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Reviews » Short Story » Dramatic, Narrative
ScarecrowThat was a very interesting story! I loved the details and the ending was dark but also written very well! I think you developed the story very well and I'm ...
ChesTacos - 9 minutes ago
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Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure
A surprising invitation: pt3 Adventures fiveAfter the fives return home things are changing in good and bad ways read on if you want to know more
Sunflowerdemon3712 - 10 minutes ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
The Wayfarers [OOC]It's gonna take me a bit to write that post - personal stuff going on - so just wanted to remind y'all that Maggie's little side quest shouldn't detract from ...
TheMulticoloredCyr - 16 minutes ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Dramatic, Narrative
ScarecrowWoah. Woah! This is absolutely incredible I am in awe. The prose is airtight. And the characters and their relationships are complex, sophisticated, and what's more, I actually liked them! ...
YellowSweater - 17 minutes ago
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Poetry » Culture, Health
The MirrorA poem about how different people can see different things and how mirrors allow people to look at themselves differently.
TheScribe - 19 minutes ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Humor, Dramatic
The Enchanted BookI cracked up so hard! I adored this. Thanks for posting! Your commentary made it even better (the elbow fetish:) I was actually really surprised by the paragraph: "They looked ...
YellowSweater - 44 minutes ago
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Short Story » Dramatic, Narrative
ScarecrowThe world is ending and the only thing Lewis can blame is the scarecrow in his field. (need some objective feedback on this)
waywardxwallflower - 49 minutes ago
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Forums » Writers Corner
Cultural Appropriation in Fantasy World BuildingAlso, I find that I often write from the perspective of a character who is a different gender than me. And because I write in the first person, I was ...
YellowSweater - 2 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » Lyrical, Narrative
Hall of fameStars are born and die in the course of life. A 'star' is what defines the world and makes the world take unusual courses. Yet who is a star or ...
Weird - 2 hours ago
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Reviews » Poetry » General, General
Adieu!Hey, Zekcede here! Thsis is really cute! I like that its really short and simple but also has a pretty meaningful(?) background. I also really like the rhyme scheme in ...
zekcede - 3 hours ago
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Reviews » Novel / Chapter » Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction
The Killings of Nathaniel Rake. Chapter 1Hi YOUKNOWWHO and none? :D Mailice here with a short review! :D Let's start with what I noticed while reading: Some words are misspelled with capital letters and others are ...
MailicedeNamedy - 3 hours ago
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Reviews » Short Story » Narrative, Dramatic
Three ShotsHi Plume!! I've browsed through (quite) a few of your works now and ahh I had no idea you wrote scripts and stories too! Somehow that makes me admire you ...
Spearmint - 3 hours ago
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Storyboooks » Out-of-Character Discussion
The Chiaroscuro Technique OOCHAH yes it's kind of funny that she stands out with her baggy pants and men's shirt bc she's usually a fashionista (mostly when she's older though) and would probably ...
Carina - 4 hours ago
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Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, Dramatic
The Augury of RiverClan - Chapter 6Riverpaw becomes a medicine cat apprentice.
TheScribe - 5 hours ago
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Poetry » General, General
Adieu!Wrote this in MomoMajesty's WriterFeedPad...nothing philosophical, just a fancy way of saying bye. :)
NivedaJames22 - 5 hours ago
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Novel / Chapter » Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction
The Killings of Nathaniel Rake. Chapter 1Professional Ace Detective Scott Walker gets pitted against a twist of morality, punishment, and truth in this epic detective fiction story. Same DoD.
YOUKNOWWHO - 5 hours ago