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ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
April 23 2013 05:28 GMT
#1
Hello, I have decided to dabble into the world of fictional writing, and I thought I'd share some of my better work for perhaps someone with a bit more expertise than I to dissect. Enjoy!

Credentials: I am an English Major with a minor in Communications. I am also both a professional and freelance writer, and I have published many articles and one book. I began writing fiction stories around 15 years ago, and I feel like I have really refined my work, and have elected to share the first chapter of a story that I'm working on. Let me know what you think!

Story:

It was a dark, black night, that was utterly pitch black like the blackest African ever. A full moon shone over the watery lake. A car drove up to the lake, and came to a stop when it stopped. Two men were in the car. One of the men looked like a guy, and the other one looked similar. One of the men had a face, and so did the other one. Both men stepped out of the car, but not before opening the car doors. They closed the doors. "We did it." one of the men said. "Yeah we did." the other man said. They went around to the trunk of the car, which was at the back of the car. They opened the trunk and pulled out a sack with ropes tied around in it. The sack was kind of bloody, but not really. The men hoisted up the sack, and it was very heavy, as if it had a dead person in it, which it did. "Good bye, Leonard." one the men said (not the dead man). The two alive men threw the sack into the lake, where it sunk like a rock, or a very heavy object.

"We must never speak of this to anybody." One of the men said to the other, not to the dead man, because the dead man was in the lake and wouldn't be able to hear. The other guy nodded, and pulled out his cigarette. He lit the cigarette and said "Damn." The first guy said "Swear you won't snitch. We just got away clean."

"What?" The other guy said, "You don't trust me? Listen, bud, we're in this together now, so I should be asking you not to snitch, but you don't hear me sayin' that shit, now do ya?"

"Yeah, just I ain't ever killed anyone before. I'm a bit freaked out. I keep thinking..."

"Well, fucking stop thinking. That's what fucks things up when you kill someone. You think 'oh, I need to confess this to my fucking priest' or something, and badda-boom, you land me in the fuckin' tank again."

"I said I was sorry for getting you sent to prison the first time."

"Yeah... about that. Remember when I said you'd pay for that?"

"Yeah, I remember that, so I was really surprised that you asked me to murder Leonard and then come out here with you instead of vice-versa, because you know, it would've made way more sense to kill me instead and OH SHIT."

"What's the matter?"

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME, I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND AND SHE'S ALMOST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL." (He was 34 years old)

Then the bullet came out of nowhere.

Only one man stood. The other lay dead.

The man standing continued to smoke his cigarette. "Well, that was the perfect crime. I'm glad there were no witnesses to see me, Robert Planter III, commit either of these first-degree murders."
Suddenly, he looked up and saw a cat in the tree. The cat looked at him with it's cat-like eyes and they seemed to be glowing. The cat quickly jumped from one branch to another with the agility of a cat. The cat continued to stare at him. He looked back at the cat and remembered a story that his aunt used to tell him before bedtime when he was younger, like during his 20s. She said "There is a black cat in the woods, and he stares at you with his green eyes and it means you're going to die." and the guy in the past was like "Why would you tell me a story like that before bed? That's fucked up. I don't think you're really my aunt. Why did you come through the window?" In the present, though, he just stared at the cat. The cat stared at him with it's bright orange eyes, and he knew it meant certain death. Then he heard a voice say "I heard you were allergic to peanut butter..."

Then he turned and saw a man completely covered in peanut butter.

THE END?



Any comments, criticisms or praise is welcomed. Thanks!

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"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
dRaW
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada5744 Posts
April 23 2013 05:32 GMT
#2
I have discovered the meaning of life, and it was illuminated by the beauty of such poetic writing. thank you
I don't need luck, luck is for noobs, good luck to you though
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
April 23 2013 05:34 GMT
#3
I'd say roughly 4/5 Reclusive's. The Eria Cycle is pretty gosu.
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Entirety
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
1423 Posts
April 23 2013 05:44 GMT
#4
Personally, I could not bring myself to enjoy the story because I didn't understand it at all. More specifically, I didn't understand what you were trying to say, what your purpose was.

Part of that is because this story straddles the middle ground -
It's too realistic to be completely abstract/surreal
It's too strange to be realistic

I couldn't really tell for what effect you were writing. I mean, the very first line was highly unconventional, perhaps racially insensitive, but definitely not the best comparison you could have used.
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GNAR_GNAR
Profile Joined October 2012
United States5 Posts
April 23 2013 06:03 GMT
#5
I just spent twenty minutes (around 1/3 of an hour) looking for my password to this very website that I'm reading right now. I did that because I felt deep uncontrollable need to comment on your story and put my two cents in.
I finally found my password and logged in to this website so I could let you know that your story that you wrote was the best story I've read in all my 27 years of living life. I loved the surprise ending and I can't wait for the sequel. Do you think you could maybe include math or science equations in the next chapter? I feel like as if that would take the story you are writing over the top.
"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad." - Brian O'Driscoll
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25532 Posts
April 23 2013 06:18 GMT
#6
I have no idea where this is going, but I'm intrigued. It definitely is stylistically coherent enough to remind me of something, tone wise.

