Again, congratulations on having written the winning story of this week to Kat! And with that this post will contain the highlights of the final results concerning Finding Ourselves Together, as well as the initial review, so new readers can find out what this story is all about.
The Review
Author: Kat Valentine
Description: See that girl, what’s her name? Lia. She’s
changed a lot, not in a good way. What happened to her? Well...he happened.
Lia is your typical dedicated and
responsible type of high school student. Being a bit timid, not very outgoing
and unexperienced in love, she one day gets the advice from her brother to
leave her study books from time to time and go out a bit more and see the
world. When Lia’s best friends announces she throws a party later that week,
Lia remembers the words of her brother and agrees to come for the first time in
her high school life. But was it really the right decision?
*Bows in admiration*
This. Story. Is. So. Smooth!
Everything is just right! From the incredible directing to the amount of
suspense divided over every episode…it’s really great! Sure it is a bit of an
average every day realistic love story, but it is really well done indeed. I
love how all characters seem to have a complete personality, but the main
character really is the guide to decide who the reader will actually get to
know better and who not. I can only admire how this author has paid attention
to every detail of her story and directing. There are crowds of people on the streets
where the main character walks, people gathering around fights, filming with
their phones…almost enough to bring tears to one’s eyes.
Now this story already has quite
some reads, but seeing how well written and well directed this is, I’m
convinced it deserves a lot more! So please support this awesome story by
reading it and recommend it if you like it!
Final Results
Gained amount of readers: 89
Directing, 1st place: I mentioned it in my private message to
this story's author already, but I really admire her dedication and eye for
detail when it comes to directing this story of hers. Not only is the story an
awesome read, it really has the most fine tuned directing I have seen in a User
Story so far (even when compared to some really popular stories). Examples are
the constant use of background characters that are active and sometimes just
walk past in the background or do other stuff, making them alive and the smart
use of overlays like the multiple science desk overlays in science class or the
directing of the characters when it comes to entering the car overlay...really
smart and terrific work! This really inspired me and I think if only for that,
it would be great if not only those who like to read, but also those who wish
to write or are already writing would pay more attention to this particular
story!
Creativity, 2nd place: as mentioned before the way the overlays
were used in the story from time to time was very creative and smart, but not
only the directing is good about this story. It also is very well written and
has a nice rhythm in switching from the more literary narrator to the character's
spoken words or literal thoughts. The use of metaphors, the way of showing a
character act out its personality before giving savvy well written narrator
comments, is very nice. It's really well balanced and in combination with the
earlier creative aspects, certainly deserves this second place.
With the total amount of 259pts, Finding Ourselves Together was the rightful winner to this weekly contest :)
Please read this great story on Episode and recommend it to fellow readers and give it some shout outs on Instagram!
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