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I’m writing a novel and I just finished the Prologue.

I would love some friendly criticism!

Prolouge

As i proceeded down the hallway, I felt a strange sensation.

Imagine a character in the midst of a scene taken from a movie. Time freezes just long enough to inspire an
out of body experience to captivate the viewers interest. They watch themselves from a higher angle of life and lose
control of thier soulless embodiment, surrendering it to the unavoidable actions being played out on the screen.
Lips of bystanders continue to manouver without an escaping sound and every angelic move is displayed by perfection.

March, 15 2012 was nothing like that.

As I proceeded down the hallway I felt a starnge sensation of familiarity. Chatter fluttered endlessly
through the air as moving bodies tore past eachother in a jumbled motion. Gossip slid from lips as metal locker
doors slammed at normal speed. The morning carried its routine structure as if nothing deviant would overthrow
a typical Thursday in a small town high school.

I turned to face the words that were thrown against my back, and right on cue my feet began to hit the floor,
one after the other accelorating into a sprint. Our bodies collided with a force great enough to launch the air from
my lungs and send us both crashing to the cold tile floor.

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Positivemessylove offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 2 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

very interesting. I like it!

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nolateri offline Verified User (12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 2 weeks ago (3 hours, 22 minutes after post)

Can you share more…..what happens next? interesting.

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flamedancer66 offline Verified User (4 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

I’ve been working on it and I’ve been skipping around a little bit so not everything connects yet but I’ll post it when it starts making sence.

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flamedancer66 offline Verified User (4 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

This is the first part of Chapter 1:

Chapter 1

Hidloh Haven got its name from the Apache phrase meaning “he laughs”. Aparently the mindless name creator
was unaware that the Apache tribe was the second most grusome and ruthless Native American tribe the white people
encountered. I have a strong feeling that laughter wasnt very common between the Apache Tribe and the white men who
swiped thier land from under thier mud-covered toes. Hidloh haven, was never ment to be a haven from the start; It
was ment to be my own personal hell for the next six months.

Even concidering the fact that I am only sixteen years old, according to the laws of Pennsylvania, when it
comes to murder, you get thrown in the big leauges. Judge Sherman was the one who determined my fate. I was sentanced
to six months of in-patient counciling on an account of good behavior as well as a verdict claiming that my act of
violence was overcome by criminal insanity.That one false statement kept my *** out of jail.

The facility is infested with security cameras that record every hint of movement in black and white.
Only three areas in the building remain unprotected; The restrooms, The kitchen, and resident bedrooms. Every exit
is gaurded by an ear peircing alarm system that can be heard from across the highway that rests a quarter mile
outside the facility doors. Every day follows a routine that melts into your brain after enough time. At nine
O’clock: We wake.

Today is my second day in hell; My first day of group counciling. I sit aside five other prisoners in this
dingy, cool room. The walls are Hospital White; stained from years of dirty teenage hands. The carpet is painted deep
red with paterns stolen from the 60’s. If i stare at it any longer, the arrangment is going to twist itself into a
pool of warm blood and drown us all. The young woman in black slacks and teal blowse pulls me from my wondering
thoughts
“Lets get settled so we can get started”

I didnt even notice that the others were contorted in thier seats conversing amungst eachother as if this
was such a normal circumstance.

“Today we have a new member to our group so lets welcome her properly. Everyone say hello to Hadley”

A mixture of hi’s and hello’s are spoken, followed by my name. What the hell is this? An A.A. meeting?

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Positivemessylove offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

Interesting. I generally like it, however it is a lot of information and an extremely vague assortment of information.
I feel kind of lost reading it, and it throws me in the middle of a situation that I cannot picture in my mind.
I want to know more, but it just isn’t there.
Is this helpful criticism?
You write extremely well, by the way.

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flamedancer66 offline Verified User (4 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

Thank you very much for your last statement. I understand your confusion. The prologue is meant to confuse you, however, the book will lead into a full explanation of what exactly happened and what lead up to that. Chapter one is not finished so its still hard to understand. I’ll post the rest of Chapter one when it is finished. Thank you for reading it and commenting!

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Positivemessylove offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 5 days after post)

No problem! I love reading into the minds of creative people :)
I hope I helped and I hope you post more soon!

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