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Title: Sensation Boulevard
An original romance novel 
Disclaimer: I am the creator and the storyteller. This piece of fiction is made purely for the enjoyment of writing it and for the readers who choose to read it.

Summary:
As if having some attractive naked guy tumble through Madison's window isn't awkward enough, she's caught in an embarrassing 'position' that has everyone tag him as her boyfriend. The thing is, attractive naked guy isn't denying it, the jerk.
 

 I wanted to write a story with a strong personality in the writing. I hope i achieved it. Let me know what you think.

Chapter One )

Date: 2009-04-02 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cat-mcdougall.livejournal.com
One thing about the writing I noticed (I only skimmed, and don't have time to give a thorough, in depth critique, sorry! I'll try to come back later and reread): You use a lot of passive voice. A lot of 'be' verbs, rather than action verbs. I find that the writing has more impact and comes across stronger if you use more action verbs, than 'to be'.

For example: It was an extremely mild Tuesday morning for mid-October. The sun was just beginning to melt the last fingers of frost that stubbornly clung to the ground, the water formed icy dewdrops that looked like broken glass covering the pavements and road.

Can be rewritten a bit to:

"Tuesday morning dawned mild and slowly warming. The sun rose, changing frost to icy dewdrops that glittered like broken glass on the pavements and road."

(Sorry, I had to find an example and that's the first one I grabbed.)

I'll try to get back later and give a more in depth look at it.

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