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The Journal of a Superstar

By XxFrankiexX | Posted: 01 January 2009

Views: 766
Dear Diary.  No, that's silly. This is a Journal, not a Diary. And I'm only writing this because my agent told me it would be good publicity. So. Here it goes. The story of how I became a superstar.
                                         ***

  It all started when I decided to enter Singin' Starz. It's a really cool show where you go to auditions, and sing and stuff. There are three brutally honest judges, who tell you whether or not you can sing. The judges names are Byron Howell, Gabriella O'Keeffe and ex - supermodel, Vicky Louisiana. It was pretty frightening, and is tricky to imagine unless you have been there before, so I'll help you out by describing it in full detail, using the notes of a diary I did on the day.
                                ***
Wow! Well today, I did the auditions! Mum drove me up in the old blue ford. It didn't look too bad, as Dad and my little brother Max had cleaned it with the hose. To be honest, I think there was more water on Max than the car! Anyway, we got to park in this really flash car park, with a load of Lamborghinis and Ferraris and even the odd limo! We walked up the walkway to the door which said "Auditions".

As I walked through the door lights blinded me. It was like
walking on top of the sun. And the heat! Oh, I would have got a better sun tan there, than on the beaches in Spain! I crept into the shade of a rather large pot-plant. "C'mon Mum," I whispered. I don't know why, but it felt like you had to whisper. Lights buzzed all around me, as I dragged Mum up to a reception desk. I don't know what else to call it! The desk was quite the messiest desk as desks go. Squeezing Mum's hand, I marched up towards the lady behind it. She looked about nineteen, and had all her hair piled on top of her head. She picked up a biro writing pen with her carefully painted nails and drawled in an American accent "Name... please" She seemed to pause in-between words, as if she had to think about what to say very carefully. I read the name badge pinned to her floaty pink designer blouse. India China. What sort of name was that? That sent me off wondering if she was from India or China or America, so next thing I new she was drawling "Hello... name...please" I jumped to attention.
"My name... um... name..." I mumbled. Mum leapt in to help. "Her name is Cleopatra Barker - Cleo for short," Mum whispered. The lady looked at me hard then wrote down my name on a sheet, muttering under her breath. She handed me a badge with the Singin' Starz logo on it. " Pin this... on your... jumper and go...along the corridor... first door on the left...bye...good luck!". Walking along with Mum, I turned and waved at India China. This was nerve-racking. Breathing deeply, I turned the handle on a room marked Waiting room. Even though this was only the waiting room, I was scared. I was going to meet my opposition! The door opened, and I stepped in...
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Comments 
XxFrankiexX
06 January 2009
Is it any good?
Anonymous
12 January 2009
it is gr8 !
Anonymous
12 January 2009
I have critiqued your work as follows -

[First impressions]
I found your work interesting and believable
I found your work to have an easy, rolling rhythm that moved the story forward
[Beginning]
I found the beginning compelling
[Plot]
I thought your plot was good, exciting and distinguishable and had a central theme
I thought your plot moved forward in a structured way
[Characters]
Your characters jumped off the page at me and attracted my attention
I felt your characters were real people with real lives, faults and merits
I felt the descriptive narrative of your characters make up allowed me to see them in my minds eye as someone I might know
[Dialogue]
Your dialogue was natural
Unfortunately, your dialogue was sometimes irrelevant
Your dialogue moved the scene forward
There was too much play-script conversation
There was too much long monologue
I could sense real conflict, attitudes and intentions from the dialogue
[Viewpoint]
There was more than one person's view in a given chapter
When the POV was changed, it was done clearly
Your dialogue was confusing because of wrong POV
[Pruning and polishing]
You nicely used senses to desribe the scene
There was too much dialogue where specific details would have made a greater impact
There were too many instances of 'very', 'really', 'much', 'great' etc.
[Showing versus telling]
There were problems with showing versus telling
[Apostrophes]
There were punctuation problems to do with apostrophes
[Commas]
There were punctuation problems to do with commas
[Clichés]
You have used clichés
[Exclamation marks]
There were punctuation problems to do with exclamation marks
[Grammar]
There were grammar problems to do with which / that
XxFrankiexX
14 January 2009
Well, I am only 11 and I wrote this last year, when I was 10. There is a lot of monolouge because it is Cleo telling the story.
audreyhepburn
23 November 2009
very vivid description! nice! you really made me feel like i was in the scene!
audreyhepburn
07 December 2009
I have critiqued your work as follows -

[First impressions]
I found your work interesting and believable
I think that you could make your transitions a bit smoother, but that is only if you want to be really picky.
[Beginning]
I found the beginning compelling
I liked your beginning, but I think it would be even better if you added more to it.
[Plot]
I thought your plot moved forward in a structured way
I am not quite sure what your plot is here...
[Characters]
Your characters jumped off the page at me and attracted my attention
I think your story would improve if you gave a little bit more life to your main character and let the story reflect her personality a bit more. You described a minor character (the receptionist), more than you did the main! I think you should keep that description but add more to the superstar's.
[Dialogue]
There wasn't really much dialogue in this piece, but what you had I liked. Add more!
[Viewpoint]
There was more than one person's view in a given chapter
When the POV was changed, it was done clearly
Your dialogue was confusing because of wrong POV
I think you did a good job in this part!
[Showing versus telling]
You used a lot of description in this story, but I think you should work on showing, not telling!
[Apostrophes]
There were punctuation problems to do with apostrophes
[Commas]
There were punctuation problems to do with commas
[Clichés]
There weren't very many cliches in this, but work wouldn't hurt.
[Overall comments]
Good, very good, but could be much better if you spent another 1/2 hour, 1 hour polishing it. 
Nice!
XxFrankiexX
17 December 2009
Thanks for telling me what you think!

The reason my plot isn't very clear is because I didn't know what the plot was when I wrote it! I try to plan it out, but I really just make it up as I go along!

I never wrote the next bit to the story because I find it hard to stick with the same story, as I start them, then have new ideas and find my current idea boring. That's why I think I should stick to poems!

I will take on board what you have said.

XxFrankiexx

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