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Lena.Wooldridge

  • Short Story » General, General Re: Wings

    I loved this. I loved Pete's character. You did a really good job of creating a realistic little kid. My main issue was with the way in which Rachel told ...

    Oct 26, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Outsider

    Overall, I truly did like the way the sentences flowed. It reminded me of the phrasing in Frankenstein or The Scarlet Letter . However, in your attempt to create this ...

    Oct 26, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Padma's Valentine

    Um, wow, this was really weird. 1. What is Padma's motive in killing Tim? 2. All of your semicolons ( ; ) are used incorrectly. 3. Your dialogue needs help. ...

    Oct 25, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Red Balloon (Chapter 1)

    First off, the formatting on this needs to be fixed. This is no fault of yours - YWS just sort of messes up all of your indentations and such. So ...

    Oct 25, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Renaissance Man

    The fact that this speaks directly to the reader makes it very readable and easy to connect to. Usually I do not like works that say "you," but this is ...

    Sep 23, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Hide and Seek

    The darkness was complete; compressing, suffocating, choking. A rule of thumb with semicolons is that both sides of the semicolon must be complete sentences. In this case, the semicolon should ...

    Sep 22, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Sound Of Someone Crying

    I don't really know what to say, except I don't see why you are trying to explain your story to Sargsauce, telling him he "didn't read it" when really there ...

    Sep 22, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Journey To Freedom (Chapter One)

    1. How old are the main characters? Like Lethero said, if the boy was a teenager he would be fighting for the military at this time. 2. There were no ...

    Sep 21, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: First Smile of the Day

    Hey, I really liked the parts when you were describing the way the woman looked and wondering about what she'd gone through. I can totally relate - I make up ...

    Sep 21, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: deleted

    This is easily one of the best short stories I have red on this site. Stark red numbers glared at him I don't know if I would use the word ...

    Aug 3, 2010
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: WWII fictional biography

    “Must be a storm coming , ” I said. "Must be a storm coming," I said. One of the commanding officers just laughed. “That’s just the sound of the shells ...

    Aug 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Excerpt from WWII Novel

    “What…what happened exactly?” “Well, you’d have to go back to the year 1935, October 11th 1933 to be exact. The day my father became a Nazi solider.” So... Cliche... It ...

    Aug 2, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: *EDIT* Slim Chance

    It's impossible to get pregnant from dry sex. Sorry to ruin your whole story, but the guy would have had to blow a giant load right over her vagina, and ...

    Aug 1, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Carry Me Chapter 1

    Just wanted to tell you that all of your semi-colons are used incorrectly. Remove them and, in most cases, replace them with simple commas. Remember that the area on both ...

    Jul 31, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Katydid, Katydidn't

    This was obviously very well written. Katy appears to be a very really character. blush hid her cocaine-reddened nose Blush is used to make one's cheeks red. Putting it on ...

    Jul 31, 2010


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