I've written a somewhat long fictional story.

[Silverhand]

Hello.

I've written a somewhat long fictional story. It's about 300 words. Could anybody have a look at it and correct my grammatical mistakes and reword any awkward-sounding sentences? I'm willing to pay you 5 bucks through PayPal.

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

We do not offer a paid proofreading service here. There are plenty of professional proofreaders available but be aware they will charge you by the word, not a flat rate. No one's going to do it for $5!

300 words doesn't sound very long for a work of fiction. Are you sure you've got the word count right?

 

[Silverhand]

Thanks for replying.
I see my thread has been moved over to this section. I figured $5 is a rather low fee for proofreading someone's work.
I was just hoping that any fluent speaker or a native here could refine my story. Should I ask permission to a moderator here in order to post my story.
It's 325 words to be exact. I wrote it on the fly. It's not homework or anything; I simply felt like writing about how I foresee our personal data will be handled in the future and how a city could be run by advanced AI.

 

[5jj]

Lots of people post their stories here. You don't need anybody's permission to do that. We can't guarantee that anybody will respond, but you lose nothing by trying.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you want us to look at it (as volunteers), you can't post the whole thing at once. No one will look at a post that long. Please start by giving us just the opening paragraph.

 

[Silverhand]

OK, thank you. Should I create a new thread or go ahead and post the first part of my story here?

 

[Rover_KE]

Start a new thread with the title of your story followed by 'Part 1'.

 

[emsr2d2]

For info, I've already changed it from "Story" to the opening line. You can still edit it to follow the advice given by Rover.