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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Currently Untitled(1)

    It’s not bad, but it is insanely unrealistic. No way would they discuss a common man’s death without alerting the family first. The boy may find out by watching television ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Night I Set the Sky on Fire

    I’ll admit it – I’m lazy, and I didn’t read the other critiques. So don’t yell at me if I repeat things? Anyways, I didn’t understand this piece very much. ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Story that is My Life

    I really can’t decide if I like this or not. I read all four pages without being bored, which I guess is a good thing, but it wan’t that great. ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: About Tears

    This critique will most likely seem very contradictory, mainly because that’s how I think of this piece. It’s very profound. You look at tears very logically and can see the ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: W.A.S.A.R

    Just a note about the credibility thing, as I'm too tired to write a full review. Writing about Leroy Island is fine. Harry Potter lives at 4 Private Drive, right? ...

    May 27, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Untitled Chapter one part two *first edit*

    The requested critique- Honestly, there’s not much point to this story at the moment. It’s going very slowly and I’m growing bored quickly. You need to give the reader a ...

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Untitled chapter one *edited*

    The requested critique- I purposefully didn't read the prologue before this because 90% of the time they're not needed. I was fine without reading it, so why include it? I ...

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Lily Foxglove (1) *edited*

    Hey! Here’s your requested critique as a prize for entering CIA’s February contest before the 15th. I know – I’m super late, but better late than never, si? Anyways, you ...

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: The End of the World: Chapter One

    Another critique for entering the CIA sacrifice contest: In stories, people like to see variation. In sentence structure, sentence length, paragraph length, chapter length – everything. All your par

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Perpetual abstinence

    Here's another critique for entering CIA's contest. =] Well, I already have Con's judging, so I thought this was going to be amazing, but I guess he was just biased. ...

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Letting go *edited*

    Jeez, overload of creativity. =] Anyways, this is one of your critiques for entering CIA’s sacrifice contest. A little late, I know, but life gets in the way. =/ I ...

    Apr 28, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Pride

    Hey! Thanks for entering CIA's sacrifice contest. It was a little hard to see what he was giving up - his father, maybe? His hopes of his approval? But I ...

    Apr 16, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Fake, or Real?

    This is one of the two complimentary critiques you get for entering CIA's money contest . The other will come from Bittersweet, CIA's guest judge. Honestly? I don't want to ...

    Mar 22, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Money

    This is one of the two complimentary critiques you get for entering CIA's money contest . The other will come from Bittersweet, CIA's guest judge. All right, so normally I ...

    Mar 22, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Too much imagination

    This is one of the two complimentary critiques you get for entering CIA's money contest . The other will come from Bittersweet, CIA's guest judge. So, I know this is ...

    Mar 21, 2009


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price