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Azila

  • Short Story » General, General Re: Through the Lens of a Camera

    Hello! This is, of course, after I’ve been woken up by a button being pushed. This would go better as "after I've been woken up by the push of a ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: locked

    You say you want grammatical help? That's what I'll give you, then. :twisted: The random bleep of items being scanned echoed through the large, marble tiled grocery. There are two ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Dragon Bait 7

    *ehem* Why didn't you PM me about this, Missy? Do you want me to stop giving you critiques or something? Haha, just kidding... :wink: Derik came forward a few more ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Legend of Xuin: Prologue Review #1

    Hello! Are you new to the YWS? I don't think I've seen you around before. Welcome! -Nitpicks- Snow blew from all sides with fierce winds pushing them. Pushing who? I ...

    Apr 14, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: "The Helheim Club"

    Can you please spread out your paragraphs? Because there are no indentations here on the YWS, it gets really hard to read if your paragraphs are too big. Example: “The ...

    Apr 14, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Abbey Part One

    EEP! Can you please get rid of the "pre" setting? It is so hard on the eyes. Just make sure that you put a space between all of your paragraphs ...

    Apr 14, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Moonlight

    -Nitpicks- Females paced around the camp tending to the young , the old, and the sickly. All was sound as the young laid down with litter mates and mothers. Repetition ...

    Apr 14, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Influenced by music [part 1/4]

    Hello! It always took about a half minute and he was used to stepping aside a foot and rearranging his suit using the reflection in the mirror-like wall paneling. Two ...

    Apr 14, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: My Friend

    Hello! I'm reporting for duty. I hope that when you said I should critique your poetry you didn't have a certain one in mind, 'cause I just picked at random ...

    Apr 12, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Child Of The Flame - A short story

    **Complimentary Contest Critique** -Nitpicks- "Jase!" I screamed between splutters, as the thick, pungent smoke slowly smothered my breath. "Where are-." This should be: "Jase!" I screamed between spl

    Apr 11, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Wrecked; wretched; relentless...

    Hi! Slipping dread adorned a dimly lit café, its interior like the sallow skin of the despondent. Shouldn't that be "dimly-lit"? Eventually the world is what you say it is, ...

    Apr 10, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Dragon Bait 6

    Hi, Sokool! -Nitpicks- She jumped as the phone rang shrilly. She leapt over and snatched it, her voice trembling with hope as she answered. Both these sentences start with "she." ...

    Apr 9, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Children are Apt to Forget to Remember pt 2 of 2

    Hello! I have returned. :twisted: -Nitpicks- Jo had been doing a lot of thinking about David lately… You can just say "she" rather than "Jo" here--I think it would be ...

    Apr 8, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Children are Apt to Forget to Remember pt 1 of 2

    Hello! -Nitpicks- She shoved a dandelion into her mother's hand, scattering seeds on her mother's skirt as she did. This repetition kind of bothers me. Idly, she hummed and twirled ...

    Apr 8, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Genius and the Madman

    Hello! You know, that line - the one that divides nations then rebuilds them. This is the only part I didn't like. It feels out of place because you don't ...

    Apr 8, 2008


That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.
— Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead