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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Sewing-Room Lament (over 16)

    You're welcome. Here's the rest of my critique: Marcus watched the coroner follow a few men with Janette’s cloaked body on a plank out of the house. There was no ...

    Feb 14, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I stink at titles... So this will be called "something&

    Jessie slipped off, beginning to sort through the racks again while I stepped inside the dressing room. Once I had the dress on, I wished I never had to take ...

    Feb 14, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: A dialogue experiment

    If you were trying to get character across through dialouge, it most definately worked. I got two very distinct characters. One, a extremely self-assured powerful person (god?) and the other ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Half-dead

    *laughs* that's okay, Ari darling... I wrote this mostly for myself anyway, and I've decided that that's probably all it's ever going to be... I wanted to say that last ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Half-dead

    You're right. This does belong in Romantic Fiction and I've moved it there... I think I meant to post it there in the first place (that's what I get for ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Sewing-Room Lament (over 16)

    You're welcome. But let's just dive right into the story, shall we? Your first paragraph is hard to get into. A lot of the sentences are awkward and a bit ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Half-dead

    Do you see me? Sometimes I wonder if you really do, the way you walk through life absorbed in the thoughts and (imaginary?) catastrophes of your own life. It seems ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Laugh. Dream.

    We sacrifice tremendous joy on the altar of public opinion. I love this line. Flat out, plain and simple, I love it. It's a great image and it's going to ...

    Feb 10, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Sewing-Room Lament (over 16)

    *blinks* To put Jigsaw's words into a more polite form: Reading long pieces on the computer is hard. It makes it a whole lot easier if you put an extra ...

    Feb 10, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Periods, semicolons, and dashes

    Okay... I shall remember that to impress.... *tries to remember* Are those dot-dot-dots used correctly after that "Okay"?

    Feb 9, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I stink at titles... So this will be called "something&

    * * * The Mall was crowded that afternoon and Kelly, Jessie, Christy and I took our time threading our way through the masses of people that were hurrying about. ...

    Feb 8, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: Err, Hi, I'm New Here

    Dude... for a moment I thought that I started this thread! You've got my old avatar... (it's awesome, by the way) Anywho... Welcome to the YWS! I'm Dusky. I'll see ...

    Feb 7, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I stink at titles... So this will be called "something&

    the contest was a race to see who could get out first. I'll try and go back over that and make it clearer. And as for being worried about what's ...

    Feb 7, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Wailing Wall

    But even then, in Its destruction, It shall be a monument of hope. This is a really excellent line. I love it. And I was pleasantly surprised to find someone ...

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I stink at titles... So this will be called "something&

    Hearing the warning bell, I took off, almost running to make it to class on time. When I got there, I sank into my seat, breathing heavily as I set ...

    Feb 6, 2006


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