is his name "Dave" to his friends....David Ignacious Levau to his mother)

annoyed at his friend Peter’s apparent levity, = whose levity, you are mixing here Peter (the ex Charlie one) with Dave who is David and was Charlie two.

(so you complain that peter(charlie 2 btw)is laughing,and having clearly noticed that,proceed to complain about how i reference it ??) lol



“No point Dave we need to get her now or we don’t get her at all” = are officially forbidden to use commas?

(see melodramatic comma statement above) (Fixed)


replied peter struggling to stay conscious, = how’s that, a sec ago he was laughing?

(so you're saying that i'm supposed to descibe his slow descent into unconciousness?)


“She hit me ‘cause she saw the muzzle flare… so if I fire again you can go around and surprise her from the side” continued Peter, “Yes but that close to suicide you idiot…..you know she could kill you next time” replied David, knowing it was their best chance “so we better make it count” he said to his friend, they both realised it could be their last exchange of words. = Peter is a moron, who does not realize he can shot from cover, blindly shooting?

(i do see the point and i did notice this when writing, but if they are so far away as to not be able to see her,then chances are she might not see the muzzle flare froma gun fired at the base of a tree. So the best chance would be for him to stand up.) (am i wrong?)



“Ok I’ll give you ten seconds to move around and then I’ll fire” said Peter, rising to his feet “Go..Now” he shouted before his friend had a chance to reply. = double moron, now he is rising even if it is totally unnecessary.

(see above statement)
(and again when did it say they were SAS(or american equivalent))



Peter, determined to not waste = not to waste

(same difference)

their one chance = their only (or one and only)


she moved at almost inhuman speed to swing round =inhuman speed to swing around?

(so the speed at which people can swing round does not have any defined normals)
(then that would mean that a person swinging to the side could technically do so at light speed and it wouldnt be considred(sp? tired now)strange??)

(in case thats too soupy(yes a word..sort of) for you i meant to say she moved a lot quicker than a regular person would,possibly having practiced this before or perhaps building her obliques in a gym?)

and face him but unbeknownst to him her injuries prevented her from reacting quickly enough = inhuman speed was not enough?

(first i said near human, Second it states (again in the very next line(you really should read ahead a little)that she is injured)

(in case youskipped the part about her injuries earlier


and he clubbed her with all he had,= with all he had? He had several hands or guns?

(all his might? all the strength he had or ....alternatively with the set of nunchaku he kept in case of emergencies such as this)

hoping it was enough. = o yes, the eternal hope.

(??)



She just lay there, = yes, just laying, nice hobby

(i was going to put she lay there and suddenly started breakdancing...but it didnt seem to fit)


for a instant = an instant

(thanks :) Fixed)

, he reached down tentatively for a pulse = he reached for a pulse (because a pulse was just laying there in full view?

(several actually)


laughed to himself = at least did not think to himself…

(i was gonna put laughed to the audience but again ..didnt fit)


Sophie stopped dead= that means either she fell down dead or she continued as an undead creature.

(or "stopped dead" as an accepted phrase)

she thought to herself selfishly. = yes, this selfish self-thoughting… very rampant

(what she was thinking was selfish)


She ran on, holding the bundle of rags like her very soul was contained inside.= this soul must be happy in the middle of the rags…

(it has a miniature tv and everything)



When she originally approached= she approached originally, for a change, while others were so unoriginal.

(approached the first time)(not changing because it means the same thing)

the source of the explosion= she approached the gun then?

(or the exploded car)


What she saw cried out, even to her hardened heart,=so, she saw something that cried out, even to her hardened heart

(catching on arent we...)

lifting from within a baby. = lifting from within?

(damn you comma's, damn you all) (fixed)

the clear lack of a weapon, = hmm. Clear lack of weapon… hmmm

(as in she couldn't see one)

that it was possible if need be to restrain or kill her easily, that being said it was of no real benefit for her to expose herself even more……so when her body began to move, she was surprised. = read this aloud to yourself….its vocabulary smogarsbord.

(i see no smogarshbord, but maybe i would if you explained a litte)

This whole thought process happened = yeah, sure, thought process happened, but while writing this...

(same could be said)


The woman was not even facing Sophie anymore, as she had said already…they were out of time, = so, when you say we are out of time, the logical consequence is that you stop facing somebody?

“Run from who?”, =whom

(noted and fixed)

Sophie already struggling to keep up with what was going on, was hesitating and trying to make sense when she was given her last chance the Red-headed woman turned to the forest behind them and said to Sophie softly, with a barely hidden anger “Do as you have promised…..or I will shoot you myself”, she needed no more incentive she, in one fluid motion, jumped up to her feet grabbed the child carefully and began running into the jungle…towards home. =THIS ONE IS A GEM. And I especially emphatise with the beginning: STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON…

(explaination...possibly or maybe its a bit much for you to try and read and help at the same time :))



.
placed the woman into custody= yes, yes, in the war you always place your enemy into custody (is Custody a name of the healing tank?)

(never said she was the enmy i said she was being chased)
(if you managed to associated being chased with being an enemy you should look over some of the comments, use some of that amazing association power(yes i know bad english)and possibly keep up)

She was placed in custody and then in a healing tank.= good idea, repeat everything twice, repetitio mater studiorum est…

(fixed)


etc. etc. etc. not convincing is putting it very mildly....

what...most of your arguments i totally agree..:)

on a more serious not if anyone else reads this and finds it this hard to keep up
let me know,it may actually be that its hard to keep up with....or it could just be him :)

regardless of how it may seem it is nice to get an objective view..and when i get one i'll let you know how good it feels

there were some good points made here...well one good one which was explained and some grammer and spelling mistakes i fixed... but if you do need to critisize if you could format it a little more "constructively" i may learn a bit

Thank You
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i wasn't annoyed becasue you didnt like it..everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that you didnt give me much detail as to why you didnt like parts of it or what to do to improve it :)
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