Aneke

Well, I guess I'm going to be the oddball and beg to differ on the big-block-o'-text opinion. I know it's an English-class no-no. But I quite like it here. The ...

...And this is precisely why poetry is so difficult to critique. It's really all in the eye of the beholder. Rules don't really apply to poetry - and, frankly, some ...

This is the first part of a short story (about the character behind my username ;) ). I -really- need help with the first paragraph in particular. Hardcore critiques would ...

The cirrus-streaked sky darkened as a thick haze rose from the bloody ground. A single man stood alone on the battlefield that was flooded with carnage. This is unnecessary; I ...

I like this story, I really do. But I have to agree somewhat with Griffinkeeper: the diary format doesn't quite work here. I think part of it is the fact ...

While I have found it both helpful and lots of fun to draw my characters, I've also looked for their dopplegangers mostly for the what-the-heck. I've put together hypothetical "soundtracks" ...

Heya, punk! Yeah, he's the mature one out of the two of us...or so it seems... Welcome, anyways. It feels kind of funny to welcome somebody when I've only been ...

I like this a lot. I realize it's supposed to be literal - POV of a baby - but I think it works really well metaphorically in relation to the ...

If I was you, I would cut the first bit entirely, the part before the break. I mean, it could work, but I think the work is better without it. ...

When I say walking, I mean walking. Cars, are now illegal in the United states since 2040 (my father tells me) because they caused so much damage to the environment. ...

I've found that the very best thing for me to listen to whilst writing has been trance/electronic. The steady, repetitive nature of it turns it instantly into a background rhythm ...

I think that a market and audience really shouldn't matter a whole lot until you're actually trying to sell. And honestly, the lines are unbelievably blurry. I used to work ...

Haha, I have to agree with Pingu...once I get going on this subject I probably won't be able to shut up. When it comes to Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy ...

What I've done for short stories is look for lines in the work itself that describe it as a whole. Usually I can find a tiny something-or-rather that sums up ...

I felt like there were a lot of benefits of being a reject - one of the biggest ones was that the few friends I did have in school have ...