Just came up with it now.
A house that holds the key to the elaborate puzzle of time. Its subtle echoes reflect that of what had been. Once a palace built upon fresh soil, it glimmered with the pride that its owners once held. But days passed and nights came, bestowing upon it the unwanted gift of age. The years were accepted with quiet dignity, and soon the owners who once lived happily grew old and cynical, and the house became a ghostly shadow that hid among the sketchy morning light. Soon the owners had left to the place where no living man will ever dwell, and the house was silent. Can't even talk, can't even move, confined to itself in a vapid shell where life had once been. The thin layers of dust alighted on the furniture and the vermin dominated the kitchen come evening, and the gelid time hung in the air, as if awaiting things to come. The old hinges grew rusty, the appliances obsolete, and daring children searched for phantoms, while the house stood in the place it had always been, keeping vigil over the property, remembering the days when it had held parties and jolly guests. The house was now looked upon with disgust, the overgrown lawn clawing for the civilians that strolled the sidewalk. And a day where the air was still with the held breaths of waiting children, and frost dusted the corners of windows, a man walks up to the decrypt doorway and places a vibrant green holly leaf upon the solemn knocker, and the house seems to bend the old corners of its mouth into a smile that chafed at its long-forgotten boundaries.
Comments? Critiques? Complaints for the management?
Last edited by JeanTheFox (2010-12-20 20:10:59)

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AnimeCreatorArtist wrote:
Saxiphone
What?

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webgal15 wrote:
Amazing.
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Thanks, but I made it from scratch with no prewriting or anything. So it kind of stinks in my opinion

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JeanTheFox wrote:
webgal15 wrote:
Amazing.
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Thanks, but I made it from scratch with no prewriting or anything. So it kind of stinks in my opinion
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How could you say such a thing? I don't like the end though. Might want to reword it a bit.
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Sunrise-Moon wrote:
JeanTheFox wrote:
webgal15 wrote:
Amazing.
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Thanks, but I made it from scratch with no prewriting or anything. So it kind of stinks in my opinion
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How could you say such a thing? I don't like the end though. Might want to reword it a bit.
Yeah, I'll get to that.

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roger- wrote:
it's actually pretty good
Thanks!

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That's very good. I like the vocabulary utilized in it. Just a personal suggestion, use metaphors. They make you sound smart.
Such as:
JeanTheFox wrote:
A house that seems to hold the key to the elaborate puzzle of time.
Into:
I editing wrote:
A house that holds the key to the elaborate puzzle of time.
Last edited by Kileymeister (2010-12-19 22:13:39)
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Cool story cousin. It's good for coming up with it on the spot. I'm actually planning on writting a book about a kid who goes to some exciting place then moves back home. He gets bored of regular life, so he learned how to dream of going to exciting places. Eventually he gets stuck in a dream and can't wake up, then some bad stuff happens. Yea, it's just an idea atm.
I was inspired to write it after traveling across 3 states and numerous cities to get to my grandmas house in Nebraska. We stayed there for a week with alot of family, and then my regular life seemed so boring when I got back home
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nice! why are you making a new account?
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Kileymeister wrote:
That's very good. I like the vocabulary utilized in it. Just a personal suggestion, use metaphors. They make you sound smart.
Such as:JeanTheFox wrote:
A house that seems to hold the key to the elaborate puzzle of time.
Into:
I editingA house that holds the key to the elaborate puzzle of time.
Okay!
steppenwulf wrote:
Cool story cousin. It's good for coming up with it on the spot. I'm actually planning on writting a book about a kid who goes to some exciting place then moves back home. He gets bored of regular life, so he learned how to dream of going to exciting places. Eventually he gets stuck in a dream and can't wake up, then some bad stuff happens. Yea, it's just an idea atm.
I was inspired to write it after traveling across 3 states and numerous cities to get to my grandmas house in Nebraska. We stayed there for a week with alot of family, and then my regular life seemed so boring when I got back home![]()
Well, a lot of stories start with experiences
werdna123 wrote:
Awesome!
Thanks!
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
nice! why are you making a new account?
No particular reason
PW132 wrote:
Not bad.
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Thankies

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