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Surprise! I sat down and started writing and I finished! Here you are…
~>|+|<~ Review of “The Pineapple Under the Sea” by Gamefreak ~ Dav_dog92 ~>|+|<~
~> Spelling & Grammar ~ 30/40 <~
At first, I was impressed with your use of vocabulary to add to the whimsical feel of the story. However, this, as well as other mechanical aspects, appeared to deteriorate as the story progressed. Make sure that you keep the quality consistent throughout the story. Here are some of the errors I noticed:
~ Chapter One – Comma Misuse ~
Zach slipped into his hyped-up Mazda in the parking lot, and sped off towards the countryside. << Comma not necessary; ‘sped off towards the countryside.’ is not a complete sentence.
~ Chapter Two – Use of commas & ‘or’ ~
Mechanics were examining numerous pieces of machinery, twisting wrenches or tightening bolts or oiling gears or some such related thing. At the center of all the activity were two. << I think that this sentence would be much clearer if you remove all of the uses of the word ‘or’ except for the last one. Use commas instead.
~ Chapters 6 & 8 – Multiple Punctuation Use ~
Using ‘!?’ is incorrect. If you wish to ask a question while showing strong emotion, use extra words instead of extra punctuation.
~ Chapter 6 – Wording (possible typo) ~
The positioned the ship towards the outline of land in the distance, and then settled in.
<< What? I think you meant ‘he’ positioned the ship. Take a look at the sentence and make sure.
~ Chapter 8 – Spelling ~
You spelled ‘frantically’ wrong. I believe you used ‘franticly’.
And that is pretty much it. Not bad, but it could be better.

28-Oct-2007 20:07:49

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~> Plot ~ 40/50 <~
On the whole, it was pretty good. I could see a steady plot line running throughout the entire story and it appeared that you knew where you were going with it at all times. I liked each of the different ‘scenes’ you set up, as in, the various events that happened to mesh the story together. There were just a couple of things that irked me. Pacing was kind of fast at times. It seemed to be snap, snap, snap, and that was the end. It would benefit the story to slow down, add more detail, or add more “event” to each scene. Sometimes it seemed to be a bit too simple for everything to just happen like it did. Also, I thought the ****** was a bit weak. I know, it’s probably pretty difficult to write about fighting Spongebob, but you can do more to add interest to it. To me, it was just, “Oh, he killed Spongebob…” when it should have been, *Oh! He killed Spongebob!” if you know what I mean. I’d like to me more energized when I read it.
These things aside, I liked it. For whatever reason, I did*’t suspect Squidward (ever) so it was a lot of fun reading that in the end. (I wonder if the police will ever find out…)
~> Conflict – 35/40 <~
This was definitely the weirdest conflict I’ve ever read about. It was good, but it was weird… Anyway, good job with it. I definitely saw the central conflict and the smaller ones on the side. You may want to think about adding more emotional conflict, though. I always see many physical ones, but a lot of writers neglect the emotional side. It may be a little difficult, given that your character is a hired assassin and therefore unlikely to have too many emotions, but a good challenge is what writing is about, right? Just think about it, if you decide to edit this story at all or in future writings.

28-Oct-2007 20:08:10

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~> Characters – 50/50 <*
What’s not to love about a cast that includes Spongebob, Patrick, Sandy, and Squidward, especially when the object is to kill Spongebob? Characterization was excellent in this story. I liked the interesting twist you put on Spongebob (really vengeful) that we don’t usually see of him. I liked Zach and Sam. As Corryn said, this was one of your strong points. There really isn’t much to say…
~> Dialogue – 37/40 <~
Again, this was a strong point. Some of Spongebob** comments during the fight were amazing. Frankly, most of the Spongebob Cast’s comments were great. If there was anything to say about this, I would talk about Zach, as he was probably the weakest dialogue-wise, but he was still pretty good. Think about personality whenever you use dialogue. Pretend it’s a play: make sure they don’t drop character.
~> Description – 33/40 <~
The diction – word choice – was really good in the beginning of the story. I’m talking about ‘convivial’, ‘irate’, all of those good ones, especially when you applied ‘convivial’ to a house. As I stated earlier, you seemed to lose some of this later in the story. The problem lies not with the absence of these words, but with the inconsistency of it. It deteriorated as the story progressed which detracted from the good flow that you had created. Go back, find some bland words, and colorize them. Doing so will help the story a lot.
~> Style – 40/40 <~
If I gave bonuses, you would have earned some here. I love your style of writing – whimsical and sprinkled with good vocabulary, it couldn’t have been better for a story about murdering Spongebob. Don’t change a thing.
~>|+|<~ Total Score ~ 265/300 ~ 88% ~>|+|<~
I loved reading and reviewing this. It was a fun story, unique story and I'm glad to say that...
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~> Review number 29/92 * 10/28/07 ~>|+|<~

28-Oct-2007 20:09:44

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