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  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Leaving Behind a Grave

    I've lived in this place for fifteen years -- played in the yard, imagined worlds, stacked its stones and picked up its sticks, uncovered every nook and cranny of the ...

    Jul 17, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I feel alone

    Darko was pretty thorough. The rhyme scheme was forced, there was no rhythm to it, and there were several grammatical errors. For instance, you do not need to end every ...

    Jul 17, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Wyndolyn

    Hello there. A little late, but I'm back as requested. Technical Bits She was so unconscious she hardly cared. If you're unconscious, you're unconscious; there's not awareness or caring of ...

    Jul 17, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: In the Beginning

    Thanks for pointing those out, Tayla. They've been fixed. :D And besides that, it's very separate from all of those ideas. Whee! Success! X3 Why did you choose not to ...

    Jul 13, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Wyndolyn

    Brace yourself, Dakota, for this critique will be pretty harsh. Just keep in mind that I am trying to help you and that you always have the option of discounting ...

    Jul 13, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Beast. Death - 1

    This had me riveted, especially after Sophie finally sees her parents. :3 I'd just like to point out that Sophie should be going into shock having just been shot in ...

    Jul 12, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: In the Beginning

    In the time before mankind came to be, before even the Earth was made, there was Sun Father and Moon Mother. In that time before measure, Moon Mother blazed as ...

    Jul 12, 2009
  • Art & Photography Re: Osprey

    Thanks. :D @Meadow - Bah! Your reviews are always helpful. :P

    Jul 5, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Black heart of fire chapter 1

    Not two months have I been working here as the kings' right-hand-man -- well, woman -- and people already trust me with their lives! Two months ago my life turned ...

    Jul 1, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Removed by Author

    The sun shone at its highest summit in the nude sky, shooting its infernal rays down and mercilessly baking my body through my all black attire. "Nude sky" is a ...

    Jul 1, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Ode to a Soldier

    Overall, the rhyme was good. You kept to a consistent scheme which really helped it. My only quibbles are "break it" and "one hit" and "become" and "anthem." They don't ...

    Jun 24, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Lorelei

    Thanks for the comments you two. :D @lily - Laura-Lee is the person the poem is being addressed to. The Lorelei is a giant rock in the Rhine River and ...

    Jun 24, 2009
  • Other Re: Romeo and Juliet: In Everyday English (1.1b)

    Shock, though, at your cutting all those oxymorons. And I actually think that they're beautiful. Talk about falling out of favour. That's the thing though -- they sound pretty, but ...

    Jun 21, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Hiding From Shadows

    You had a very good rhythm up until the third line of the last stanza. Try "Restart?" instead. Also, the very short one-word lines annoyed me a bit. I think ...

    Jun 20, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Emo Angst of an Angsty Emo

    and colder than a frozen penguin in an Antarctic lake. Pure awesomeness. It's my favorite line. X3 I think it could use a bit of refining just to make it ...

    Jun 20, 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