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rank 5465
word count 105871
date submitted 28.03.2011
date updated 19.03.2012
genres: Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance
classification: universal
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Something Worth Fighting For

Andene

Getting ready to graduate, Natalia doesn't expect one person to throw her life off course...Dallas. The question: Is love worth fighting for?

 

Natalia is in her last year of high school. Everything in her life is going according to her plan. Her friends are alongside her, she's working hard for her grades, and there is just the right amount of drama in her life. If she has it her way she’ll even get the guy she wants to go with to the prom. She just doesn't expect one person to throw her entire life off course.

Dallas comes home to London, for a second chance. After three years of studying in Calgary on a soccer scholarship, and having at one point lost his love for the game; Dallas is willing to do whatever it takes to make it on to Toronto FC. With his love for the game renewed, he knows this time it's all or nothing. Little does he know who he will be dealing with…

It’s not long before Natalia and Dallas notice the magnetic pull between them; each of them trying to fight it. Together they learn that life can’t be planned to the detail, and that love can’t be explained. The only question that remains: is it worth fighting for?

 
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brampton, dallas, high school, london, natalia, ontario, prom, steacie, york university

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Shelby Z. wrote 104 days ago

30 and 31 very creative.
I just love how everything flows so well.

Shelby Z./Driving Winds.

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Shelby Z. wrote 107 days ago

28 and 29 Chapter. Grand work with these two chapters.

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Shelby Z. wrote 111 days ago

Read to 27!
Really good.

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Shelby Z. wrote 112 days ago

Read to Chapter 21, it is just AS GOOD as the others.
You so perfectly develop your story and characters. It flows well.
There are a few wrong words and missing marks, but still good.

Shelby Z./Driving Winds

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Shelby Z. wrote 119 days ago

I read to chapter 13 today.
You have another hit here. I can't stop reading!
You have an amazing skill to write so well.
Looking forward to reading more!!

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Shelby Z. wrote 121 days ago

Read to chapter 2.
This is a very good story so far.
I like that there has been NO SWEARWORDS so far. That always makes a book better to read!
Good work.
I plan to read more later on.

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Shelby Z. wrote 124 days ago

Pitch is very well written.
So far the first chapter is really good!
You have an amazing style of writing, I sure enjoy it.
You develop things so well.

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ErinMarion wrote 331 days ago

Hi Andene!
Just passing through, but I wanted to suggest some work on your pitches - it would be really good to get some of the specifics of your plot into the short pitch and the first paragraph of your long pitch. Both of these elements are really key for getting readers in, and you've gone for really general information - "the main character is a high school girl who's got a normal life until she meets this guy" - which describes pretty much every book in your genre.

The Canadian setting and the soccer are a great place to start! What else makes your novel unique? :)

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Andene wrote 366 days ago

Thanks for the feedback!
I'm really bad at formatting. Some of the books I've read are formatted similarly, so I thought it would work.
I guess that needs changing!

I'm glad you like the characters. The questions you ask are valid, and I will definitely incorporate that into a rewrite.

Thanks again,
Andene

PS -Your book is very interesting!

Based on the first few chapters----
Really enjoyed your characters. You've made them very 3 dimensional and the play between all members seems natural. Sibling bickering, parental responses and the adopted son.

Questions that weren't answered in the 1st chapter but I felt needed to be. Where's Dallas' family? It's mentioned that Lia's mother spoke to them but if this is hometown did they move? are they so ashamed of him that they don't want him? ???
Also with how close Dallas was to the family wouldn't it be more natural for Derek to say "you'll be in my room" as opposed to giving him a tour of a home he grew up in. Just an idea.

Overall I enjoyed your book, only issues were structural not the content. Star rated and it will remain on my watch list until I rotate books for my bookshelf.

Final Housekeeping note--I'm not sure if it was an uploading issue or if you meant to have the characters talking in the same paragraph but it is confusing and will make an editor think they have a lot of clean up to do with your novel. The dialog is good. I don't want it lost.

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michel prince wrote 387 days ago

Based on the first few chapters----
Really enjoyed your characters. You've made them very 3 dimensional and the play between all members seems natural. Sibling bickering, parental responses and the adopted son.

Questions that weren't answered in the 1st chapter but I felt needed to be. Where's Dallas' family? It's mentioned that Lia's mother spoke to them but if this is hometown did they move? are they so ashamed of him that they don't want him? ???
Also with how close Dallas was to the family wouldn't it be more natural for Derek to say "you'll be in my room" as opposed to giving him a tour of a home he grew up in. Just an idea.

Overall I enjoyed your book, only issues were structural not the content. Star rated and it will remain on my watch list until I rotate books for my bookshelf.

Final Housekeeping note--I'm not sure if it was an uploading issue or if you meant to have the characters talking in the same paragraph but it is confusing and will make an editor think they have a lot of clean up to do with your novel. The dialog is good. I don't want it lost.

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