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Re: Report A Site Bug
Hi. I can't log in to YWS through the main page-it says there's an error when I just go to youngwriterssociety.com-I can only get in by going to a specific ...
Aug 29, 2009 -
Re: Stupid crippling self-doubt!
You will always have self-doubt. It can actually be useful because it pushes you to polish your pieces and means you're better able to take constructive criticism. The only time ...
Aug 28, 2009 -
Re: The Stranger is Watching
This flows well as a whole and progresses nicely from beginning to end. I think the constant repetition is too much- it gets wearisome and doesn't really add anything to ...
Aug 26, 2009 -
Re: walking bodies
I love this. The first sentence is great. I love; "their red fissure breaking bare" and "ripen into carcasses". It flows very well and the end is powerful. My only ...
Aug 26, 2009 -
Re: Genetics
Hi. I really like; "Half him and half her course through my veins They are there My hair, my blood, my short fingernails They are me." After this point, I ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: I Am
Hi. Congrats on your first poem! I hope you keep it up. You stuck closely to the form- I believe that any lack of elaboration, or any tendancy towards repetition ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: Summer in its 30s
Hi. I love and adore this. It flows perfectly, and your language and imagery is beautiful. I especially liked; "newborn rainbow", "dirt from dying things" and "blissful drunken season". I ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: My notebook
Hi June. I really enjoyed this. Your imagery's lovely. I especially liked; "In a flurry of pages". Stanza two is perfect- the flow is flawless, and again the imagery is ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: Me and you
Hi again, Critique number two, as per your request. I think it's much better now. I have two final tips for you; the first is to kepe to one tense. ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: IMPORTANT INFO.: New YWS Transition
So pretty! :)
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Robert Frost's "Selected Poems". So good!
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: What inspires you to start writing?
The first thing I'd do is read "Page after page" by Heather Sellers-it has a really good chapter on blocks and being scared to write. I always go back to ...
Aug 8, 2009 -
Re: The Official Goodbye/Departure Thread
Going on holidays tommorow until August 18th. Will magically reappear in a little over a month. :) Slan go foil. (Goodbye)
Jul 14, 2009 -
Re: Tom Marvolo Riddle's First Wand
Hi. This is a fresh and interesting piece. I'd begin it earlier, at least with Tom's entrance into the shop and his impression of it, if not before then. As ...
Jul 12, 2009 -
Re: My Mother and I
Hi Clau. I really shouldn't attempt to critique your poetry as I always love it too much. Oh well. I'll give it a shot... I love the first stanza. The ...
Jul 12, 2009
