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 | THE HOPE STORE (2012 version Strongest Start) | worldbeat99 | Novel | Literary Fiction | 1 | n/a | May 9, 2012 |
Summary:THE HOPE STORE is about the first store in the world to sell hope over the counter. Jada Upshaw, a suicidal yet oddly engaging woman, has set her sights on ending her life. But when The Hope Store opens in town, she decides to turn to it as an option of last resort. She befriends store owner Luke Nagano and comes to experience the ground-breaking hope procedure. The results are both inspiring and troubling. One ambitious reporter makes it his mission to get to the bottom of things.
FEEDBACK DESIRED: Since this is an entry in the Strongest Start, I especially like feedback about how well the chapter pulled you forward into the story! Thanks. If you wish to contact me by email...dwightokita@gmail.comChapters: |
| Mourning Angela (take 3) | QWLauren35 | Short Story | Commercial Fiction | 5 | 1.58 | Oct 15, 2010 |
Summary:This is my third attempt to tell this story. I have added a lot more back story and a lot more descriptive language. I'm hoping that I got it right this time. All critique welcome, but I admit that I'm a bit fragile at this point, so please find something to like before you hack it to bits.Chapters: |
| Will You Open Your Door? | QWLauren35 | Poetry | Mystery and Crime | 7 | 0.05 | Sep 21, 2010 |
Summary:Let me know your thoughts, good or bad. This is my first time posting poetry here.Chapters: |
| Me and Mrs. Matthews (repost) | QWLauren35 | Short Story | Commercial Fiction | 5 | 1.77 | Sep 19, 2010 |
Summary:This is one of the stories I'm hoping to publish in a short story collection entitled "Afro-Bougie Blues", about situations in the black community that can't be avoided just because one has money.
I have edited this story to keep to one tense (for the most part. Let me know if I did that correctly!), and using some techniques from a book called "The 10% solution" that help edit out unnecessary or non-descriptive words. I have also added a bit more description. I am woefully inadequate at describing settings.
In terms of review, please tell me if this is now more believable, suggest tags for the dialogue, and if you have ideas about how much more description I need for settings, let me know.Chapters: |
| Dear Oprah | Ellis | Novel | Literary Fiction | 2 | n/a | May 15, 2010 |
Summary:Correne Johnson, 18, is all the things most women never want to be: Overweight, illiterate and unloved. And she is being molested by her Aunts fiance. She uses her addiction to the Oprah Winfrey show and Oprah's TV wisdom's to challenge her Oppressor. These actions could either end her life or save her.Chapters: |
