The Six A.M. Bus - Comments

  • hiwagang hapis

    hiwagang hapis (1550)

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    Summary
    The summary is incorrectly capitalized. Other than that, it doesn’t really give off too much information which is good.

    She’s just a normal girl, that [That is usually used for inanimate objects and animals, AP says so. It’s not wrong though; it’s just that it’s a human person so it’s better to use ‘who’ than ‘that’] takes the bus every morning at six am. He's just a stranger that sits right across the aisle in the seat in front of her.

    Content
    The chapter really flows nicely; I can see the evidence of interplay between the elements. It’s realistic because even I would be shy talking to unfamiliar people. I would be extremely shy if the person I want to talk to is a person that I like! Anyway, I just didn’t quite like the last part because it was too cheesy? No, actually, it didn’t become realistic at the end but I suppose it’s okay. It’s just that I can’t imagine the characters saying those lines without cringing.

    Overall
    Whenever I read a story, I imagine it in my mind and see if the interplay between the elements is present. From there, I can base my opinion of the story.

    The concept is really good. I’m delighted in the fact that you based this from a real-life event. The fact that you turned it into your own is pretty amazing.

    There are a lot of grammatical mistakes. Granted that the right usage of ‘that’ and ‘who’ is a bit of a gray area since both are correct but ‘that’ is mostly used for inanimate objects or animals whereas ‘who’ is used for humans. Another mistake that I mostly saw in the story was the incorrect usage of punctuation. Every punctuation mark has a different use so it’s not possible for two to be beside each other.

    For example, the sentence, “What if Victor really doesn't return?.”

    If you’re asking a question, you should just leave it with a question mark. A period is to indicate the end of a declarative sentence which that is not. A comma, on the other hand, is used to separate an independent clause from a dependent clause. You cannot use them on two independent clauses.

    If you’re not confident about your grammar, feel free to consult in the Requesting a Site Beta thread because now that Mibba has beta readers, you can ask them to check your grammar. You need to proofread this piece more and edit the corrections.

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    August 14th, 2013 at 02:56pm
  • ClassicRoxie

    ClassicRoxie (100)

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    Hi! I love the thought of this story line. I think you did a great job at portraying their emotions and thoughts. I did, however, find it hard at times to focus on the story due to the lack of sentence structure. I think that with a litte bit of editing this story could be really good. Thanks for writing. It!
    August 4th, 2013 at 05:38am