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Nov 05, 2008 02:13

Home assignment for ENGL-150 with Matthew Bloom, final draft, unrevisioned.

Dragon's Lair )

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rast_musician November 5 2008, 01:25:10 UTC
Жесть. Мне нравится =) Куча пафоса, фэнтезийных стереотипов, серьезная мораль. Гномьи поговорки (серьезно, интересен источник! уж не из поколения в поколение ли они передаются в твоей семье :D). А принцесса явно гламурная бландинка. Короче, колоссальнейший зачОт =)

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glex1 November 5 2008, 01:29:36 UTC
спасиб =))

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From Tim anonymous November 8 2008, 00:06:35 UTC
Pretty good. But you are obviously not made to be a writer...
Great idea though, you really get your point through, if not in a very refined way.

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Re: From Tim glex1 November 12 2008, 00:22:38 UTC
I always have an excuse, Tim: "It's not that I am a bad writer, it's just that English is not my first language..." :)

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olya_a_k November 17 2008, 22:40:00 UTC
"an empty tavern in a small village on the bottom of a mountain" sounds wrong. Just like "Он вошёл в комнату в доме в городе".
"not yet got" it's supposed to be "gotten" instead of "got"
"the group of adventurers the entrance to a cave " verb missing?
"was covered" and "was filled" sounds passive, try "the odor of rotting flesh filled the air"
"casted" should be "cast"
"princess the sorceress" why didn't you mention she was a sorceress before?

Sorry, sorry, sorry. That was just my editing instinct. I liked the basic idea of your story. Although perhaps it could be written more like a parable or a fable and less like a short version of a fantasy book. Also, I don't see what the tavern has anything to do with the story.

I thought that your English was pretty good. Your writing is definitely better than the average student (here). But it could definitely be a lot better.

I wonder if this story would have sounded better if you had written it in Russian.

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glex1 November 18 2008, 00:01:52 UTC
thx, it's always good to know your mistakes :)

> "princess the sorceress" why didn't you mention she was a sorceress before?
my bad :)
in the world of role-playing all the princesess are sorceresses xD

The tavern obviously has nothing to do with the story. But my teacher wanted "a longer introduction". :(

P.S.: I'll try to write a better answer when I'm a little bit less high. If I don't fall asleep. :)

As Tim said, I'm not made to be a writer (maybe he is just jealous :P) =)

P.S.: This is an unrevisioned version. My teacher had corrected some of the mistakes, but I was too lazy to correct them in the .doc file later.

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olya_a_k November 18 2008, 02:17:14 UTC
Where are princesses ever sorceresses? What world of role-playing?

P.S. it's "unrevised" not "unrevisioned" (I think)

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