Okay since nobody else is commenting, I'll do it myself.

Mr. jamessavik basically told me that my story was crap...in the nicest way possible. Anyways, I'm not holding anything against him, I knew that there were huge problems, I just needed to hear it. So since my enthusiasm at writing has diminished (so that I can study up on proper writing) and the fact that I'm failing Chemistry and progress reports come out Friday, I might not be on so often. Anyways I'll try to stay in touch for now.

I'm gonna go read now, so um...keep on doing what you're doin' there's nothing to see here.

Ummm... not crap per see but needing work.

There are a number of elements that have to come together for a story to work.

First is imagination. Without it, everything is gray and we would all wear burlap moo-moos and that would just suck.

Second is passion. Without it, there there is no fire to create.

Third is energy. Without it, the words stay in your head and never make it to paper.

Fourth is courage. The courage to try and take the risk of failure.. or success.

Fifth is mechanics and execution. That can be learned and in a way, it is the easiest part.

The fifth is the only part that I found lacking and it is the easiest to fix.

Please let me know what you think of Leaves & Lunatics by EleCivil.

Keep at it. There's a story in you and it'll bug you until you get it out.

-JS

Oh yeah....

Keep writing in you blog.

Writing is funny that way. The more you do of it, the easier it gets and the better you get at it.