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Re: [PICK] The Nightcomers (Chapter 1) - The Coming of the Night
I thought the story was way too generic. Some guy goes home (in a dream?) and is possessed to stab someone he loves with a knife. There was virtually no back story. You hinted at it, saying Tony had done something to warrant great shame. But then you don't tell us. Mind you, there are times when it is acceptable to hide information but in your case, the pseudo back story felt contrived and seemed to exist solely for the purpose of qualifying the character's unstable mind so you could get to the stabbing sequence later on.
If you want to continue this and make it into a novel, I high suggest you work on characterization. Tell us more about Tony, why he is on this bus going to what is presumably his old house? Oh and what is up with the ending? You seem to suggest that everything he experienced in the story is about to repeat, which might make for a good short story ending but how do you plan to transition from that for your next chapter?
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What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.
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