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Re: midterms
What a great little poem. Many of these lines can be applied to a lot of things, not just midterms. "We will not be rewarded until time's up" resonates with ...
Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:20 pm -
Re: Maybe You Get Used To It?
Hi liehart, There's a lot to like in this poem. The images are powerful and have me in mind of American Horror Story or The Shining. It's really easy to ...
Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:27 am -
Re: Paranoid: Chapter One-The Man
Hello Hope, I offer you a few revision suggestions: "She didn’t know who he was, or how he found her, but he did." - ...but he had. "He just stared ...
Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:16 pm -
Re: The Big, Bad Outside
Great title for the piece. Is the narrator agoraphobic or does she have obsessive-compulsive disorder? I enjoy the repetition of "yeah" and the imagery of the cat's big yellow eyes. ...
Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:49 pm -
Re: Who I Am.
Hi Rosella, I enjoy the structure of this narrative poem. The format is very pleasing to the eye. There are a quite a few striking phrases throughout the piece: I ...
Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:22 pm -
Re: A Sincere Smile
Hi Saentiel, this is a great essay. You hooked me from the very first line. This piece is full of sensory and powerful moments and striking insights. The naivete of ...
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:29 am -
Re: Deleted
Hello Katja Dawn, great job in this poem. I like that it ends on a positive and enlightened note. There are a lot of loaded words and phrases. "Mother" and ...
Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:57 pm -
Re: The Start
Hello, For better or worse - loaded and painfully true statement. I made decisions that would change so much more than just me - powerful words. It's almost like she ...
Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:17 pm -
Re: The Outside Perspective (this time informed)
Hello, This is temporary, he said. - Striking first sentence. I enjoy the interjecting nature of the thoughts in parenthesis, and the way the rest of the narrative moves on ...
Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:05 pm -
Re: The Case of the Coocoo Briefcase - 1
Hi, Hattable "With a gulp and a sigh of satisfaction, I downed the last of my bottle." - the gulp part seems redundant, and the action doesn't read very smooth ...
Sat Apr 08, 2017 3:08 pm -
Re: Revolution- Chapter 1
Hello, Lafayette! I'd cut "Ha! You're too slow" and have the story start right at the action. The dialogue isn't effective because we don't know who is speaking and it ...
Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:05 am -
Re: Light Boy- Part 1
Hello, Dreaming, I'm just diving right in here! "He had taken his glove off and what he saw make shivers run down his back." made " Oh crap. Myles thought. ...
Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:46 pm -
Re: Liz + Zac
Hi Carlito, I looked through your portfolio for the most recent work you have, so I'm here to review! -“have a good day”. The period goes before the quotation mark. ...
Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:58 am -
Re: The Snow Queen (Part IV)
-"Scott stood up suddenly and, as a consequence, got a mayor head rush." Scott stood up suddenly and got a major head rush. - she was des armed. disarmed - ...
Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:14 am -
Re: The Snow Queen (Part III)
Hi Erika, I'm here to review your third chapter. -"Where the hell are all the doctors and nurses?! she wondered." Cut "she wondered" -"As she examined the small wound, a ...
Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:04 am
