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The Portrait  Open in new Window. [E]
A six year old's dream of being a Flamenco dancer
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Review by Lornda Author IconMail Icon
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Bulletb* I enjoyed reading your story about a Flamenco dancer's portrait that a six-year-old admired. The characters and scene were set-up well in the first paragraph. It's easy to see how much Theresa adored the portrait and fantasized about it, and I could visualize the details of Theresa being in Carmela dancing shoes. *Wink*

*Bulletb* I do have some feedback if you're considering an edit:

~ The first line has a typo: ...loved going [to] visit... Also in this paragraph, spell out the age with dashes, Six-year-old

~ Second paragraph: Looking up at the portrait... - I wanted more description in this paragraph to bring it alive visually. It tells us the portrait is realistic, but describe it out more so we can picture it further in our minds.

~ In this line, Suddenly, the music..., consider tightening it up because of the double wording of 'stadium'. It could be combined into one sentence to smooth it out.

~ She could stay admiring it for hours, for
she never tired of looking at it.
- Formatting error. It needs to be backspaced to line it up and smoothed out because I think it's basically saying the same thing.

~ I thought it would've been nice to have some dialog to show the emotion of the scene. Theresa and Lucy are best friends so a conversation would be a natural one to have about Carmela, which from the perspective of six-year-olds would add a different element to the story and further Theresa's admiration of Carmela. I wasn't sure where Carmela was but even to have dialog between her, too, would be fun. Just my two cents worth. *Smile*


*Bulletb* I liked many aspects to the story. You did an excellent job with describing the features of the portrait, and there's no doubt the feelings of Theresa's love for it was the highlight throughout the story. I thought it ended in a touching way and it wrapped-up Theresa's feelings even deeper with the beautiful portrait. *Starb* Keep up the great work! It was nice to visit you again. I still remember reviewing your story, "The Squirrel Open in new Window. a while ago. I'm still battling the squirrels around here and losing. *Laugh* Happy WdC Anniversary to you! *Confettib*

~Lornda


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