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sanelyinsane
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Thanks Poller, I appreciate it ^_^ .

Added some new stuff which has been added to the first page and the first post on page 2. I've now run out of reserves, so after I fill the top post on page 2 I will start using live posts for the story.

Fair warning for this new stuff. I added way more description to this section than I did in my notebook so right now I am just trying to get the information down and then I will proof it and, hopefully, polish it up over time. Unfortunately, right now I only had the time to write it so it may seem a bit rough until I can look over it again.

Also sorry for the meager, one post portions I've been doing lately lol. School is killing me right now, and I barely have any free time. Once school ends next Wednesday (for me at least) I will be free to devote more time and energy to this.

25-Apr-2013 14:59:35

Poller5
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Me again!

Good stuff in the new adds, though you're not wrong that it needs some editing.

Also, the idea that they don't believe there could be a cave because the ground's unstable seems a bit odd to me: surely unstable ground could collapse, leading to a new cave popping up? The logic of their argument just feels slightly flawed, to me.

29-Apr-2013 10:03:42

sanelyinsane
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Yeah, that's where the editing comes in lol. I'm probably just gonna get rid of the unstable part.

Right now, however, I'm going to have to go into hiatus at least until Wednesday.

Finals week is brutal lol.

29-Apr-2013 17:14:07 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2013 17:16:07 by sanelyinsane

Azigarath

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As I said some time ago, I have found the time to read this. I disliked the message in red, though, I could barely read it. :/ Nice length of subscription, btw.

So I began to read the story, and the narrator is tied and hanging upside down!

''I struggled harder and harder to get myself untied''
A little rough, I think ''to become untied'' or ''to free myself'' flows better than the last few words, but this is your choice.

''''Hello?'' I called, uncertainly. ''Please you have to help me! I’m stuck!''''
Hm, this kind of dialogue doesn't feel effective. Obviously the narrator is in a bad situation by bad people, so I don't think calling for help would do anything. If I was in such a situation, I'd be a pretty potty mouth. But hey, that's just me.

Oh, you are freed and there is no kidnapping (?).

I don't think a knife could slash through ropes in an instance, especially if it is enough rope to hang a person.

Nice monsters, but I don't find them terrifying. But then again if I saw such creatures in real-life, I'd probably have a heart attack. Not sure why'd they be hungry if they're so buff, unless their food ran out suddenly and they were unused to that. I feel that wailing does not fit, seeing as they seem to be large. You know, like, large creatures have deeper vocalisation.

Another thing, if these monsters are blind, how do they know where to find food or wander around at night?

''I knew that I was sixteen''
Why is it that almost every story I read is about teens and young adults being the protagonist? Well, guess I shouldn't complain, seeing as half my stories start with children growing up, but I did notice that young adults seem to be a common sight in fiction. Or maybe it's just me.

29-Apr-2013 20:08:28

Azigarath

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Oh, I'm done already? Well, I read the story thus far. So far, it is written well, though it did have a few clichés such as ''feast on flesh'' or ''ruby red'' which are things I have read or heard fairly often elsewhere, but also in films and games, but who cares about that. The mysterious protagonist and lack of description in scenery was a bit rough for me; all I know so far is a cave, a forest to hunt animals, a home, and some sort of door and a computer room of the cave that keeps the creatures out I think. I am assuming it is during summer.

Well, that is for now, I hope my feedback helps a little, though I will be gone from May 1 to 15.

29-Apr-2013 20:08:38

sanelyinsane
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Azigarath said :
Nice monsters, but I don't find them terrifying. But then again if I saw such creatures in real-life, I'd probably have a heart attack. Not sure why'd they be hungry if they're so buff, unless their food ran out suddenly and they were unused to that. I feel that wailing does not fit, seeing as they seem to be large. You know, like, large creatures have deeper vocalisation.

Another thing, if these monsters are blind, how do they know where to find food or wander around at night?

''I knew that I was sixteen''
Why is it that almost every story I read is about teens and young adults being the protagonist? Well, guess I shouldn't complain, seeing as half my stories start with children growing up, but I did notice that young adults seem to be a common sight in fiction. Or maybe it's just me.


Heh thanks for the detailed reply. In regards to the monsters, I feel that a wail or scream makes them a bit eerie. You would expect this giant creature to have a deep roar, but when it has a high-pitched shriek instead, it's going to throw you off and adds to the creepiness of them (though this doesn't seem to work on you lol).

I'm gonna explain the creatures in more detail later on. Right now they were just a minor add to give a first glimpse and add tension while the two characters escaped.

As for the teenage main character I don't really have much of a reason. I guess it's cause my real age is closer to a teen than an adult maybe? I dunno lol. I just decided to go with sixteen.

thanks for reading, hopefully I'll have a lot more up when you return :) .

30-Apr-2013 01:58:36

Azigarath

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You're welcome, and I've made an early return due to a change of date. I drove 300 kilometres to find out in person that the course was postponed a week.

In reply, I made a hypocritical error; in my own stories, I have very tall, very large humanoid monsters who also screech. In their description, they have a throat with many muscled gill-like flaps, which adjusts the pitch in their vocalisation. My monsters of this type also do not have eyes or ears but have many exposed veins and nerves outside their fleshy skinless bodies, allowing them to predict and assume objects so acutely that they can sense size, weight, shape and colour of something.

Well, keep up the work.

02-May-2013 06:24:56 - Last edited on 02-May-2013 06:25:34 by Azigarath

sanelyinsane
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Not sure when I'll get to write (though hopefully soon). A buddy of mine got some leave for a bit from the marines and didn't tell my friends and me until last night lol so we've been trying to spend time with him.

Not much else to say, just giving an update as to why I'm a dirty liar and didn't add anything yesterday or today :P .

03-May-2013 00:38:03

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