So the critique went much much better then I thought. After I got over my full body flush and heart palpitations; it turns out my class mates liked my writing. There was of course the minor detail of not having a description for my main protagonist. But who needs them? Right?
This week I will be working on character development and refinement. The goal is to make sure that every character has a purpose in the story, as well as goals and motivations. If I find a character that does not have these I am to either combine them with another weak character or delete them completely. This will make sure that every character I have in the story is in some way adding to it, instead of just taking up space.