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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Drained chapt. 2

    There were a number of misspellings in this, several which would be easily picked up by a spell-checker (such as ym). In addition, you had a couple of misused words, ...

    May 2, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Masquerader Chapter Six Part One

    Nadiel came from a small group of Maliens. They only paired with others of their race to keep their people “pure.” All were blind, and most were gifted with an ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Take A Chance- 12

    I tried to contour them How do you contour someone? o_O You had a couple other odd phrasings like that scattered in this chapter, but otherwise, the grammar was pretty ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: LoveBites Chapter 2

    This chapter, as beginningtowrite already pointed out, felt very rushed, especially near the end. In addition, some of the facts don't quite match up within the chapter. In the beginning, ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Chapter 5 - Unwelcome Visitors

    Interesting, but you had a lot of strange descriptions which were strange because they often included words that weren't quite correctly used. For instance, "arrow indented in the heart" was ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: REMOVED

    To be quite honest, this bored me. There are several reasons: This was almost painfully cliche. Plucky heroine who gets tortured? Check. Blatantly evil villain who enjoys torturing and plotting? ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Mercy (chapter 1)

    First things first: your have no spacing between paragraphs, which makes reading your story difficult on a screen. You can easily fix this by hitting the Edit button located in ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Chapter Three

    First impression: Wow. Lots of italics. Revised impression: It makes sense, and it works. I haven't read the previous chapters, but you've got an interesting premise here from what little ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Currently Unnamed (Chapter Two)

    I have to say, the summary at the beginning was much appreciated. :3 You might want to consider putting it under a spoiler to help keep it more separate from ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Violet Saga: Chapter 8

    I haven't read the previous chapters, so perhaps it isn't surprising that I'm confused, but when I say I'm confused, I mean I'm really confused. I'm so confused, in fact, ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: City Of Love | Chapter 3

    I rarely say this, but you really need more detail. At the same time though, you need fewer details. For instance, the only things you really describe are what she's ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Protective Clouds Chapter 1

    I was in history class—staring out the window out of sheer boredom. Agreeing with Cairo here; this sentence was boring. It didn't grab my attention at all, and the rest ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Life or Death: An Analysis of Reinstatement

    Hello there. First things first, a) this was incredibly long, and b) this was not made internet-reader-friendly. In your author's note, you mention that this is a completed novel with ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Not What They Appear

    Hey there. Before I start the review proper, I'd just like to say that your formatting could use a bit of help. Right now, there's no spaces in between paragraphs, ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Black Light

    This was interesting structurally though I think this poem would really benefit from some more punctuation. Right now, the punctuation is a bit sparse and inconsistent, which makes some lines ...

    Apr 18, 2011


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