Had to give it a brief leave though (went to the shop for sweet, sweet nicotine), for some reason the 'Like the blackest African ever' had me cracking up laughing.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Just_a_Moth
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1954 Posts
April 23 2013 06:18 GMT
#7
First I was like "Eh?' than I was like "Ohhh."

tl;dr (?) It was good, very interesting style.
Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
April 23 2013 06:26 GMT
#8
One guy should definitely be more awesome, so people can relate to him. Maybe give him some special powers?

Oh man, the best fiction is really on the internets.
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
April 23 2013 06:27 GMT
#9
Is this a joke?
Useless wet fish.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
April 23 2013 06:53 GMT
#10
LOL A+

Well...I was really sure at first that it was just a funny story meant to lampoon "bad" or awkward writing, but some people are taking it seriously by legitimately critiquing you so I'm not sure what to say >.<
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
April 23 2013 06:54 GMT
#11
On April 23 2013 15:03 GNAR_GNAR wrote:
I just spent twenty minutes (around 1/3 of an hour) looking for my password to this very website that I'm reading right now. I did that because I felt deep uncontrollable need to comment on your story and put my two cents in.
I finally found my password and logged in to this website so I could let you know that your story that you wrote was the best story I've read in all my 27 years of living life. I loved the surprise ending and I can't wait for the sequel. Do you think you could maybe include math or science equations in the next chapter? I feel like as if that would take the story you are writing over the top.


I think putting math equations in a story would make it confusing.

On April 23 2013 15:18 Just_a_Moth wrote:
First I was like "Eh?' than I was like "Ohhh."

tl;dr (?) It was good, very interesting style.


On April 23 2013 15:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I have no idea where this is going, but I'm intrigued. It definitely is stylistically coherent enough to remind me of something, tone wise.

Had to give it a brief leave though (went to the shop for sweet, sweet nicotine), for some reason the 'Like the blackest African ever' had me cracking up laughing.



Thank you!!!!1
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
April 23 2013 07:00 GMT
#12
On April 23 2013 15:53 Aerisky wrote:
LOL A+

Well...I was really sure at first that it was just a funny story meant to lampoon "bad" or awkward writing, but some people are taking it seriously by legitimately critiquing you so I'm not sure what to say >.<


I'm kind of hurt by this. This story wasn't meant to be "funny", and I was looking for real criticism, not sarcasm.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21243 Posts
April 23 2013 07:03 GMT
#13
Reading this has been more rewarding than reading any of the other shit fiction blogs we see on TL.
TranslatorBaa!
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25532 Posts
April 23 2013 07:05 GMT
#14
This is the first fiction blog I've read, in fact I didn't bother coming to this section because when I last did every other thread appeared to be whining about love lives. Is the average fiction blog on here that bad Sheep?
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28090 Posts
April 23 2013 07:19 GMT
#15

It was a dark, black night, that was utterly pitch black like the blackest African ever.

rofl, this line.

In all, 5/5.
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GNAR_GNAR
Profile Joined October 2012
United States5 Posts
April 23 2013 07:29 GMT
#16
Well what about if next time the main character was waiting in line like maybe at a fast food restaurant and he keeps talking about how he is craving chicken strips and then when its his turn to order the cashier tells him they only have grilled chicken strips? This would help to build tension and provide foreboding to later in the story.
"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad." - Brian O'Driscoll
32
Profile Joined February 2010
United States163 Posts
April 23 2013 07:29 GMT
#17
Please chapter two, but could you go off on more tangents in the next one? It's nice when they interrupt and run over each other. The part of my brain that keeps them all separate does not often get the chance to practice.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
April 23 2013 07:41 GMT
#18
On April 23 2013 16:29 GNAR_GNAR wrote:
Well what about if next time the main character was waiting in line like maybe at a fast food restaurant and he keeps talking about how he is craving chicken strips and then when its his turn to order the cashier tells him they only have grilled chicken strips? This would help to build tension and provide foreboding to later in the story.


You mean fried chicken strips? I think that's a good idea, good angle. It would have to be a powerful assassin who walked into the fast food restaurant, who has no inhibitions about killing a simple cashier.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
TheKwas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Iceland372 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 07:56:43
April 23 2013 07:56 GMT
#19
My review:

The imagery is really well done like a picture or an image of scenery.
The plot and narrative goes forward, which is really nice and easy to read: much better than some stories that go backwards or switch back and forth.
Your vocabulary is just kinda... you know... whatever.
I like that at the end you wrote ? after 'THE END' which makes me question whether or not it was actually the end or if there is more to the story. However, I don't like not knowing if there's more to the story so maybe you should write a sequel. Or maybe just an afterword that informs us that there's no sequel and that was really the end.
Shock710
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia6097 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 08:51:09
April 23 2013 08:48 GMT
#20
lol nina, ur blogs hahaha so funny,
5 peanut butter cats out of 5 (black cat, that was utterly pitch black like the blackest African ever)
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