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  • Lyrics » General, General Re: My New Girlfriend

    Ok, everyone, you can either critique this piece, or write which genre of music do you think this song would be best supplied? Try and back it up with an ...

    Sep 30, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Red Skies

    I'll move this to Fantasy Fiction. I crouched low to the stone floor. At the moment it felt more like ice, causing the cold to cut into my bare feet ...

    Sep 30, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Aleana

    She runs though the sky, tired but determined. Who? As though free of the world she forgets the suffering and pain she has [s]e[/s] i nflicted upon her [s]own[/s] town ...

    Sep 25, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: an excerpt

    Some of the newbies are posting some really neat stuff. My impressions of the characters: The spymaster was kind of likeable, but he talked too much. Spies make a living ...

    Sep 24, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Untitled -- Suggestions welcome

    I can't say I approve of the thrown in "hey, my character's a demon" plot twist, but other than that I found this piece pretty tolerable. "Times up" should be ...

    Sep 24, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Madame Clarinet

    This is a very erotic description of playing a clarinet. It makes me wonder what exactly it is that you do in your room during those long "practice" sessions. On ...

    Sep 23, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: A Beginning....one of many

    Describe the the five senses of it, and then describe how the character feels more than just - it was starting to drive her nuts. Her anxiety, her annoyance, her ...

    Sep 19, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Untitled-Please tell me if this is a good start.

    Introduction? How about a character bio? Don't put this into a novel like it is now: it would be straight info dumping. There are better ways (through dialogue for instance) ...

    Sep 18, 2006
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: It was too late...

    It's something a lot of people can relate to...nice job! But try to include a little more dialogue. Descriptions great, dialogue bout 6/10. Keep writing! If you're going to critique ...

    Sep 14, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Ainor - rewritten prologue

    I think you tried to hard to make it exciting. The scene develops much too quickly and you lose the reader in the speed. Aspects of this don't make any ...

    Sep 3, 2006
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Ode to an Omelet

    Not all critics are jealous Sharty. Please treat your fellow members courteously, even the harshest critics. They're just trying to help. I like poems that parody themselves. So many poems ...

    Sep 3, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Strawberry war (title may change)

    You are info-dumping. Not good. This isn't a story, it's a biographical. There are character profiles everywhere, but there is no story that unites these characters, let alone introduces them. ...

    Aug 31, 2006
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: The Communist Manifesto

    Marx is a complete crackpot. A socialist maybe, an economist, never. His entire system is based off the idea that the lower class should work not for any capital, but ...

    Aug 24, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: A Heathenly Respite(FDWC)

    I took the liberty of removing the BB Code from your title. It just doesn't work there. I didn't like the way the story was told. There was nothing wrong ...

    Aug 22, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: '87 Dodge

    The plot is very basic and could be more interesting. The character is boring on purpose, I know, this isn't the problem. The problem is that just as he was ...

    Aug 20, 2006


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