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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Chilli Peppers in the Sky: Prologe

    Hey! OK, one thing that I noticed and which absolutely has nothing to do with the story side of the story (yeah... / to which I promise I'll get to, ...

    Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:16 am
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Saviors

    Hello! Many and many points for an interesting and drawing in text – as a standalone, it was fine. A clear narrator who stands out and speaks in a way ...

    Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:48 pm
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Prince and the Lost Sword: Chap 1

    Hey! I'm not too fond of that first sentence. He did this and did that, and did so many things (quantity is mostly what got me here...). I definitely liked ...

    Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:07 pm
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: It Means Nothing

    Hey! That first sentence, made me think of a staircase with really highsteps (was heaving and red-cheeked by the end): so many adjectives! Reader doesn't focus on the flow, story, ...

    Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:34 pm
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Re: The Old Woman and the Werewolf (2 of 2)

    Hey. Foudn the 'how do you know about the code?!|' repetition a bit eh. And I've kinda taken a liking to that last little word. So expressive! :p But Jean's ...

    Thu May 13, 2010 10:52 am
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Old Woman and the Werewolf (1 of 2)

    Hey! The beginning's a mishmash. Dance, circle, tread toes, always speaking of one but in the end not. It's choppy, consider rephrasing. The sky's blue, it's azure, it's a bit ...

    Wed May 12, 2010 10:52 pm
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Demon Hunters: Prologue.

    Hey! Short and sweet, a baby, mysterious person and Demon Hunters (and yea, title is what got me :)). Sincerely hope you'll move onward with this! Before actually getting to ...

    Mon May 10, 2010 5:28 pm
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Anarchy chapter 1

    Hello! First off are the uncapitalized "I's and words after periods, but those are little things that can be fixed during a re-read. Dialogue punctuation. Those big blobs of paragraphs, ...

    Sun May 09, 2010 9:20 am
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chapter One-The Escape

    Hello, First off, first three - lines. Voice descriptions. One's cool, two's okay veering toward a grimace, three (in a row), eek. In word's to use, your limitless; can do ...

    Thu May 06, 2010 10:33 am
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Golden Souls (part 1)

    Hello! First paragraph structure: weather descr; people (unimportant to plot, so - filler.) descr; enter the MC. Now, sentence one and two connect, click, whatever, while that third proper intro ...

    Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:31 pm
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: A first look

    Hi, Ivy as in ivy or person? If person - capitalize. A little thing to fix (like not having quotes when a character speaks) before posting that a writer could ...

    Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:27 pm
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: A once perfect summer Prolouge + Chapter 1

    Hey, My main problem is that I'm attacked by Ray from all sides. Ray's a force of nature, Ray's everywhere. He's in the prologue, he appears just at the start ...

    Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:10 pm
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Life Chapter 1

    Hi! Welcome to YWS :) Alright, a lot of this is made up of dialogue. That means (and even if there were less, too!) proper dialogue punctuation is a must. ...

    Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:21 am
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chapter 1 (Victoria)

    Hello, Welcome to YWS, capitalize your "i"s. Like, seriously. Dialogue punctuation can be studied here: If you want a proper reviewm, you really have to write more than one paragraph ...

    Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:57 pm
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Wolf Wars

    Hey! First sentence - so many commas. Now, a comma is your friend - a very dear friend, as it were. But put too many and the reader might just ...

    Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:44 pm


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