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Elinor

  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: the car who failed

    Hi jorge! I see you've just joined YWS, so welcome! How are you enjoying it so far? One thing I see is that this is just a little flash-fiction, so ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: 2310 AD

    Hi! I'll have to say that I agree with Tenyo. While this piece has potential, it's annoying because you literally shove the message in our heads. A good science fiction ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: 7 Minutes

    Hey Teddy! So, I don't really know what to think about this story. I thought the idea was good, and I'm excited to see more entries in this, because right ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Skin [ Editied]

    Hi Sionamara! I didn't enjoy this. The idea was interesting, but the execution wasn't very good. It was too short and the pace was all clunky. It's deserving of something ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: State of Affairs (AKA Hope trys poetry)

    Hi Hope! Sorry that this critique is so late! Anyway, I'm not quite sure what to think of this. It seems like more of a song to me, so I'm ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Allergic Reaction

    Hi! Hmm, this is an interesting piece-an interesting idea about our daily lives. Since allergies are very common in our daily lives, a story like this would require a lot ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: John McCain

    Hi! So, this poem! It's definitely cute for what it is, and humorous at that. I only had one tiny nitpick, as there isn't much I can say without you ...

    May 5, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Spilling Out

    Hi! As requested. Before I get into the details of the review, I just want to mention something little about the formatting. You should divide into stanzas. Poems can sometimes ...

    May 5, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Jessica: Protection

    Hi Aliza! Sorry this was kind of late, but here we go with the review. I just want to mention something about the formatting of this piece. Since it's all ...

    May 5, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Wish I had a name for this!

    Hi! So, I think I felt a little cheated when reading this poem. This is simply because it could be so much better, be filled with so much more detail ...

    May 5, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Story Snippet #1

    Hi Ease! So, I'm really not quite sure what to tell you. First and foremost, you need to skip a new line whenever a new person speaks. It's an age ...

    May 4, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Underneath The Beech Trees

    Hi! Hmm, I'm not quite sure about this story. It's definitely cute, and the idea is nice, but I didn't really think of much of the execution (the actual way ...

    May 4, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The business

    Hi! So, I read this story two times through, and the first thing I could think of was, "this needs to be proofread!" You've got all kinds of silly grammar ...

    May 4, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Soldiers Blind

    Hi Sammi! As requested. So, I really like this poem. It's got an interesting, original idea to it, and some of your poetry is just beautiful. I especially love this ...

    May 4, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Hiking

    Hi Sarebear! What's up? I think I quite liked the image you were trying to create with this poem. The problem is that I don't think it delivers the way ...

    May 3, 2010


When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
— Abraham Heschel