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Old 05-21-2007, 06:05 AM

When one is twisted and evil, one knows nothing except the howling darkness that calls to her; others may hear a howling moon but one always hears the howling darkness, calling to her, asking her to come closer. A puzzle, whether to go or stay; the darkness attaches itself to her, binding itself; twisting her heart until it is pure evil.

A young girl ran through the forest, dodging branches; rocks and trees. Two wolves chasing her, snapping at her feet; the young girl winced, falling to the ground; her clothes torn.

Soft sniggers came from the wolves, pinning her down. Inhaling her scent, their jaws opened, clamping down on her chest as the young girl screamed; her screams turned to howls, feeling her chest be torn apart by the wolves before they stepped off, allowing the moonlight to touch her chest. The pain was immense as tissue, muscles and bones twisted and turned, rearranging themselves into a wolf order. The young woman nearly passed out from the pain that ripped through her form. No other pain could compare to the transformation. It was excruciating and tiring. It hurt more then she could imagine, but to ignore and fight the change was worse.

Brown fur coated her body; two emerald eyes stared at the wolves that pinned her down. She struggled, slamming her paws into them; managing to get them off her, her breath was rasp; inhaling the scents around her, everything smelt different now; better then what she could smell as a human, the smells... they were intoxicating. The two male wolves grabbed her by the gut with their jaws, dragging her to a hole as they growled. The young female quickly climbed down the hole, stumbling as she lost her footing; becoming a bundle of claws and fur as she rolled down into the darkness, the moon shining down through the hole; hitting a crystal as the light splintered throughout the den.

The two wolves suddenly changed into two men, chuckling; they grabbed her, forcing her to transform back. One tore her shirt off, “Heh...look at her Garrick...she’s a scared little werewolf now isn’t she?” the man who had torn her shirt off spoke; Garrick turned to his comrade; putting a hand on his comrades chest to stop him from going further, “Dean, just leave her; we’ll take her back to the clan, see what Drake wants to do with her.” Garrick said sternly as he looked at the young woman; picking her up as he slung her over his shoulder, “Dean, come on...” Garrick said coldly; signalling Dean to get up out of the hole.


“Give me a hand with her.”
“Alright for heavens sake, give me her legs.”
“Alright, now lets just get her back to Drake…she might be his new girl.”

Dean cursed under his breath, giving the young woman to Drake was one of Garrick’s worst ideas. Dean would’ve marked her and taken her hands down but then Garrick had gone and gotten an idiotic idea of showing Drake. They headed back for the clan, not knowing what fate would await themselves and their now asleep companion.

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Old 05-21-2007, 10:01 PM

If you're having trouble figuring out what to do next in a story, I would suggest brainstorming - and yes, I know that may seem like a somewhat lame suggestion, but it really does work. Try to think of events that might come to pass in a way which relates to the character(s) you're working with or the storyline you're manipulating. In other words, would s/he do something this way or another way? Is this a plausible thing for my character to do? Would their personality allow for one form of action while denying another, or would this particular setting force that person to go against the grain and do something that they normally wouldn't?

In order to write a believable piece, you have to know your characters and know what you want to convey to the reader. If you want to write something but you're flailing around in the dark, it becomes obvious to your audience and makes the process of reading much less interesting than it has the potential to be.

Also, for this particular story, I'm going to advise you to read it aloud to yourself and see where there are grammatical errors and where you switch from past to present tense and back. Also be aware of redundancy and sloppy sentence structure/transitions and try to avoid them.

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Old 06-13-2007, 01:10 AM

First make a few changes: darkness that calls to her. Others may hear a howling moon, but she always hears the howling darkness, calling to her, asking her to come closer.
branches, rocks and trees
Two wolves chased her, snapping at her feet. The young girl winced, falling to the ground. Her clothes were torn.

A semi colon is used when a sentence could end at a point, but you want to add on more, but this more is a fragment.
You switch tenses. Keep it all in either the passed or present.

Now, are you sure you want to expand this now? If you don’t know what you want to do, just leave it until you’re inspired. Otherwise it will end up forced, and unenjoyable to readers. Let the story come to you at its own pace. And also everything Lady_Ourania above me said. ^.^

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Old 10-04-2007, 11:44 AM

I agree with what was said above about going through and editing, but you do need to put effort into pushing the story forward. If you wait around for that perfect moment of inspiration, you won't get much writing done. Try setting aside 15 minutes a day to write, whether it's character development, plotting, writing the story, whatever. Sometimes it helps to write unconnected parts of the story and fill in the details later. For example, you may not know what happens next, but is there a scene later on that you have been planning that you could write? Eventually, the story will come together and you will have a clearer idea of the plot.

Most importantly, just keep pushing yourself to work on it. No great author wrote their novels in a day, or without working hard at it. Good luck!

 


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