Tagline: After a painful divorce, Amy's life had been one misfortune after another. But when she runs into a handsome Irishman, her luck begins to change.Observations: What stood out to me in this story was the character of Amy. Yes, she suffered through a less than ideal marriage and subsequent divorce, but is she bitter or melancholy or hopeless? Heck no. She's out there doing things...
Since moving back to her hometown six months ago, she'd been trying to settle into her new life in the wake of her marriage going up in flames. Despite volunteering at a shelter, joining a book club and holding down her office job, she still had too much free time. And a few blind dates had been total washouts.
In the next paragraph, you find out that she also recently got "a makeover, complete with a new haircut and makeup overhaul."
This is a woman who is facing her life as a newly single woman head-on. This type of attitude is exactly what Woman's World magazine espouses in every issue. Keep this in mind when you write your stories.
Photo credit: Umberto Salvagnin via Flickr CC license
6 comments:
Thank you, Kate, for taking the time to review my WW debut. I hope it's the first of many to come.
Such a fitting St. Patrick's Day story, the good-looking Irishman and all. I like the phrasing, "marriage going up in flames" and "blind dates had been total washouts." This just might be the first of many to come.
I enjoyed this story. The phrasing made negatives into positives. I also thought Amy was a wonderful, positive, and fun character.
Nice story.
Congratulations on your debut with WW, Loretta! I really enjoyed your story.
Interesting story. I learned something, too. I was not familiar with a Claddagh ring. But I wonder if men normally wear it on their wedding ring finger. How would anybody else know what it meant?
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