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A start of a book, with no name!

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hi guys here is the start of a story......i have only given you the 1st page becasue i am revamping the rest.......please give me crituqie on it! thanks El

On the 18th of May 1989 a healthy girl weighing 8 pounds was born, she was called Danielle, Danielle Leigh Williams but her friends called her Dani. Her mother was 27 at the time she was the most elegant woman who ever walked the earth, many had compared her to Marilyn Monroe, her hair was blonde and cascaded down her back like a waterfall would, whilst her eyes were a rich hazel brown which reflected the sun’s rays just like a mirror would. Dani’s father was completely the opposite though, he was a cruel and heartless man who cared for no one but himself, his black scruffy hair and his dark brown eyes gave out no light, instead just ate it up so he looked like a shadow. As for the baby well she was somewhere in the middle, she had the eyes of her father but at the same time had the smile of her mother. As for her personality it was split down the middle, which would make her extremely vulnerable and very easy to tease.



Dani woke up that morning as eager as ever to open here presents, she done the same as she did every Christmas, wake up two hours early and read a book in bed before charging into her mothers room down the hall way shouting “Wake up mummy, wake up!” no one replied to Dani’s call……usually her mother was waiting in bed for Dani to shout. (Her mum never did grow up!) A cold breeze took over the hallway Dani was stood in as she started to move ever so cautiously towards her mother’s room. As she came close to the door Dani quietly called out “Mum, Mum are you awake?” Dani slowly reached for the cold bronze door handle. As she turned it and pulled the door back slightly she could hear a huge crash from outside the house. The crash startled Dani and forced her to take a step back and take a deep breath. Was that the rabbit hutch falling over? Or was it something else? Dani shook her head and reached for the handle once more, this time instead of slowly opening it she barged straight in. All of a sudden Dani screamed so loud people three blocks down the road could hear her.

Instinctively she ran down the stairs to call an Ambulance tumbling down the stairs on the way. As she flicked the light switch nothing happened. What’s going on? Is someone after me? Dani span round in a circle looking around to see if anyone was hiding…..even thought it was pitch black. Dani raised her hands and used them to guide her towards the phone.



Within minutes the ambulance crew were there along with the police. Dani was sat down upon the concrete stairs in front of her house with two policemen questioning her about what she had touched and what she had seen. Why do they ask me? I don’t want to answer! I just want to be on my own, but where’s dad? As much as I hate him, I need his support. In the distance Dani could here a rattling sound and all of a sudden a paramedic came bursting through the door behind her holding onto a stretcher…. Dani’s mother was lying upon it and not moving. In the spur of the moment Dani jumped to her feet to chase after the two paramedics to follow her mother but George one of the two policemen grabbed hold of her arm shaking his head. The crowds had started to gather outside the Williams’s house now, Why today? Why does this have to happen on Christmas day? George escorted Dani into the police car “Sorry love, but your gunna have to come down to the station and give us a statement. I promise we’ll take you to see your mother straight afterwards…….she’ll be fine, I know your mother, she’s a great lady. And I know she’ll be fine.” But will she? How can you be sure? Dad where are you? I ……I need you.





Dani was whisked away from the scene with many people standing around the house in tears cuddling each other, or were just stood in shock of what had happened. All the while the police were still combing all over the place looking for clues. What’s going on… why are they all in my house? What are they doing? An why is there so many people crying?
 

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you might want to do a little editing. there are a good number of run-on sentences, as well as other grammar problems & misspellings. also, the first sentence is always a really important one; it's job is to pull the reader into the story and make them want to know what's going to happen. your first sentence might accomplish this a little better if it did more than merely state the facts of your character's name and birth.

also, i don't understand why Dani is a baby in the first paragraph when she is obviously a good deal older in the rest of the story. if there's some significance behind that, you might want to play it up a bit more. otherwise, you might want to change it so it's a little more logical.

otherwise, lookin' good. :) keep up the hard work!
 
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JaelWasWickedCool said:
you might want to do a little editing. there are a good number of run-on sentences, as well as other grammar problems & misspellings. also, the first sentence is always a really important one; it's job is to pull the reader into the story and make them want to know what's going to happen. your first sentence might accomplish this a little better if it did more than merely state the facts of your character's name and birth.

also, i don't understand why Dani is a baby in the first paragraph when she is obviously a good deal older in the rest of the story. if there's some significance behind that, you might want to play it up a bit more. otherwise, you might want to change it so it's a little more logical.

otherwise, lookin' good. :) keep up the hard work!

ooops i put the prologue in aswell! lol.......i talked about how Dani grew up at the start, so i must of accidently put that on there aswell! lol

Oh well! lol

El
 
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