RED ADEPT REVIEW.

O.K. It was only one star. So I am not going to post it on here lol.

I would like to address a couple points she had put out.

There is only one thing I am going to square against her and say it is all wrong. Her comment saying that there "conveniently was a truck near by, and conveniently a gun in the truck, and conveniently a farmer nearby to help him heal." That is not an exact quote however. But pretty close.

Indiana Jones can be against voodoo practicing bad guys and "conveniently" there is a secrete passage the bad guys don't know about (conveniently) in the room they give for him to stay in. Frank Castle of The Punisher can be left for dead and "conveniently" wash up on the Witch Doctor's island who nurses him to health and "conveniently" still has access to his dads guns even months after a massacre has occurred there (logically the authorities would have taken them), but when my main character is attacked and left for dead near his truck in the woods where he had places his firearm under the seat to comfortably enjoy a nice afternoon in a meadow, it is some sort of blasphemy according to her.

The rest makes sense. Maybe my writing style could be better. I will not change that right away because I would not be able to make it any better as of right now. But down the line my writing style will change, evolve, and improve. Then I will make the changes to this story 'cause then I will be able to make it better.

The grammar, I can fix that. I have been lucky enough to acquire a new beta reader that is not a friend or family member and has done a great job with the next installment of the series.

Red has brought a few things to my attention. For example, The fight sequences where boring and complicated. I read them again today and I have realized something. They would be boring to a vast majority of readers. People who are not experienced fighters and Martial Artists such as me and the people who gave me positive feedback on those sequences. In fact, my whole genre is a little obscure. I do not believe that Red would really be my target demographic.

I feel like I need to target the type of person who would appreciate intimate details of seemingly simple fighting maneuvers. People who know that those details to those "simple" moves will make or break effective execution in a real fight. I could see how for most people a long description of only a few strikes would turn out to be boring. Therefore I now know better what my target readers should be and could possibly get more sales when I target them.

Another thing is, predictability. Red Adept is right. Keep in mind I wasn't trying to be the guy who made the sixth sense (M Night whatever.) I was trying to make an entertaining action adventure story. It seems Red is having a contest specifically for stories with a crazy twist at the end. She probably fancies these stories, hence another reason she may not be the target reader for my books. Non the less I could and will work on that, there is nothing wrong with a little suspense. In my defense on that however, Red admits she didn't read the whole story and she is pretty sure she knows the ending. Thing is, it didn't really end so I am not to sure how she figures she could figure it out.

I Will none the less make a few changes, I believe I could have been more clear as to who the truck belonged to and how it got there, I will add to the severity of the main characters condition which will explain why the bad guys just leave him there and are not in the vicinity to continue to hurt him. If anyone has the book now simple pm me if you want a fixed version or want me to tell you the changes I will make.

Have a very nice day and thank you Red Adept. I believe my opinion is pretty UN-objective considering I am the one who received a one star review.
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Published on November 17, 2010 16:36
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