Colleen Thomas
Ultrafemme
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sweetnpetite said:Bravo on both points.
I'd like to add that in Colly's case, she's speaking about a specific incident (which I think would be just as powerful without a specific age) that took place when the character was legally a 'child.' Now, everybody thinks that this is not allowed, but they are quite wrong.
In my case I mention a specific age here as a way of showing the character is now over the legal age of conscent without actually saying "hey, look, I'm 18" The preceeding Paragraphs show that she has been away from home more than three years and must therefore be more than 18.
The story has been pending for quite a while and I am begining to think it may be my first rejection. If so and the age is the cause I can rework that to a more obvious statement that she is now 18.
-Colly
