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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Reason (part two)

    Hey there! Jasleen yelled as she pushed to wake up a tired Ariana Ariana says as she checks the clock You switch tenses here, from past to present. As the ...

    Apr 21, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: How You Break My Heart (Chapter 7)

    Aw, a very cute ending. Summed it up nicely. “What about then Rosa got married? What about the day you left us?” 'then' should be 'when'. Also, this is a ...

    Apr 21, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: {Untitled}

    Hello there and welcome to YWS. We have a rule here that you have to critique at least two works before you post your own. I also suggest that you ...

    Apr 20, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: My Melody (prologue)

    Hi there! This was an interesting start and no, you didn't bore me to death. I was intrigued to know what was going on and I liked the idea of ...

    Apr 20, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: October Afternoons

    Hey there! I liked elements of this but it doesn't seem.....satisfying. I want more. I want there to have been more of everything: description, emotion, facts, memories. Life. A couple ...

    Apr 19, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Praying With No Faith

    Hello there. Right, I did enjoy this piece and I liked the second person narrative. It could have worked in 1st or 2nd as well.....I don't think it really changes ...

    Apr 19, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Promises Not Kept (Part Three of Three)

    Hey, the final part! I don't think the ending is as weak as you believe it to be. I didn't cry so maybe that needs to become your goal. To ...

    Apr 19, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Gate of Glendon- Chapters 3 & 4

    Hi Rosie, sorry that this one took so long to get round to doing - I was beyond busy yesterday and every time I went to reply to this I ...

    Apr 19, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Gate of Glendon- Chapters 1 & 2

    Hey Rosie! These two chapters were a lot better than the prologue and I found the story a little more enticing. The mansion in which Carrie lived was out of ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Gate of Glendon- Prologue

    OK, so you asked me for a critique and here I am! Now, it won't be in-depth as so many other people have pointed out the major and some of ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Promises Not Kept (Part Two of Three)

    Heya, another good part to what is an intriguing and well thought out story. I'm really enjoying this. A few things that I caught: I think we should ask people ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Voices of Dusk

    Hey Mark, a good start. It is borderline cliche and I think that your overall tone of the piece and the way in which the characters talk is what makes ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Promises Not Kept (Part One of Three)

    Hey there JFW! I agree that your title is a bit...lacking. It's not easy to get a title that works well straight away and stick to it, especially when you ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Laurel's Lament

    Hey there. This had a lot of good elements to it and you write very competently, with a good strong narrative. I would be named something nice and pretty, like ...

    Apr 15, 2008
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: Sirens' Symphony *Edited 2nd May*

    Hey Heather. I really enjoyed this and can see it working well as part of a musical. In fact, I can hear the tune in my head as I read ...

    Apr 15, 2008


It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill —The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it—and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another.
— JRR Tolkien