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Esmé

  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Diverting Illusions: Chapter One

    Hello!! Welcome to YWS!! I adored the ‘rain pelted down’. What lovely phrasing! So, I adored that and then I’d kill the rest of the paragraph. Yep, I know it’s ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Possessing Maya

    Hello! The first paragraph was okay. I sort of feel that it could be better. It has the feel of wanting to angle for a dynamic, grabbing intro, and it ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Deep Magic Chapter 1 *edited*

    Hey, Alright, so I think the story loses somewhat on generalizations: „like a human torso”, “faster than what most people could see”. No 1 is kinda okay, I guess, but ...

    Mar 14, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Captain Guido (Chapter One)

    Hey, So I think that secondo part of the first paragraph can be cut off. That’s because the words themselves are ones which would suggest that the reader ends up ...

    Feb 8, 2011
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Miles and Rivers

    Hey, If one opens a door it opens. Not that riveting! So, I’d change the beginning sentence because blah blah blah it’s the beginning sentence, it’s supposed to be blah ...

    Feb 8, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: He's seen too much

    Hey, Just skimming down at first – you change tenses: “As he walks, he takes a quick break to look around. Reaching in his pocket, he pulled”. Watch out for ...

    Nov 11, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Removed

    Hey, This first scene, I’m not sure I entirely like it. “the only newborn baby” – that threw me off, confused me, made me shrug my shoulders and move on. ...

    Nov 7, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: When His Eyes Came To

    Hello! Odd title. Odd, but certainly eye-catching (it's what brought me here originally). Oh, flash fiction is so horribly hard. Fitting everything into a minimal amount of words – I ...

    Nov 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Removed

    Hello! OK, so I have mixed feeling about the beginning. I mean, I like the first sentence because it’s a mirror to a question, which begs to be answered and ...

    Nov 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Alezrani Chapter 5(Summary Included)

    Hello! Goodness, the synopsis is longer almost than the chapter itself, hah. But I suppose it does clear out some things (maybe in that ‘novel section’). Right, but these are ...

    Oct 30, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Other Girl in the Tower: Ch. 3

    Hello! Haven’t read part one, but first four lines and I already adore Rapunzel. Adore her. Drama queen with a flair for the dramatic (the shriek, the gasp, the wringing ...

    Oct 28, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Theft

    Hello, The idea's pretty much amazing, one of the ones which just makes the writerly-inclined reader think, "Why didn't I think of that?!" So it's in morose spirits that I'm ...

    Sep 28, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Jumping Blind #3 [Dogs of War Contest]

    Heyyy. Most of those in the room looked taken aback as they recognized Sandar. - this is an old grieviance, right? =) The void...what a bleak term for a concept ...

    Sep 23, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Jumping Blind #2 [Dogs of War Contest]

    Hello, hello, Just noticed the continuations are already posted! Ah well, here I am. _ For a good afternoon I get The Device mentioned; fine, fine. Let it exist then, ...

    Sep 22, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Jumping Blind #1 [Dogs of War Contest]

    Hey, So the beginning drew me right in. I don't care what the others say, I liked that beginning paragraph. To further muddle you up, I do advise you to ...

    Sep 22, 2010


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