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  • Fantasy Novels Re: Survive - Chapter One: Genesis (re-written)

    Hello! Don't think you are :) _ Got lost in the forest - I don't like it. So the beginning is boring. It's well-written, maybe (apart from one aspect I'll ...

    Apr 2, 2010
  • Romantic Novels Re: Blood Tears (Chapter 8)

    Hello! Well, first off, guys fall for plain Janes in novels. Meaning, an occasional "said" doesn't hurt :) I saw some wonderful tags (informed, emitted, chuckled) - and those are ...

    Apr 2, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Lorelei

    Hello, I once had a character named Lorelei haha - or something similar, I forget now. Kind of sad, that. Pfft I was so first with my review! Now I ...

    Apr 2, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Renegade Children page one

    Hello, Welcome to YWS :) Alright, the first thing that comes to mind when just skimming over - not yet even reading - is that there is soo much dialogue ...

    Apr 2, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Icefire - part 6

    Hello, I'll be honest and say that I haven't read any previous posts from this series - so I'll be reviewing this as if I found a page ripped out ...

    Apr 1, 2010
  • Romantic Novels Re: In The Dark - Chapter 1

    Hello! Welcome to YWS, hope you'll love it here :) OK, first thing: dialogue punctuation! It's a little thing that seemingly might not have anything to do with the story ...

    Apr 1, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Footsteps (tentative title)

    Mell! Hello, welcome to YWS, hope you'll stay with us forever and ever. Haha I remember how nervous I was when I posted for the first time (I'm so old! ...

    Mar 31, 2010
  • Action/Adventure Short Stories Re: Hope

    Hello, Exciting beginning, pulled me right in - masterfully done. From that end, it was terrific. Loads of active words and appropriate descriptions. No telling us how the weather looks ...

    Mar 31, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Green Tree chapter two .

    Zibbie, Hi, welcome to YWS, hope you'll stay with us forever and ever :) Anyhow, the first thing that comes to mind is, yep, "she sat, looking down at her ...

    Mar 31, 2010
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: Out of Harms Way chapter 2

    Hello, Welcome to YWS, hope you'll have a lovely time and will stay with us forever! Just remember that you'll probably get more reviews if you review others' works, yes? ...

    Mar 29, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: September Ch. 1

    Hello, Welcome to YWS, hope you'll have a splendid time here :) One thing I noticed is that most of your paragraph's are one-liners, and I didn't like that at ...

    Mar 29, 2010
  • Romantic Novels Re: Cold Bitter Air (pt.2 of 5)

    Hey, So many pronouns in that first paragraph! Almost every sentence starts with "his", "he" - one with "she" and that would be about it. Interest factor immediately goes down, ...

    Mar 28, 2010
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: The Earlswood Confession: Part One

    Hi - no reviews at all? quote: There wasn’t anything now that could take me back to the way things were. I'm told an elephant must have stepped on my ...

    Mar 28, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: His story.

    Hello! quote: dragging shells away, and giving them new life. No comma. quote: Chaos was what I needed, what I craved. Eeeh. quote: instead of the leisurely pace they insisted ...

    Mar 28, 2010
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: New Story Prologue

    Hi, Semicolons are stupid, don't use semicolons. Anything that has a period floating above a comma is suspicious. Anyhow, I honestly don't know what to say - it's just one ...

    Mar 27, 2010


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