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RE: The Old House

in The Ink Well10 months ago

You have a good sense of the mechanics of a ghost story, @marriot5464. But most of the elements that appear here are very common and familiar, starting with the dark, stormy night. Consider changing up the cliché's in your stories to something original.

It is also important to write very clear scenes, especially at all crucial points in a story. Here we are trying to fully understand what is happening, but the writing is very confusing.

Then they watched as the woman's eyes widened, and she took a step back. But it was too late. She started yelling scared and in pain then she disappeared just as the little girl.

It's not clear what happens here, and the words don't really make sense. It's always a good idea to re-read your stories before posting to find errors and consider the experience of the reader.