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Re: Editing and Revising Tips
I've got each chapter saved as it's own document in Word. I go back and edit to my heart's content, saving the revised edition as it's own document. I end ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Favorite Form of Procrastination?
YWS webcomics The internet in general, I guess... *sigh* And reading... and movies... Yeah... Bad me... It's funny that we are admitting our faults right here on the thing which ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Is your first sentence ugly?
Hey, very nice article. I have recently begun a first sentence fetish and am freakishly bashing everything I have written and am reading voraciously, all in the search of a ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Everyone's Hero [Edited 3/21]
Are my transitions from diction to narration good? Yup, seem good to me. Are my characters portrayed in a believable manner? Yes, I think so. My biggest critique with them ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Mafia Baby [Prologue Posted]
I've seen this idea done once before, but it was slightly different. Interesting that I found two stories about such an original idea lately. (It was on a different writing ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Stitches
Hmmm... I really didn't understand the killing of himself. It seems to me that he would try to piece himself back together. Then again... Yeah, he was probably too warped ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Chance of Snow 1
Weird... very weird... And yet good... I was a little confused by the style of this piece. It really made the mailman seem simple or mentally slow or something. I ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: Pianissimo
This was quite a tragic story. 1) Are the characters credible? Do they need some fleshing out? Raymond seemed pretty credible to me. We really only get a picture of ...
Mar 16, 2008 -
Re: When I do it once, I have to do it twice.
Intense poem here... Very sad. Your rhyming was nice, but your rhythm seemed a little choppy or uneven in some places. Have someone who has never read it read it ...
Mar 11, 2008 -
Re: The Monster
Awww. This is so sad, and cute all at once. My biggest critique would be about the child's voice. While the style is great, this really doesn't sound like a ...
Mar 11, 2008 -
Re: Diary of a Villain: Prologue Part 2
I disagree a bit with Kyte's suggestion about synonyms for 'soul'. It's what they are and to give them too many names might be confusing. However, it is your story, ...
Mar 10, 2008 -
Re: Believing
We have a moment of emotion, but in all honesty, I really don't feel attachment to Carmen. I didn't know her father or how he treated her, so I don't ...
Mar 10, 2008 -
Re: Diary, EDITED
This was pretty emotional to read. I have a slightly similar situation my own household, so it was like reading my situation in a different way. All I can say ...
Mar 9, 2008 -
Re: Salt in my Tears - Chap. 2
Hmmm... My critique of this chapter would be that we really again don't get to see what it is that makes Rebecca different. We kind of get that she reads ...
Mar 9, 2008 -
Re: How did you find the Young Writers Society?
I Googled "writer's groups" and it popped up... Luvin' the site!
Mar 9, 2008
