Reviews for Every Second Counts
FireReads chapter 1 . 5/5/2018
My name is Chloe! Omg
PixelEm chapter 1 . 3/31/2018
Aw, this oneshot was so adorable! I really enjoyed Thomas's little story about him and his siblings :3 Aside from a few grammar and spelling mistakes, this story was very well written! I love how simple your writing style is - it reads almost like one of the original Railway series stories! :D
I always like to help a fellow writer out, so here's some things I felt could've been improved. Generally, it's a good idea to be sparing with the exclamation points; otherwise some of the sentences, if they all have exclamation points in rapid succession, it doesn't come across as very mature. The same goes for adverbs; once in a while they're fine, but use them too much and them the story doesn't read very creatively. Also there are some lines where the adverbs come across as redundant (like "James huffed angrily" and "Thomas beamed excitedly"); the adverbs aren't really needed during those lines, since the verbs themselves already give the reader a perfect picture of what the characters are doing and how they're doing it. Again, just some tips for improvement :)
I also noticed there really wasn't too much explicit conflict in this story apart from the moment at the beginning with Gordon, but that's not really an issue. I understand if you just wanted to write something cute about Thomas with his siblings (and it certainly was adorable! :D ) I wonder if Thomas's story actually affects how Gordon feels about his own brother?
Anywho, those are my thoughts. I will definitely be reading more of your work, WeatherChan; you have a lot of potential :) Good luck with all of your future creative endeavors! :D