Reviewer: carnaj2 Signed
Date: May 29 2015
Title: Saving Nancy
Hi. Another great story starting up here, and I am so far enjoying it very much. I don't get on here as much as I used to and missed your first 4 posts so was surprised and happy to find something new from you. Gave me some good reading tonight. On to the Review...
First off, I don't mind the 'Disorder' aspect of the story. That's good story-telling and piques the reader's interest right off the bat and gets them wanting to know what is going on. It foreshadows things to come and gives a glimpse of the future potential antagonsists, assuming of course that we are considering Nancy as being the Protagonist. With the Chapter set in the Teacher's Meeting, you set the stage nicely.
As always you have presented most of the characters well. Personally I prefer detailed stories that describe the characters' looks and clothing, the scene including the room, furniture, carpeting, et al. That's just me, but for the most part you manage to fulfill that for my reading pleasure at least. You've described Nancy, her closest friends and a few others like Ashley's mother quite well. Also several people including her Principal and her sister and mother. We get a good sense of their true attitudes towards Nancy's fetish, and I have no doubt that everyone who experiences 'Tiny Nancy' will eventually come to enjoy her and take advantage, including her mother.
It was nice to see that she has the love and understanding of her father to bail her out if things get too rough. Also I think that Ashley and her mother will try to look out for her despite being 'black-listed'. I enjoy that the soccer coach finds more degrading ways to humiliate Nancy. Youdo well in remembering that it is not simply shrinking that is so often enjoyed here, but the degradation that comes along with it. Torture and 'Death by Foot Crush' is all well and good, but detailing the little things like humiliation makes the story stand out and you've always given new ways to do that in a genre that is fairly set in its ways. I like to write Giantess/Tiny stories but always try to find a different angle. You do that well.
Finally on that subject, I'm very glad to see that you are not afraid to add male feet into the equation. That's generally a taboo about that on here and I have seen writers persecuted for it. Shouldn't happen as there are almost as many men in the worls as women and it's only natural that they would be involved. Good for you!
My only negative comments are about punctuation, and that because I Edit stories for other people so mistakes 'POP' out at me. Your writing as always seems natural, peoplespeaking as they should in Real Life. There are unwritten rules however; for instance...
When someone says something like; "I love this." She Said. It should read...
"I love this," she said.
I don't recall the technical term but whenever someone says something - a sentence that ends in anything but a period (!, ?, etc.) the following 'she said' or whoever, should be lower case. "I love this." Nancy said... or She said is not right. It should be "I love this," Nancy (or she) said. note the comma.
Not a BIG deal, but something to keep in mind. I Edit, so things like that stand out to me, but it does not detract from the reading enjoyment of your story. As always you are doing a great job and I am looking forward to the next chapter.
Keep up the Great work!
Carnaj
Author's Response: Thank you for your review. I am glad you see thigns the way I see them and you have pinpointed important elements that I keep in mind when writing but not necessarily tell them explicitly. As for the punctuation that is a major problem for me since that's where I also have problems when I write in french. Also, when I write, I always think of the next sentence I will be writing while I am writing the one I thought about while writing the one before. In fact I am always thinking about the sentence I'll write after the one I am currently writing so sometimes I type so fast I make mistakes and correct them afterwards. And, there are always a few I just don't see evena fter proofreading twice. Ahah!
Thank you for your input I'll try to keep in mind.