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RE: Misunderstanding

in The Ink Well3 years ago

Your story has a very interesting premise. You did a good nice job with the opening to set up the story and the conflict. Nicely done! It's a compelling tale, and the misunderstanding makes it especially interesting.

We have a tip for you. The challenge with this story is that you shift perspectives. Sometimes you are telling the story from the perspective of Mikel, the groom, in "first person" narrative. Sometimes you tell the story in Alicia's perspective in "third person" narrative. And at the end it shifts to Mikel's mother's perspective in third person narrative.

Here are examples of each one.

In "first person" perspective, the narrator refers to himself in the story as "I". For example:

The house I stayed in is a large rented apartment and a storey building. I made the downstairs parlor as well as the dining room. The up was my bedroom.

In "third person" perspective, the main character is referred to by their name, or as "him," "her," "he" or "she." For example:

She was just thinking of what might have caused Mikel to leave just like that without a word and also switching his phone off as well.

The ending shifts to Mikel's mother's perspective:

Mikel's mum was so happy and took back her words as his son had fulfilled his words of taking in the one he loves.

Within one story, it is important to stick with just one perspective throughout the story. Otherwise the reader becomes confused. If this is Mikel's story, then we should not be able to see or hear what Alicia thinks about or experiences when he's not there.

We hope this is helpful for future stories.

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I will take good notes of these tips in future. Thanks a lot