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Melissa Abigail (melissaabigail) | 58 comments Thoughts? I'm thinking I should shorten it but other than that not sure how I might improve it.

Bretonville looks like an ordinary city;
yet, behind its humble exterior
lies something more sinister —
crime, corruption and a
community divided.

None embody those divisions greater than 17-year-old West-Ender Ami, an over-achiever with aspirations of attending UBC, and East-Ender Joshua, an apathetic “bad boy” whose only goal in society is to have no part in it. Both happen to attend Redwood Academy and despite their shared Aussie heritage, the two couldn’t be more different.

Years of avoidance comes to an end when a homework assignment challenges them to work together.

Just as Ami reaches her breaking point in dealing with Joshua’s miserable attitude, she discovers where he lives, a revelation that causes her to question everything she thought she knew about him ...

And about herself.


message 2: by Annie (new)

Annie Arcane (anniearcane) | 629 comments First things first...

*waves*

Hi, Melissa! Nice to meet ya!! Okie doke. I didn't touch the first part cuz I figured that was your hook. Anyhoo, here's my "shortened" take on the rest:


None embody those divisions greater than 17-year-old West-Ender Ami is an over-achieving West-Ender with aspirations of attending UBC. and East-Ender Joshua is an apathetic East-Ender “bad boy” who wants whose only goal in society is to have no part of society in it. Both happen to attend Redwood Academy. and despite their shared Aussie heritage, the two couldn’t be more different.

Years of avoidance comes to an end when a homework assignment challenges them to work together.

Just as Ami reaches her breaking point in dealing with Joshua’s miserable attitude, she discovers where he lives, a revelation that causes her to question everything she thought she knew about him ...

And about herself.


Hope it helps some! Best of luck!!

Hugs,
Ann


message 3: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Abigail (melissaabigail) | 58 comments Oh wow! Thank you so much -- I love these edits!! :D


message 4: by Annie (new)

Annie Arcane (anniearcane) | 629 comments You're most welcome, Miss Melissa! Glad it helped a bit ^_^


message 5: by Anna (new)

Anna Faversham (annafaversham) | 560 comments I think you need to use a different word from 'ordinary' in your first line because many ordinary cities have crime, corruption and are divided.

Perhaps you could make a starker contrast by calling it an idyllic city or something like that. Peaceful, or variations on that type of charm.


message 6: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Abigail (melissaabigail) | 58 comments Anna wrote: "I think you need to use a different word from 'ordinary' in your first line because many ordinary cities have crime, corruption and are divided.

Perhaps you could make a starker contrast by callin..."


Oh good point. Thanks, will take note!


message 7: by D. (new)

D. Thrush | 187 comments Good edits, Annie! Sounds like an interesting book, Melissa! You could say "Bretonville looks like any city..."


message 8: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 25, 2016 01:43PM) (new)

Annie wrote: "First things first...

*waves*

Hi, Melissa! Nice to meet ya!! Okie doke. I didn't touch the first part cuz I figured that was your hook. Anyhoo, here's my "shortened" take on the rest:


Nice work Annie! And I like your suggestion , D.



message 9: by Annie (new)

Annie Arcane (anniearcane) | 629 comments Aww, thanks! You guys are too sweet! I'm super excited to see what Miss Melissa comes up with!! ^_^

Hugs,
Ann


message 10: by Melissa (last edited Aug 27, 2016 10:54AM) (new)

Melissa Abigail (melissaabigail) | 58 comments D. wrote: "Good edits, Annie! Sounds like an interesting book, Melissa! You could say "Bretonville looks like any city...""

Thank you! I will make a post when I finally manage to get it published.

Btw, I wasn't expecting such friendly feedback. I've never really gotten around to posting or being involved in these groups they way I'd like to so I really appreciate it. Thanks again.


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