Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25024956-20140605002312/@comment-9967354-20140605140245

You really have to add to the plot. At this moment, all you've said is, this house was beautiful. I loved it. Then you jumped into the bit with the sounds in the darkness and stuff. I suggest you add a bit in the middle and lead from there. Don't make it terribly obvious, though. Don't make it sound like you're really just popping some extra stuff in because some random person on the forum told you to while you're really in a hurry to get to the last part. Because quite a few stories do this. There was this thing in the darkness one night. Then the next night it pounced on me.

You really have to listen very closely to figure out morse code. At least I do. Even so; why would he suddenly assume it might be morse? Maybe you could get a friend of the character's to figure it out, by recording it or something. Or maybe this takes place during the great war and he's a soldier...? And he's been listening intently for any kind of signal for a while now. Or he figured it out out of habit.

Don't change your story completely. Just add some stuff that'll bring the message out without it seeming a bit bland. I like the ending, for that matter.