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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Exorcist

    Angel - Yes, long it is, but I figured I don’t want to split it, and so I posted the whole thing. As to the intro - I wanted to ...

    May 20, 2008
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Russell's improvement.

    Loose, I think I’ll just echo your avatar - brilliant. So much for a constructive critique, yes? But there really wasn’t anything I could be nitpicky about, or in general ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Title yet to be determined

    Stockmar, That is one long paragraph that you go there, seriously. I stared and stared at it before even reading your story, and… that is not a good sign. However, ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: You're on in Five

    LovableLittleSock, First of all, hello. That short inrto over, let’s move on to the mechanics of the crit: I’ll start out with a usual line-by-line one, and then’ll come any ...

    May 19, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Chapter one AGB

    enzoguy15, I was about to say - and squirm a bit while doing so - that my stuff is longer, and that there’s no need to worry about it, I ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Other Re: Where The Heart Is: Chapter One

    Ballroomdancer95, Welcome to YWS (it’s an awesome site!), but… I know that everyone wants to have their work critiqued - I do, too - but here at YWS we have ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Ban The User Above You!

    Banned, because there's a "Bella" in the "Twilight" series... (Hush about the "Esme", haha...)

    May 19, 2008
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: The Jane Effect

    Angel of Death, I’ll start out by saying that the text would be easier to read if it were spaced. Of course, that never stopped anyone if the story was ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Art & Photography Re: Twilight (Book) Stuff

    The pictures and captions are hilarious :)

    May 19, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Duty Chapter 2 {Being Edited}

    Scasha, Well, I only read the rewrite of chapter one, so everything should be clear to me, yes? ^^ On with the critique, same rules as always. Quote: Suddenly, the ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Chapter 1, The Duty {Being Edited}

    scasha, I didn’t read the original chapter, but I’ll critique this. As always, a line-by-line one will be followed by any impressions and comments that I might have. Edit: Damn, ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: colors of the sun.

    Medusa, Hello. Was skimming through the Fiction forums, stumbled upon your story, and thought I’d critique. Anyway, first’ll come the line-by-line one, and then impressions, etc. Quote: On rotten

    May 19, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Imagine how the person above you looks like by their avatar

    Hmm. Balding? Pale skin, too.

    May 19, 2008
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Genocide

    Muteman, Spacing is cool, yes. And so long as the text is good, who’d care for the length? Anyway, as always with my crits, first will come the irritating (I ...

    May 19, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Exorcist

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    May 19, 2008


Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind