Hello , thanks for sharing your writing! Below you will find my honest and [hopefully] helpful review. Are you ready? Here we go ...
Plot/Storyline
I found this an interesting little bite. I definitely think it could be polished, expanded upon and a full-length story could be born from it!
Grammar/Spelling
There are quite a few punctuation and grammar errors. Though I won't point out every single one, I have listed a few below:
There was once an astonishing goddess with the darkest, most enchanting hair in the world.
However, she was so quiet and solitary that she brought upon despair to any human she touched.
Despair and cChaos broke apart and the child had lived with Despair.
Despair had not one name for this child. Wwho grew into a strong willed beautiful young woman.
However the other gods told Despair that it was time to place the young demigod onto earth and to live there on her own.
Her light amber eyes changed to a scotch color and she told Despair she understood.
So, Despair sent her out to Earth, but not before telling her child that she has had found a name.
Originality
I believe you have some very original ideas and would like to see them expanded.
Length/Wordiness
I think much of what you have written here is based on an idea. However, the wordiness (stretching for adverbs, for example) doesn't do it justice. In this case, telling the story itself would be much more beneficial than adding the flowery prose.
Miscellaneous Suggestions
Here you will find a few of my "thoughts" and suggestions to help you think through your edits. Please discard any ideas you don't like and feel free to use those you do.
The first line is very cliche, much like "once upon a time." Try opening with a sentence that will grab the reader's attention and make them want to read more. Perhaps something like: Despair, goddess of hopelessness, stared into the amber eyes of her newborn. So different from herself, the demigod child had locks of honey hair ... etc.
Why do the other gods want Hope to live on Earth? I assume it is "to choose her own destiny," but the way it is written doesn't make that 100% clear.
"Despair was heartbroken and devastated, the amber haired child tasted black licorice and anise for days while only smelling smoke and anger." [Why is the child/Hope tasting black licorice and smelling smoke and anger? Separate these two thoughts and clear up the idea some. I think I understand where you are going with it, but one cannot leave it up to the reader to fill in all the blanks.]
What differentiates "amber" and "scotch" color-wise? To me, there is no significant difference so this seemed hard for me, as a reader, to imagine.
"She told hope that as long as she thinks of her name and remembers that the clouds taste like cotton candy and rain will always be fresh and take place of Hope's tears she will never forget where she belongs." [This is an incredibly long run-on with several different pieces of important information. Break this up and really spell out the importance of her name. Isn't that the whole point?]
"Hope nodded and descended to earth where humans took her in gladfully and Hope had given human life the gift of an emotion that would fill their bellies without eating." [Does an emotion really fill our bellies? There has to be a much better analogy to get your meaning across. This is a stretch for the reader.]
However she was so quiet and solitary that In her quiet solitude, she brought upon despair to any every human she touched.
Final Thoughts
The idea is wonderful and I think you have a gem here. It definitely needs a bit of polishing, but with that, I believe you will have a diamond! Keep up the great thinking - never stop polishing, and always Write On!
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