Suicide would be more interesting. Especially if as part of the story addresses why the MC killed herself.
Where approx on the mitten? I'm on the west central-ish side. Also, typically first drafts aren't that great. It usually takes a crappy first...
I know a few characters in my novel who would use those bottlecaps. And you live in the mitten too huh? Maybe we'll meet after the apocalypse and...
The plot could work, but as people above have posted might need work. Personally my hangup was the "she hesitantly believed him" after Joshua told...
Does he do something to gain her trust? "She hesitantly believes him." Doesn't seem like someone who was being pursued/trapped by Nazis would...
How would someone secure an unconscious person with an injured leg to their horse? In my novel, a major character finds the MC on the side of the...
Once blood is soaked into something, it's dry and flaky, but whatever its dried onto pretty much stays if its not interrupted. Pigs blood could...
Blood might work? Since it coagulates when exposed to air its somewhat sticky.
If you have ever seen cast away, on the island there are several small "scenes" of him with small time skips in between. How would someone...
About the hipster thing, that was more of a joke. A lot of people just do not like hipsters for some reason. The death metal stereotype was more...
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