Can Someone Please Correct This

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by tristen1230, Nov 6, 2011.

  1. tristen1230

    tristen1230 Level II

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    Out in the fields, where the crickets speak. I lie on the ground, and have grass prick my feet. Then I look up into the sky, and float up like a butterfly. As I go higher, I feel safer and secure. I look to my right, and see spirit's dancing. Then I close my eyes, and smell the taste of the hamburger’s fathers making. So I open my eyes, and to my surprise, I wasn't in a field, or in the sky, but looking into my mother’s eyes.

    Looking for Punctuation, Spelling, Coherence and Unity mistakes.
     
  2. SoC

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    Stop using commas before and.
     
  3. Coldness

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    The only thing I could see was like soc said the comma and these:
    spirits.
    hamburgers father's
     
  4. Drumstick

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    Kinda fix'd. I'm tired.
    I wouldn't start the sentences with "Then", it sounds better and flows better without it imo. Just the order in which you wrote it implies these things are happening in that order.
     
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    Ah. This is what I do for a living (half of the time anyway), so if you have additional questions or need further feedback, feel free to elaborate. ;) My commentary is in blue.

    Your original writing rhymes, so I don't know if it's more important to you to maintain the rhythm/flow, or to be grammatically correct. It would be useful to know what kind of writing this is (creative, descriptive, fiction, non-fiction, etc.) in order for me to provide better feedback.

    But roughly, this is the least obtrusive editions I can make: (When editing, I always try not to change too much of the original writing unless requested by the writer.)

    Out in the fields, where the crickets sing [crickets are usually described as "singing" or "chirping" or "harmonizing," not "speaking." It's just an idiomatic expression.], I lie on the ground, the grass prickling my feet. I look up at the sky and soar like a butterfly [butterflies don't "float," they fly]. As I go higher, I feel safer and more secure. To my right, I see the spirits dancing [spirits of what? animals? humans? butterflies? Why would seeing spirits make you feel safe and secure? Error in logic/transition here]. When I close my eyes, I can smell and taste the hamburgers of my father's making, but when I open my eyes, to my surprise, I wasn't in a field, or in the sky, but looking into my mother’s eyes [Error of parallelism: you have "in a field," then "in the sky," but then, "looking into my mother's eyes" (so prepositional phrase, prepositional phrase, then verb... they simply don't match].
     
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