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Brian

  • Poetry » Other, General Re: untranslatable

    I would get rid of everything in the parentheses. I read it through a few times; one reading the parentheses, one without reading, then one with reading them again. The ...

    Aug 11, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Balloons in Winter C8 /P

    Not sure why no one has really commented on this yet; guess it's just too long for casual internet reading. But it may have to do something with the content ...

    Aug 11, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Revelation Whispers

    This was really good. "Creeping, seeping – much like liquid This is your epiphany Trying, crying – you are blinded From the moment you start to see " This is ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Portsmouth

    I liked it a lot, until: "One second ye was right behind me, the other I had no idea where you went." It wasn't the awkwardness or anything, but that ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chapter 2 of Beggining of a Novel

    As a note, you should always provide the reader with a summary of what has happened before when posting a chapter 2. Had to go back and reread chapter 1, ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A horrible place, this old house. (Over 16 Only)

    If it's 'over 16 only,' the rating shouldn't be 'G' ;) You got a good story going here built up with a lot of imagery, and I would've liked to ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Piecing it Together

    "I’ve never even met these people and I’m supposed high school living at their place? " It's not good to start a story with a very noticeable error! You're missing ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Prince of Brooklyn

    It's interesting from the insane asylum point of view, but I found it a bit boring, and too jumpy. You go from one scene to the next without any real ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Karl vs. the Kids

    Great job with diction; you brought the character alive without having to bore us to death over some inane details such as "Joe really liked to play the flute once, ...

    Dec 14, 2005
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Proverbial Carrot

    Firstly, thank you Muse for bring this poem back up to the top. Might have missed it otherwise... Every stanza is different and seemingly has very little do with the ...

    Dec 5, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Hidden emotion- Comments wanted please!

    To capitilize the 'I' or not to; that is the question your poem presents! Go with one or the other, but don't go with both. My suggestion: capitalize all 'I's.' ...

    Dec 5, 2005
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Unmistakable

    You need to decide whether to use punctuation or not. You are using commas very sparingly, and it's confusing why you choose to use a comma in one place, but ...

    Dec 5, 2005
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: This War

    Gotta be patient ;) Sometimes it can take a couple days to get a review, but a review will come. There are many here who specifically only review those works ...

    Dec 5, 2005
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Victorian Life/Untitled: Writing Practice

    " I should tell you that I am a thief, a regular thief as the Borough men and women would have said." You should replace the comma with a semi-colon. ...

    Dec 5, 2005
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Horses- Beautiful and Terrible

    It's short, and it needs more fleshing out, but it's good. Your diction is pretty good, and your sentence structure is generally well done. There is one sentence that stuck ...

    Dec 5, 2005


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