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Tallemaja started taking the course 30 Days of Dialogue 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Tallemaja started taking the course 12 Short Stories Membership 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Tallemaja started taking the course 52 Scenes 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Angry by claire 1 year ago
Looks like part of something bigger, not like a complete short story. Well written.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, A Facefull of Cookies by Sue 1 year ago
It’s a very funny story. Written nicely. Thanks for sharing.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, They Never Said Anything by Sharon Gans 1 year ago
Good story, but it is written a little ponderous, in my opinion.
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Tallemaja wrote a new post, We'll love each other forever by Tallemaja 1 year ago
We’ll love each other forever by Tallemaja#I was eager to please my husband, and during lunchtime I drove home.Quietly opened the door, went in on tiptoe; Alex liked to sleep for a long time. I listened. The water […]
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Terrific Tallemaja! You developed this story SO beautifully, I was totally engaged with it all the way through. The only bit that made me pause was ‘Look how she pleased…’ which I didn’t quite understand. Brilliant idea though, with a great twist.
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Hi Tallemaja,
This is a wonderful concept for a story, and you manage to develop it well within the limited word count.Just a few thoughts if you plan to develop this further. You will want to review your use of dash – which you seem to use overall for showing shift in speaker (you begin with but then abandon quotation marks). However, in some places it also appears to indicate an expositional shift, which can be a bit confusing. E.g.,
– Did you kill her? – There was a frightened voice …
And this sequence becomes particularly difficult to parse:
– Yes. UAVC25 – universal android of VIP class, twenty-five years old in appearance. She speaks excellent French and I called her Frenchwoman. She sang to me, lisped funny … – Alex smiled at the memories. He shrugged his shoulders, ran his hand over the back of his head. – And then the Frenchwoman was transformed into Francine.
_ Yes, this is how children sometimes call dolls in their own way, ignoring the factory names.Also you’ll want to do a good grammar check. For example, there are a few misused possessives – ‘bedroom’s door’; ‘what’s banality’.
But overall, a very enjoyable read!
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What a twist! You prepared the reader to find a woman in Alex’s bed and then – things change course. The colour of the clothes worked as a device to symbolise what Alex couldn’t get from his wife. I also enjoyed the metaphor of the helium balloon: “just a little more, and I’ll fly.”
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Great read with a good plot twist. It made me smile.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Gravity by Kristine Nordquist 1 year, 10 months ago
Ahaha excellent ending! The bad news is that when you meet with her maiker, even the perfect lipstick will not make her presentable after the plane crashes. I don’t think she doesn’t understand this, I think it’s something like a psychological defense.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Red Is a Killer Color by Ismael Rodriguez 1 year, 10 months ago
Wow, it’s a beautifully written story. A bit confusing, but still impressive. I liked it, thank you.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Tales of the Librarium No. 2: Nothing there but a Lipstick Stain by Melissa Patterson 1 year, 10 months ago
I love these descriptions. Like sharp strokes of paint on the canvas, which, upon closer inspection, add up to a beautiful picture. Thanks.
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Parting by Tallemaja 1 year, 10 months ago
Wow, it’s a great comment especially because this text is just a little fragment of big novel so it means – the stories, characters and relationships of these two are revealed outside this piece, and it is very important for me that you saw the essence of what happened here. Thank you very much!
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Tallemaja wrote a new post, Parting by Tallemaja 1 year, 10 months ago
Я едва спал сегодня вечером. Снова и снова я прокручивал слова Кейт в своей голове. Ее признание не было неожиданностью для меня – подозрений давно формирования в моем подсознании, но я уп […]
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It’s concerning that kate isn’t bothered by the other character, but the end of the story it makes sense. so that was a mini roller-coaster that i enjoyed.
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Wow, it’s a great comment especially because this text is just a little fragment of big novel so it means – the stories, characters and relationships of these two are revealed outside this piece, and it is very important for me that you saw the essence of what happened here. Thank you very much!
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Tallemaja commented on the post, Working Dreams by Susan Evans 1 year, 11 months ago
It’s very nice story
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Tallemaja commented on the post, The Lovers by Mary Lou 1 year, 11 months ago
It’s very nice story
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Tallemaja commented on the post, It did not work by Semakula Emmanuel 1 year, 11 months ago
It’s very nice story
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Tallemaja wrote a new post, Owl scream by Tallemaja 1 year, 11 months ago
Did you come to ask for advice before the totem ceremony? Well, sit down closer, boy. Move to the blind old fox Tokela. Although I would like to be called Kotori, the spirit of the owl’s scream, but it wasn’t my […]
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I really like the owl, super cool between life and death. Your story timeline was very fluid. I sort of see a opposite comparison a few times and I really enjoy that, subtle and hidden.
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Your story is rich in imagery and symbolism. It felt more like a poem as it told the story of one man’s life and his remembrances. I struggled to follow some of the action as at times the subject was missing or the sentences were written in fragments. Also, it flowed as if from a native voice most of the time and then at other times seemed to jump into the colloquial present, a bit of a mismatch.
I think you have the basis for a lovely poem rather than a short story as it is currently written. Consider punctuation to create subtle pauses, quotations to make it clear when the character is talking (or thinking aloud) and clear delineation of who is doing what at each point in the story. The story you’ve told is beautiful, but as written, I found the story itself hard to follow. With small changes, you would have something fabulous to share. Keep writing and sharing your lovely visions!
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Tallemaja wrote a new post, An artist by Tallemaja 2 years, 7 months ago
Tricia failed the date again.Not that it was unexpected or unusual – before that, she had come a long way in meeting with potential suitors. But to be like that unanimously rejected at speed dating – this was the […]
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Tallemaja and
Jan are now friends 2 years, 8 months ago
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Tallemaja and
Amrita Sarkar are now friends 2 years, 8 months ago
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Tallemaja wrote a new post, Birthday gift by Tallemaja 2 years, 8 months ago
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“I don’t want to talk …” Aisha whispered. “I do not want to talk, leave me alone!”
And she threw off the mother’s hand from her shoulder. How can she not understand what Aisha really needs?
She stood […]
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