Punctuation by Dair
Wed, 2002-05-29 12:48
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Punctuation by Dair
http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewstory.cgi?s=23454
Go look at this. It's extremely readable, I enjoyed it very musch - and prose has to be very good to hold my attention on here.
very musch? Gosch.
bollocks
:o))
I read the first six or seven parts or so. It was pretty interesting. I would only comment that it would be better with some paragraph breaks, which can be done by putting a blank line between paragraphs.
it's very long (by my standards).
wouldn't you say it's getting close to being a novel?
Dare I say.
Liana's recommendation can do strange things to people. They get one
into dangerous moods ... :-)))
I don't often give up on anything but I found that this one just didn't hold my interest. The beginning is okay but after a few sections it begins to sort of wash over you and your attention wanders. I think I have to agree with seannelson: punctuation is just what it lacks. The quoted speech where there is a change of speaker taking place without a line break makes the text very dense and hard to read. I found it a constant effort to remember who was supposed to be speaking. Maybe it's just me. I think I need a strong coffee. Sorry. I'll shut up now.
I thought it was okay but fairly heavy going to read. I agree that it needs better punctuation, and maybe a bit of editing down. Develops quite a good atmosphere though, and I could imagine all the scenes happening.



