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This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Halloween is around the corner. It's my second favourite festival which comes after Christmas. Last year, I bought many horror books for Halloween reading month. This year, I've decided to do horror or quirky painting. A few days ago, I watched a video about children visiting pumpkin patches. There is no such thing in Hong Kong. I really hope there's one in Hong Kong.
 

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This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Halloween is right around the corner. It's my second favourite festival (after Christmas). Last year, I bought many horror books for Halloween reading month. This year, I've decided to do horror or quirky painting. A few days ago, I watched a video about children visiting pumpkin patches. There is no such thing in Hong Kong. I wish there was one in Hong Kong.
 

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Hallowe'en is around the corner. It's my second favourite festival; which comes after Christmas is my favourite. Last year, I bought many horror books for Halloween reading month to read throughout October. This year, I've decided to do some horror-style or quirky paintings. A few days ago, I watched a video about children visiting pumpkin patches. There is no such thing in Hong Kong. I really hope wish there's one in Hong Kong there were.
As written, you're saying that Hallowe'en comes after Christmas. It doesn't!

See my corrections above. I have no idea what you mean by "quirky paintings" and note that "horror paintings" isn't a standard term. You'll want to rephrase that entire sentence, in my opinion.
 

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I rephrase:
This year, I've decided to do some horror-style or unimaginable paintings.
 

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Sorry, but "unimaginable paintings" doesn't work either. Can you explain what you're trying to say in a different way?
 

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Or surreal? Something like this:
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Picture link: https://www.saatchiart.com/print/Drawing-First-week/1567335/7695766/view
 
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"Surreal" is a much better choice. Is that one of your drawings?
 

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No, it's a random picture from the internet.
In that case, you need to provide a link or at least name the artist. Copyright rules apply to images as well as text.
 
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