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Hmm, I think this is another opening that needs purging of adjectives. Try it again without any of them. Then look at which noun in each sentence would most benefit from additional description. Maybe it's the van. Maybe it's the house. Or the woman. Try to choose adjectives that evoke rather than describe.
'Peaked' should be 'peeked' btw.
Thanks for the thoughts and the spelling correction. I really liked the idea of evoking instead of describing. I was wondering if I overdid the description of the street. I should have listened to that inner voice. Here is the trimmed and hopefully improved sentences.
On a suburban street, a black van packed full of electronic gear hummed as the agents inside monitored the surroundings of the Dortmore house. Inside the house a woman with brown hair and blue skin peeked out at the van.
“Stupid earthlings, they don’t even know I’m an alien also,” Julia whispered to herself.