<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">comments for Leonard</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">I liked it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">It is wordy, but it gets the point across and moves along.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">we went to the city park which was in walking distance</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">consider we walked to the city park</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">... a sailing pond existed. The pond was surrounded by an oblong concrete wall which contained about two feet of water.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">consider</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">a 2 feet deep sailing pond surrounded by a concrete wall</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">pushed it over on its side redundant</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">consider pushed it over where it lay like a dead fish</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">went to work on the difficulty</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">consider went to work on the cure which consisted</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">second reference to dead fish unnecessary</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">On the rewrite, a lot can be reworded and cut out to make it smoother and more concise without losing the feel of a childhood experience</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">It turns out that belly up does come from a fish or other dead animal laying on its back in the water.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">comments for Sally</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">t a couple of copies in the same email; one may be a little different. I'm not sure. Didn’t know which was the right one</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Sally: Yes, that was because of my quick fumble fingers.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Cleora: This is a beautiful dream.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">I think the first part “Random nights”</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Or the 2nd part “through the alchemy of dreaming”</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">either one would make a fitting title.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">I take it this is a dream of events that could have been but weren't</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">we go from Halloween to Christmas</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">when I read it a 2nd time I wondered if the raspberries & muffins are for thanksgiving</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">is the country cottage also part of the dream</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">returns another time for dreams of harvest & community</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">This could be a reference to thanksgiving,</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">but at the end, I don't think so.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Not sure if I am interpreting it correctly, but it is a beautiful dream.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">comments for Marsha</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">reads like you're Just getting the action down and then will go back to clean it up.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Carl is startled. surprised.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">no need to say he stared in astonishment.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">we get it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">maybe put Carl glanced my way after unwanted answers to break up the dialog and insert a simulated pause</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">you lapsed into first person where it had been in 3rd person until here</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">then "this is my stop" followed with Robbie wasn't any closer</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">that's quite a tool that can cut a hole in 1 foot thick ice</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">black water cold as hell doesn't make sense to me</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">hell isn't cold. I know people sometimes talk this way, but to me it doesn't make sense.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">the sentence where Chicky comes into the hut and coffee on the stove and whiskey on the cooler.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">first I noticed "she" used twice and thought about ways to take away the second she</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">I didn't come up with anything I liked that I thought would do what you're trying to do.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Maybe you can look at this and see a way to not use she twice so close together.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">lots of conflict and confusion going on</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Veronica feeling the pressure</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">In this case, the main focus is the contest and Robbie’s participation in it. So, I would pick Robbie for the POV. Otherwise, you have a problem when he is in the tent getting everything ready to fish.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Just a thought, perhaps Robbie can read lips or is close enough at times to actually hear what each of the different people are saying.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">comments for DeAnna</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">LOL I love this kind of piece.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Didn’t see anything in particular to consider changing.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">didn't pick up on the fairy until the 2nd read thru</p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">is this to be continued?</p>