To improve flow, you should change the first line to
Man, she is beautiful, he thought to himself. I’m so lucky I have her.
…retaining the italics, of course.
Also, on line 8, either breaking the sentence in two at the comma or inserting a “but” after the comma would correct the grammatical error.
Other than that, I found this very well written, with a good sense of pacing and nicely specific descriptions. The subtle twist was especially effective due to the way you played the reader’s assumptions. As a last word, if you changed your tags to be slightly less specific, you could preserve the surprise ending for those who read the tags first.
I agree with Memento, the perspective changes, like a stumble. Choose either one and stick with it or maybe breaking it up into distinctive paragraphs might help.
However, Reaver is right too, it’s an uncomfortable read, and that’s a hard emotion to push with words. Well done.
I made a break in between when she’s getting her keys out just because it sorta draws the attention towards her like you guys were saying so I hope it makes it a little less confusing or spotty.
I sent you a Note. This would work better through his eyes and his eyes only. Be his eyes and write it in a play by play format. Or choose another, such as a third person narrative.
Last point. I don’t know how you’re typing this. If you look at the ends of your sentences, there’s plenty of room for words to wrap. Most people interpret those as returns followed by a break. Visually, the lines and spacing’s are confusing. If you like this style, you might want to turn this into a poetic format, not narrative.
memento, thank you for calling me a rose. they’re my favorite, which is incredibly cliche but I’m a classic person with simple tastes. lol my mind feeds on information to make me better, so I take what i can get from people who would like to help me improve so thank you for your help as well!!
Great story! Made me feel so sad for him! I was a bit jarred at the switch from the present tense to the past. Why not put everything in the past, except his thoughts?
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