Throwing Rocks [E] Little Johnny is throwing rocks and then the Earth explodes. |
Greetings and welcome to writing.com! Well, this is quite amusing. You’ve set up a rich juxtaposition of Little Johnny’s rather pathetic Appalachian home life and the sudden crashing of a meteorite into the field nearby, and his subsequent adoption of the poor little alien creature under the obliviousness of his drunken parents. The descriptive details bring it to life in a visceral, ironic way, without being too harsh or upsetting. Your title and subtitle are catchy and draw the reader in; I only had to see it once to know I wanted to read it right now. I see you’ve formatted it perfectly, with good font size and style, a word count right at the top, centered spacers and all that. I would suggest picking a third genre such as “Family,” at least once the contest is over. Also, it would be fun to know which contest and prompt you wrote it for; you can add that in a drop note at the bottom for posterity, because if you stick around here and enter a lot of contests, you'll want to be able to look back over your port and recall why you wrote any given story. This was a pleasure to read; I kept going, having no idea what would happen next. It would be fun to have a sequel, as we wonder what sort of antics Little Johnny and Marty will get into in the future. Take care, thanks for sharing and keep writing My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .
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