《critique shop》B1 | 01
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My feedbacks mean no offense to the story and author. These are solely intended for the betterment of your story. If ever you get offended, message me privately so I would know. I was only trying to point out your mistake based on my perspectives.
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Honestly, for me, the title was too cliche. Marami na akong nabasa na akdang ang title ay Lost In Battle kung kaya't hindi ganoon kalakas ang impact sa akin ng story mo.
▪ And your title gives a spoiler. Title pa lang kasi, alam mo na ang mangyayari. Lost In Battle means matalo sa labanan, so maaaring mangahulugan iyong matatalo si Bea kay James o sa bida or sa conflicts.
▪ I suggest you change your title because it gives off spoilers, and it's too simple. Maybe search for a deeper term of Lost In Battle?
▪ Really beautiful. Catchy talaga siya. Mula sa fonts, at sa pagbe-blend, sobrang accurate siya sa genre, at sa story mo.
▪ Wala naman akong problema sa blurb, maayos mong naiparating kung tungkol saan ang story mo, at kung ano ang flow nito.
Too Clichè. Kasi para mape-predict mo na mahuhulog si Bea kay James at matatalo siya sa labanan ng pagmamahalan (lols). It's like, way too predictable, I guess? But since I've only read the first five chapters, hindi ko alam kung tama ba ang prediction ko. But I suggest na maglagay ka ng plot twist sa gitna, or sa dulong part para naman kakaiba siya ibang mga storya na may kaparehas ka ng title.
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▪ The characters were so vague. Hindi ko ma-imagine kung ano ang itsura ng mga karakters mo especially Bea as the female lead. You could be a little more descriptive of what their personalities are, and what they exactly look like for readers, such as me, to imagine the characters vividly.
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▪ P'wede mong i-describe ang pananamit, haba ng buhok, kulay ng kutis, at mga mata para naman hindi sila Vague or walang buhay.
▪ There were some errors we can't avoid that can be fixed. For example:
❌ kana, kaba
✔ ka na, ka ba
❌ meron
✔ mayroon (formal)
❌ diba
✔ 'di ba
❌ nung
✔ noong, no'ng
❌ dyan, ryan
✔ diyan / d'yan, riyan / r'yan
❌ parin / paring
✔ pa rin / pa ring
❌ nalang, palang
✔ na lang, pa lang
❌ kelan
✔ kailan (formal)
❌ dahan dahan, sabay sabay, araw araw, (at kung ano-ano pa na mga salitang inuulit)
✔ dahan-dahan, sabay-sabay, araw-araw.
▪ Ginagamit ang salitang kasunod ng mga pang-uring pamilang.
Ex:
》 Bumili si Summer anim na pirasong biscuit.
》 Binigyan niya ako tatlong papel para sa pagsusulit mamaya.
▪ Ginagamit din ito sa pangngalan.
Ex:
》 Pumunta ng plaza si Trixie.
》 Kinuha ng Guro ang papel ni Thea dahil siya'y nangdaraya.
▪ Ginagamit din ito bilang pagsaad ng pagmamay-ari.
Ex:
》 Ang libro ng mga kaibigan ko ay nanakaw.
▪ Ginagamit din ito kapag ang sinusundang salita ay pang-uri. At pananda sa gumaganap ng pandiwa sa pangungusap.
Ex:
》 Bumili ng magandang cellphone si Sena.
》 Inalis ng matanda ang mga kalat sa harap ng kaniyang bahay.
▪ Ang Nang naman ay ginagamit sa gitna ng mga pandiwang inuulit, pampalit sa "na at ng", "na at ang," at "na at na". Ginagamit din ito para magsaad ng dahilan o kilos ng galaw.
Examples:
》 Tawa nang tawa si Lucas dahil sa kinukwento ni Hany.
》 Isang buwan nang umalis si Summer. (Isang buwan na ng umalis si Summer.)
》 Nag-aral nang maayos si Abigail ngayong gabi.
▪ Also know the use of rin, raw, rito, riyan, din, daw, at diyan.
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▪ Use "rin" if the word before it ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or a consonant that sounds like a vowel - "w" and "y". For the other letters, use "din".
▪ The reason for "w" and "y" is because they can produce sounds like the vowels "u" and "i", respectively, as word endings. For example, "araw" may sound like "arau" and "bahay" may sound like "bahai".
Examples:
》 MagandA raw siya.
》 Ikaw pA rin ang gusto ko hanggang ngayon.
》 Ikaw na ang bahalA riyan, ha.
》 KapatiD din pala siya ni Arwilla.
》 Sa may BacoloD daw siya nakatira.
》 BakiT diyan tayo kakain?
▪ Also the action, and dialogue tags. We only use period, if it's indicating an action tag. While comma, in dialogue tags.
Example of Action tag:
》 "Mahal kita." Kasunod niyon ay niyakap niya ako nang mahigpit.
》 "Ikaw ang magsabi sa kaniya." Tinalikuran niya ako at padabog na sinara ang pintuan ng kwarto.
Example of dialogue tags:
》 "Mahal kita," aniya.
》 "Ikaw ang magsabi sa kaniya," sabi niya.
▪ Ang mga question mark, exclamation point, colons, and semi colons ay puwede rin sa action at dialogue tags.
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▪ Sa pagna-narrate, puwede namang hindi mo sobrahan ang paggamit sa mga letters. Masyado kasi siyang exagerrated, at masakit sa mata. Gaya na lamang nito.
Imbes na ganiyan, puwede namang ganito:
"Hey, Bea! Rise and shine! Wake up now!" Rinig kong paggising sa 'kin ni Elha.
Puwedeng dalawa lang din ang paggamit ng exclamation point at question mark, hindi iyong sobra-sobra.
"Kaya naman nilang simulan 'yong mga dapat gawin kahit wala ako," tugon ko. "Jusko Samantha Beatrice Buenaventura kailan ka ba magsisipag?!" Pagsigaw muli ni Elha.
▪ Kulang lang din sa pagde-describe ng mga ginagawa nila, mga itsura, at lugar na pinangyayarihan ng kuwento.
▪ In making the setting; or a specific place in your story, use the five senses for it to be more vivid, and imaginable. The five senses are: Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch and Taste.
▪ Kapag gagamit ng mga salitang english na gagamitan ng tagalog, maglagay ng (-).
Example:
》 Nagse-cellphone
》 Nag-breakfast
》 Nag-e-edit
▪ You also said that the genre of your story is Short Story, but it's not. Short story only consists of 5 chapters (from what I know).
> Your story has a potential, just take time to edit and revise the errors so that readers could see the effort, and hardwork you've put in your story.
Ken'nichiwa! Thank goodness I was in the mood of reading your story, lol.
Kindly do the payments if you haven't done or finished it yet.
Thank you for letting me criticize your story, I hope my feedbacks serve as your motivation to continue doing your best in writing. If ever you get hurt, pm me so we could discuss about it.
Pick up your sword, and shield up to fight all the things that hinders you from writing, and achieving your biggest, and wildest dreams.
I hope you can be victorious in your own battle, and never lose against all the negativities, and insecurities that drags us down.
Thank you!
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