The banshee and the Kitsune

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Jun 9, 2016 3:16 AM #1450804
this is the story how a Banshee of the old era and a Kitsune that things that is human met and had a fun time together.

Hi guys, i was so happy to make this, this would tell more about the race of the kitsune and the back story of my character Ergos featuring Serena, the Deathsinger.


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Jun 9, 2016 5:10 AM #1450807
D'aw!

Cute story ya have! I think it was nice and am eager to see what else you have in store for your character and homer's! (Delor's old name was easier to spell)

Gonna keep this kinda condensed since I got a snoring sleeping beauty next to me, but when I was reading this, a few things stuck out to me. Looks like ya don't have all the grammar rules down quite yet (PM me so I don't forget to go more in depth please), but a quick one is her vs she. Basically, when your talking about a girl, ya gotta go with she, her basically just tells possession.

She drove her car here.

How did she fall asleep in the time between asking for, and receiving her water?

That sorta thing.

Another thing that I want to touch on is intros. The first few lines are really what sucks your reader in, so ya gotta make sure they're strong. Do you watch any movies? Ya know when it'll show a character, and then slowly pan to show the world around them? I think that might do ya some good. Are you setting the sence, or focusing on the character? Here ya watched Ergos, so I'd go from his perspective, in a way.

A gentle, rhythmic pitter patter drowned out the chaotic ambiance from the outside as Ergos gazed into the empty auditorium, eyes fixated on the instrument from his youth. Old yet still breathtaking, a paino sat center stage, strikingly similar to the one his mother used to play. With a smile creeping up his cheeks, he began approacing it.

Going back to movies again, but do you know how the good guys are always shown up close? That's to make the audience like them more, so this sorta panned focus is for a similar deal. Kinda goes into show vs tell as well, which everyone gets told about when they first start, so don't feel bad about that, and rapid word repeats are another common demon. Things like rain and song were hit pretty heavy, but things like a thesaurus can help you out a lot with that, especially when you're just beginning, and especially when English isn't your first language.

Again though, I enjoyed it and hope to see more! Nicely done!
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Jun 9, 2016 11:09 AM #1450824
Really good story! It's truly refreshing to see Serena written from another perspective. Crankmeister already put out the rough CnC, so my job is half done. And don't worry, those slight grammar mistakes.will go away with time. The more you'll write, the better you'll get ;)

Although I don't want you to change anything, I would like to.mention a couple of things about Serena: she's really not that girly (thats the feeling I got, but maybe I'm wrong), and the guardian is a separate entity, so he would talk about Serena in third person (even if he is saying what Serena is telling him to say. Most of the times he adresses her as Mistress).

But again, great piece! I loved it. This makes me want to do a followup as soon as I get home from my work trip :D
Keep it up, fam ;)
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Jun 9, 2016 1:26 PM #1450834
Thanks for the advice, I will keep improving, and I wanted them to look naturally, like normal people, even though they are far from normal
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Jun 11, 2016 5:07 AM #1450982
Heh, uh, they change and get better so long as you watch for them. Ya seem them more the more ya get used to looking.

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Side notes:

Liitle is actually spelled little. I'm a terrible speller myself but I saw it enough that I'm not sure if ya know.
Also, with "...", just make sure there's punctuation inside the quotation marks, typically a comma at the end. "I got fired because I stabbed a guy," Jake shrugged.

I know it's a bit of a list, I just wanted to reiterate good job! I took Chinese for three years and I can barely say hello, so I know it's not easy and you have every reason to be proud of where you're at now. Still a journey, but the road behind you is longer than what's ahead.