[2234] The River

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Hi Destructive Readers!

This is the first part of a four part short story / novelette. I have been writing in my head for years, but this is my first time actually putting it down.

I have a lot to learn but don't go easy on me. It is speculative fiction, I am going for literary science fiction, not YA or pulp sci fi.

Some questions I would love to have answered: Is it compelling / do you want to keep reading? Am I successful in my somewhat ambitious stylistic goals? Does it flow well, how is the prose?

My number one question is: Do you feel embodied in the world? I don't want to explain too much about how the world works, at want the reader to discover it on their own. Do I explain enough to avoid confusion? Do I explain too much?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WAjx_CcN3Y_hzdKFgefz1jKwNKb8ejy1GVbMf5rtS7M/edit?usp=sharing

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Prior Critiques:

[2595] https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1brbwdw/comment/kxi5zx3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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[2421] https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1bsie00/comment/kxgvs70/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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[887] https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1boxnog/comment/kx1u2oh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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