Ouch! In Dec. 2019, my story got a 7 on Rate Your Story

  A comment that really got me was, "Reads more like a book report than a narrative." A 7 means it's a subject worthy of merit, but needs a lot of revision. Sigh. Some good concrete suggestions, though, and the reviewer had some good things to say about the lyrical writing. I'll shape it up and submit in January. Maybe I'll move up to a 6!