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The Summer Trip



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Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:48 am
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I knew it was going to be an unsual day when my mom came into my room and said..."Do you guys want to hang out today?" Dylan and I looked at each other. "What's the deal mom?" Dylan asked.
"Honey, ther's no deal. I just want to hang out with my two favorite kids," Natasha said.
"Ok Dylan, let's just go along with it," Jenna said. Jenna and Dylan got ready, and went out with their mom.

"Where do you guys want to go first?" Nat asked.
"Can we go to the mall first?" Jenna requested.
"Oh come on. I want to go to Game Stop and buy the new game," Dylan complained.
"Enough! We'll go to the mall first and then go to Game Stop," Nat said. Jen smirked at Dylan "Fine. Have it your way," Dylan sneered. They went to the mall, and bought a few things. They left at about 5:00 P.M. When they got to Game Stop, Dylan bought a new game called Black Ops.

When they got home, it was about 5:30 P.M. "Hey guys, can you come in here for a second!" Mike shouted. Dylan and jenna raced downstairs like a stampede of elephants. "What's up dad?" Dylan wondered. Mike and Natasha looked at each other. "You want to tell them?" Mike requested. They looked back at the two confused teenagers. "We're all going to Disney World!" Nat squealed. Complete silence filled the room. "Are you kidding me?" Dylan asked.
"Nope. We're not kidding," Mike sang.
"Ahhh!" Jenna yelled. Everyone blocked their ears. "This is awesome! I'm going to tell Dacey, Vanessa, Jennifer, and everybody else!" announced Jenna.
"Here we go again," murmured. Jen glared at her brother. "What do you mean, 'here we go again'?" Jen asked.
"Nothing, just forget it," Dylan spoke.
"Now you guys better get to bed. It's going to be a long day tomorrow," Nat said. Both teens went upstairs, got ready for bed, and went to bed.

At sschool, jen told everybody about their Disney trip. Dylan didn't tell a lot of people about it. School ended about a week later. It was now summer vacation! A week after school ended, their parents had horrible new to tell. "Mom why are you crying?" Dylan questioned. Nat didn't reply. Mike came into the room, and pulled Dylan aside. "Is everything all right" Dylan asked?
"Well son...your mom and I both lost our job. There's no way we'll be able to pay for the Disney trip," Mike disappointedly said.
"Oh come on. I've been looking forward to this trip," Dylan whined.
"Sorry Dylan. You might as well go and tell Jen the news," Mike said. Dylan walked upstairs slowly and went into his room. "Did you find out why mom was crying?" Jen questioned.
"Mom and dad both lost their jobs," Dylan confirmed.
"Oh my gosh. I feel so bad for them," Jen admitted.
"Now we can't go on the trip," Dylan concluded.
"Ok, now that's a problem. "I've been looking forward to this trip," Jen blurted. The room was quiet for a moment. "I got and idea. Let's have a car wash, to raise money for our trip," Jen explained
"Sounds like a good idea, but where are we going to have a car wash and who's going to help?" Dylan brought forth.
"We'll get some of our closest friends, and we'll have it in a parking lot," Jen explained.
"Sounds like a plan to me. We can make posters and hang them around the city, so people can come get their car washed," Dylan continued. They high-fived each other. "Let's get started," Jenna ordered.
"I'm so tired though," Dylan cried. Jen starred at him. "You know, for someone with a great idea you're pretty lazy," Jen breathed and walked out of the room. "Thank you!" Dylan shouted.

The past month was very busy. More and more people have been going to the car wash. July 15, was a special day. It was the day that they counted all the money they raised. "We did it!" Dylan exclaimed. Everyone cheered. "Thank you all so much for participating. We couldn't have done it without you," Jen boasted.
"We promise, before we come back we'll get you all a souvenir," Dylan announced.

Jen and Dylan were the last to leave/ When they got home, it was dinner time. Dinner was silent for about five minutes. The Jenna broke the silence. "We have some exciting news for you guys," Jenna exploded.
"What's so exciting?" Mike asked?
"We're all going to Disney next Friday!"Jenna boomed.
"Guys we're not going to Disney," Nat said. Dylan pulled a bag filled with all the money they earned. "Are you sure?" Dylan asked. Mike and Nat were shocked. They couldn't believe that their own children would spend six weeks earning money for the trip. "I can't believe it," Nat affirmed.
"You guys are amazing," Mike added. They all stood up and hugged each other. "Thank you," Nat thanked.
"You're so welcome mom," Jen said.

For the past week, they've been spending a lot of family rime together. On Thursday, they spent the whole day packing. The next morning, 7:10 A.M. was boarding time. They were all excited to go to Disney. For the next three weeks, they spent most of the time as a family.
  





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Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:43 am
stargazer9927 says...



Red = Grammar errors
Blue = My comments
Green [Comma] = Comma needs to be there

I knew it was going to be an unsual day when my mom came into my room and said..."Do you guys want to hang out today?" Dylan and I looked at each other. "What's the deal mom?" Dylan asked.
"Honey, ther's no deal. I just want to hang out with my two favorite kids," Natasha said.
"Ok Dylan, let's just go along with it," Jenna said. Jenna and Dylan got ready, and went out with their mom.

