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Re: In The Streets of Harlem - Prologue
It felt a little ironic putting this in the "Romance" section, but I don't know what wonders you have planned for us in the succeeding chapters. I'll tell you though, you've already got me hooked.
I've never been a part of a gang, nor ever seen one, especially one that has initiation ceremonies like that. I don't think stuff like that happens in India, and even if it does, we don't get to see or hear of it.
Now about your style of writing. It's easy-going. Kind of like how you would speak a story. But obviously not that casual, since you have managed to inject this story with something I personally like to call "soul". A lot of stories are very well-written and have wonderful plots, but the author doesn't manage to inject it with a little something that can't be categorised or worded. I call it the soul of a piece of writing, others call it some X Factor... well, whatever you wanna call it. Your story definitely had it. It also had quite a bit of intensity which was required for the scene you have written, so good job.
Prologues generally are scenes that welcome you to the mood of the story you're about to read. They don't much work on the character development and such, so there's really not much to say about that. However, I've got to say that you've got my expectations up quite a bit and I expect you to develop this character and the others very well.
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