User avatar

Button

  • Poetry » Other, General Re: After the Blast

    First of all: Garth Nix is amazing. My childhood favorite author- I still have a couple of his books and will occasionally reread them just for nostalgia's sake. Second of ...

    Jan 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Foot prints in the snow

    Hi there :) Welcome to the site! Now, onto the review. Like footprints in the snow, ("footprints" is one word) making our print in the endless abyss, "endless abyss" sounds ...

    Jan 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: just gold.

    Honestly, I really don't know how people are able to critique this. This is probably the most beautiful piece I've read from this site, and each image was pretty much ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: I stand on the brink of despair

    Hi there :) So, I like this piece- it has great imagery, and conveys it well with simplistic and effective phrasing. The concept is interesting and original and really held ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Deleted 6

    Okay: just to start this off, this is going to be a lame review. I apologize in advance, but after someone hits a level so high above my own, I ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Bedside Angel

    Beautifully penned (or typed). Your actual language (as in structure and word choice) is wonderfully executed. The rhythm feels a bit off to me at the very beginning, but slowly ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Red Fox, Snowy Day - Haiku

    I think this is great :) Haiku can be quite difficult to pull off rhythmically, but this was done wonderfully. The stops and beats are perfectly timed, and it's a ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: scars and stripes

    The last lines are superb- they hit well, and the play on words is wonderfully executed. Towards the beginning, I feel that the stops in the middle of your stanzas ...

    Jan 5, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: On The Edge

    Wonderful piece- the emotion is really well done. However, you might consider using some more figurative language. It might just be because I'm kind of addicted to imagery, but I ...

    Jan 5, 2011
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: How to be Awkward

    This is pretty amazing. The content is simply spectacular (though the length dwindled with each one), but the actual technicalities of the writing were superb as well. I really like ...

    Jan 5, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Victoria Victimised

    I'm not quite sure how I feel about this. It's interesting- the language itself is interesting, the rhythm, the shadows of a rhyme scheme hidden in there- I think I ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Embarrassed

    I think that these are all sincere and powerful images- but they're just that: images. This feels like more of a framework to me than a poem, but a really ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Only Exception

    Wonderful piece- very sweet. Have you ever found love? Nice opening line- leaves a lot of opportunity for development. Seeing her.. And not knowing what to say? Talking to her, ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Love I (Decay)

    Dude, you've grown. Your work has always been excellent, but this really blew the rest out of the water. I don't know when the transition from really good to blow ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Dream

    This was a really good piece- you might consider putting in some punctuation, so the flow is a little bit smoother, but it's very good as it is now. It ...

    Jan 4, 2011


Way, way back in the 1988 Presidential election, then Vice President George H W Bush had a phrase he liked to use: "A Thousand Points of Light." It refers to the idea that a community is made up of people who contribute in a thousand, different small ways, but with each helping to illuminate their community. It's a phrase I think about a lot when it comes to YWS. Looking forward, the site will continue to change and grow, but it will always remain a community dedicated to promoting creative writing as a favorite pastime.
— Nate