"Where do you guys want to go first?" Nat asked.
"Can we go to the mall first?" Jenna requested.
"Oh come on. I want to go to Game Stop and buy the new game," Dylan complained.
"Enough! We'll go to the mall first and then go to Game Stop," Nat said. Jen smirked at Dylan "Fine. Have it your way," Dylan sneered. They went to the mall, and bought a few things. They left at about 5:00 P.M. When they got to Game Stop, Dylan bought a new game called Black Ops. Black Ops needs to be italisized

When they got home, it was about 5:30 P.M. "Hey guys, can you come in here for a second!" Mike shouted. Dylan and jenna raced downstairs like a stampede of elephants. "What's up[Comma] dad?" Dylan wondered. Mike and Natasha looked at each other. "You want to tell them?" Mike requested. They looked back at the two confused teenagers. "We're all going to Disney World!" Nat squealed. Complete silence filled the room. "Are you kidding me?" Dylan asked.
"Nope. We're not kidding," Mike sang.
"Ahhh!" Jenna yelled. Everyone blocked their ears. "This is awesome! I'm going to tell Dacey, Vanessa, Jennifer, and everybody else!" announced Jenna.
"Here we go again," murmured. Jen glared at her brother. "What do you mean, 'here we go again'?" Jen asked.
"Nothing, just forget it," Dylan spoke. Aw, no fight :)
"Now you guys better get to bed. It's going to be a long day tomorrow," Nat said. Both teens went upstairs, got ready for bed, and went to bed.

At sschool, jen told everybody about their Disney trip. Dylan didn't tell a lot of people about it. School ended about a week later. It was now summer vacation! A week after school ended, their parents had horrible new[s] to tell. "Mom why are you crying?" Dylan questioned. Nat didn't reply. Mike came into the room, and pulled Dylan aside. "Is everything all right" Dylan asked?
"Well[Comma] son...your mom and I both lost our job. There's no way we'll be able to pay for the Disney trip," Mike disappointedly said.
"Oh come on. I've been looking forward to this trip," Dylan whined.
"Sorry[Comma] Dylan. You might as well go and tell Jen the news," Mike said. Dylan walked upstairs slowly and went into his room. "Did you find out why mom was crying?" Jen questioned.
"Mom and dad both lost their jobs," Dylan confirmed.
"Oh my gosh. I feel so bad for them," Jen admitted.
"Now we can't go on the trip," Dylan concluded.
"Ok, now that's a problem. "I've been looking forward to this trip," Jen blurted. The room was quiet for a moment. "I got and idea. Let's have a car wash, That comma's not needed to raise money for our trip," Jen explained
"Sounds like a good idea, but where are we going to have a car wash and who's going to help?" Dylan brought forth.
"We'll get some of our closest friends, and we'll have it in a parking lot," Jen explained.
"Sounds like a plan to me. We can make posters and hang them around the city, so people can come get their car washed," Dylan continued. They high-fived each other. "Let's get started," Jenna ordered.
"I'm so tired though," Dylan cried. Jen starred at him. "You know, for someone with a great idea you're pretty lazy," Jen breathed and walked out of the room. "Thank you!" Dylan shouted.

The past month was very busy. More and more people have been going to the car wash. July 15, was a special day. It was the day that they counted all the money they raised. "We did it!" Dylan exclaimed. Everyone cheered. "Thank you all so much for participating. We couldn't have done it without you," Jen boasted.
"We promise, before we come back we'll get you all a souvenir," Dylan announced. Not much detail here. Who was at the car wash and what happened? Too much jumping.

Jen and Dylan were the last to leave/ When they got home, it was dinner time. Dinner was silent for about five minutes. The Jenna broke the silence. "We have some exciting news for you guys," Jenna exploded.
"What's so exciting?" Mike asked?
"We're all going to Disney next Friday!"Jenna boomed.
"Guys[Comma] we're not going to Disney [Land]," Nat said. Dylan pulled a bag filled with all the money they earned. "Are you sure?" Dylan asked. Mike and Nat were shocked. They couldn't believe that their own children would spend six weeks earning money for the trip. "I can't believe it," Nat affirmed.
"You guys are amazing," Mike added. They all stood up and hugged each other. "Thank you," Nat thanked.
"You're so welcome[Comma] mom," Jen said.

For the past week, they've been spending a lot of family rime together. On Thursday, Comma not needed they spent the whole day packing. The next morning, 7:10 A.M. was boarding time. They were all excited to go to Disney[Land]. For the next three weeks, they spent most of the time as a family.


Okay so I'm going to point out two big things that bothered me. They both have to do with your dialogue. When you write dialogue you need to start a new line everytime someone new is speaking. For example:
You wrote:
"Guys we're not going to Disney," Nat said. Dylan pulled a bag filled with all the money they earned. "Are you sure?" Dylan asked. Mike and Nat were shocked. They couldn't believe that their own children would spend six weeks earning money for the trip. "I can't believe it," Nat affirmed.

It should be:
"Guys we're not going to Disney," Nat said.
Dylan pulled a bag filled with all the money they earned. "Are you sure?" Dylan asked. Mike and Nat were shocked. They couldn't believe that their own children would spend six weeks earning money for the trip.
"I can't believe it," Nat affirmed.

Everytime someone new speaks a new line must also be made. It makes it less confusing and makes the dialogue look better as a whole.
The other thing is your dialogue tags. You put a lot of interesting words in them to make it sound cool, but honestly it doesn't make it sound cool at all. It just makes it sound weird. A dialogue tag is what you put at the end of a sentence after someone speaks.
"We're all going to Disney next Friday!"Jenna boomed.

That's a tag, and you overused some adjectives for them. Don't be afraid to just use, "said." The cool ones can be used ocasionally when needed but shouldn't be overdone like you've done here.

I think overall it was a cute story and it made me smile. I adore cute family stories like this :)

Great job and I hope you keep writing!
Let's eat mom.
Let's eat, mom.
Good grammar saves lives :D
  








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