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  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Laghra - my attempt to succeed at something...

    Quite honestly, it's trite. I didn't find it particularly gripping or original. It kind of reminded me of the live-action Scooby Doo movie they made a few years back... you ...

    Jul 3, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Beautiful

    It was interesting... I liked it. I did like the way you started it, though. I don't think I'd change that. I do agree with Sarah, though; you need to ...

    Jul 3, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: School Dances And Spaghetti Wars - My first story post! Yay!

    Eh... it's okay. It's real enough, I suppose, and your grammar and spelling are fine, but it's just... I guess it's just kind of boring. Add some more lively characters, ...

    Jul 2, 2005
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Voices

    Good Lord, Dusky. No wonder you won "Best Writer"!! This was incredible. I loved it... it was clever, creative, evocative. Man. Maybe you could tweak it a bit to make ...

    Jun 21, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: sixteen

    Hmm.... I liked it, but not as much as your others. but i'll still raise my glass and toast those dark ages because i'll always have the last laugh I ...

    Jun 17, 2005
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Piano Man

    Mmm... I loved it. The idea itself seems rather contrived, but you carried it out beautifully. The whole thing gives me a feeling of longing, begging. It leaves me wanting ...

    Jun 17, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: BLAHAHAHABAH! Hourglass, enjoy...

    *rolls eyes* Leave it to Brad to smack down a great piece. I loved it. I don't really understand (big surprise, Ari not understanding something...) but still. It was well-written, ...

    Jun 15, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Hello, God.

    Wow... Tess... that's beautiful. One typo: (and the thought that I would pass you paints me, it really does) Did you mean pains ? But other than that, I can't ...

    Jun 15, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Stone of Levitaes

    Well, I'm impressed. I couldn't write like you when I was eleven. El pretty much pointed all the grammatical/rephrasing things, so the only suggestion I can offer is to split ...

    Jun 12, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: postsuicide

    I am waaay too tired to do a proper crit, but I liked this. There were some good images: cradling the phone, carrying the razor down to the bathroom; I'm ...

    Jun 10, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Freewrite

    It's not horrible or anything, just kind of typical. We live in a post-modernistic world, and so this kind of angry, hurt poem is found quite often. Add some creative ...

    Jun 8, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Daddy's girl

    Wow. Even though this had lots of capitalization/punctuation/spelling/typing errors, it still struck a chord with me. I know exactly how you feel. My parents are divorced and I wanted to ...

    Jun 4, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Truth About Clara

    Wow, I really wasn't expecting that. But it was good just the same. The only real suggestion I can make is to split it up into more paragraphs. Do that ...

    Jun 4, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Amongst the Tombstones (precedes the girl and her wolf)

    Oh...creepy... I really liked it. At first I was kind of like, blah blah blah...undressing some dude in the cemetary...yeah, sounds like a trashy romance novel... but then it got ...

    Jun 4, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Hourglass *shocking, i know*

    I loved it. I absently toy with dirtied, aged lace at my throat, and I just am . I feel whole. That was such a great section. I really don't ...

    Jun 3, 2005


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