Submitted by AliciaWrites t3_11n2zms in WritingPrompts
FyeNite t1_jc4bn9h wrote
Reply to comment by galdu in [TT] Theme Thursday - Journalism by AliciaWrites
Hey galdu!
Well heck! Now I want to know what happens next. Does she cave? Does she get her way? And whether that happens or not, what is this 'Event'?
As you can see, you did a wonderful job hooking me into the story here. Building up this character as she signs away what seems to be her life. And I like how we don't get much backstory here either. All we get is the implication that she's an up-and-coming star. That she'll be something big very soon.
I think you also did a good job with Allen. He's smooth and friendly. He's still working for a company that wants to take advantage of her, but he's still very amicable about it. I hope that makes sense.
I do have a few bits and bobs for you though,
> But as each suit got their fill, they departed. In the early morning, only Allen remained.
This bit read a bit awkwardly to me. Maybe switching "But" with "After" could help? Not sure.
> For all intensive purposes, Bradley Media Group gets ninety percent of everything.
So I've always heard the phrase as '"For all intents and purposes.' Not how you have it here. Is this a mistake or a deliberate change?
> Sam breathed. “Okay.” She poised herself to wring the goose’s neck across the dotted line.
So I'm not sure why she refused to sign. She signed the ninety percent form already, so why stop here? Just didn't make too much sense to me. Did she see something? Maybe changing it up a a bit could help?
I hope this helps.
Good Words!
galdu t1_jc4n7q8 wrote
Thanks for the feedback Fye!
Interesting to see that Allen came off as he did to you. I deleted a sentence of his from the paragraph where he talks about the event. Originally, he said "Sex tapes just don't cut it any more." But it didn't sit right that he would say that while he reached out and touched her hand. Seemed just overtly predatory.
And "intensive purposes" was deliberate. I threw in "irregardless" as well. But I think that's less egregious so it may not have been enough of a tell.
I think if I started from scratch I'd describe the contract side of it a bit differently. But all of these parts she's going through make up one contract. So she held out on the final piece after deciding she wanted more money. (Allen is a bad attorney for formatting the contract like this)
Thanks again. Always look forward to your comments.
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