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Brian

  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Dreaming by Moonlight- chapter two!

    A couple pieces of advice when posting a chapter two (or three, or four, or whatever): 1. Always include a link to the previous chapter(s) at the very beginning. I ...

    Nov 30, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Prologue and Chapter One, No title

    I thought that you did a good job with this. There are some typos, such as: "I jolted awake and sighed as I drug myself out of my bed and ...

    Nov 30, 2005
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Give You A Grammy

    Pretty good :) "I’m living the moment, The moment is now. " This part sounded redundant as you've already implied the second line in the first line. "A romance, with ...

    Nov 30, 2005
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Untitled

    Very descriptive :) The story was very confusing to me at first. I had no idea what was going on in the beginning, and although you did clear it up, ...

    Nov 29, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Isha

    Instead of being an echo, I'm just going to say I agree completly with duskglimmer. In addition, though... "“Why do some people get the raw end of the deal and ...

    Nov 29, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: MY BEST PRE-TEENAGE SHORT STORY(Rated for a strange reason)

    23 children......... Is that normal????? lol I thought it was an enjoyable read! Some of it's pretty funny, and it's interesting throughout. Too short, though; you need to flesh it ...

    Nov 29, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: My Trip to the Hospital

    Too much passive voice. "It was still raining hard, but the wind had come up. I had to shield my eyes from the stinging drops of water." In this, I ...

    Nov 29, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Beggining of a novel

    I thought that this was really good! The plot is well-done, and well thought out. Your descriptions are vivid, and you characters are life-like. You obviously put care into this ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Life's Meaning - Prize Winning Story

    "gets a few odd j.obs" I think something is misspelled here ;) Really good! It's like a rant, but it's too structured to be a rant. It's wonderfully written and ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: The Clara Barton House

    Great job at conveying so much information without it sounding like a history lesson. You told me everything about why Clara Barton was important, why she started the American Red ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Sense Of Nonsense. (short)

    The opening was too slow and too overbearing. "I was the town hero since I abolished the slavery of the local piano tuners by dropping one of their recently admitted ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Jesus Was Gother Than You.

    Looks like you really took the time to go back and edit the stuff people talked about. I can't stand when writers don't implement someone elses corrections, or, if they ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Short excerpt from a possibly long story

    Gotta give replies time ;) This story reminds me very much of my Uncle. He has an IQ of 185, but when you get that intelligent, you begin to question ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Leaf Forgotten -a fragment-

    "proxcimity" is spelled wrong. There's no 'c.' I really liked this. It's a really good snapshot of all the feelings, emotions, and imagery that takes place in what probably is ...

    Nov 24, 2005
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Letters from Prison

    It's interesting and different, but it's kind of stale. The following sentence was awkward: "Treason, as C. confided in me, is ridiculously hard to prove, especially when their facts are ...

    Nov 22, 2005


Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.
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