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RE: The Disastrous Toast

in The Ink Welllast year

This story was almost perfect, @tommyik. You surprise us as you confess that it is Omowunmi for whom you have feelings, and not Jide.That's great, shaking up the reader's expectations. You describe your involuntary expression of jealousy well. We can understand how this would well up in you once inhibitions have been removed by alcohol.

The story has a good arc, great detail and character development. The one flaw is the last line. It is a story. In fables and morality tales authors offer sage advice. In a story, it's not helpful to break away from the narrative and introduce an author's voice. This is called author intrusion and there is a 'tip' about author intrusion offered by the Inkwell here.

Another tip for you about providing links. Thank you for providing the image links. It is more efficient if you do it in this way source. This is accomplished by writing 'source' in brackets [source]and then immediately following with the appropriate url in parentheses (url).

Thank you for sharing this story with us. We hope to read more from you.

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Thank you so much for your feedback and encouragement @Theinkwell. Glad you enjoyed the story & found it engaging. And I appreciate the tips about avoiding author intrusion, & I have adjusted the image link efficiently.