This story is based in 1861-1865 during the American Civil War.
A woman and her husband lived together by a bridge over a river. One day the husband had to go away for three month, in that time the woman found a lover as a way to make money as she couldn’t get a job. After a few months the woman had heard that her husband was coming home from the army for a while, so she then left her lover, to cross the bridge back to her husband but now there was a soldier in the way, the soldier told her that he had orders that no one must cross the bridge otherwise he would shoot them. Near the bridge was a boat and a boatman with a black and red shirt, the woman asked him to bring her across the bridge and the boatman said he would if she gave him $100, the woman didn’t have $100 so she asked her lover but the lover refused and said he didn’t have the money. The woman tried to cross the bridge and the soldier shot her dead.
November 23, 2016 at 11:11 am
Wow Ashley what a story! I am interesting to know how it evolves 🙂 Very well done!
I wanted to ask you about punctuation, or is this your writing style and/or ‘poetic license’? 🙂
Love,
Mum
November 30, 2016 at 9:12 am
Hello Ashley,
I agree with mum – you’ve taken in the story well but what about those full stops?
Try to re-write the story in 1st person – what changes will you need to make? Why?