Hi, all. Looking for feedback please.

Needs trimmed

It's good, but you need to trim it. Every line of your story needs to either reveal character or advance the action. Everything else can be, and often should be, eliminated. You don't need to describe the wine, almond oil, omelets, cello piece, La Fonda hotel, and other such things in such detail. Most readers won't care. These things aren't essential to the story. I don't think the first three paragraphs are essential to the story either. His ex-wives are never mentioned again, nor does their memory affect his actions much later in the story. He's an interesting enough character in that he drives a big F350 and plays cello. Go with that.

Also, you should strike the word "literally" from "She climbed, literally, into the truck." Most adverbs are useless.
 
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