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  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Dramatic Re: Dear Cocaine and Other Things

    Here to review as requested! (Sorry for the delay) When I first read it, I totally missed that it's a novel. I thought it was a short story / one-off. ...

    Mar 23, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: I Will Return: Chapter 3.2

    Onto our latest and final entry! On seeing we were getting Trista's POV, my very first thought was what if the previous section was combined into the first chapter, so ...

    Feb 13, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: I Will Return: Chapter 3.1

    Onto chapter two, and the plot ball is really rolling now! I'll go back through and type the thoughts I had in order while reading. I was initially confused setting-wise, ...

    Feb 12, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: I Will Return: Chapter 2

    Hello, and on to chapter 1! It makes for a good introduction, not only giving atmosphere and worldbuilding, but introducing a thread of tension and a promise of the main ...

    Feb 8, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: I Will Return: Chapter 1

    I have arrived to critique as requested! And a fun, interesting start to the story this is indeed. It's more engaging than most prologues--I think because it's a real scene, ...

    Feb 7, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Spiritual Re: Cedar Ravine: 1.1

    Hello, here to review as requested! Very prompt and timely of course. (I forgot YWS existed for a few months there...) Overall, I think this is a strong opening chapter. ...

    Feb 5, 2018
  • Short Story » Realistic, Dramatic Re: Exit monologue (for a situationship)

    Helloooo... So I definitely read this back in Nov or Dec, but apparently didn't actually... leave a review? So ahem. Hello. I like the structure of this story, with the ...

    Feb 5, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Fantasy Re: A Gryphon's Tail Chapter 3: Alone in the forest

    Onward we go into ch3. Again typing as I read. I like the name Wildernoir, btw. I'm finding the beginning to this chapter fairly slow. I feel live I've read ...

    Nov 3, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: A Gryphon's Tail Chapter 2: Homes, Mothers, and Rules

    Alrighty time for chapter 2! Let's see what's in store. For one, his mother’s flock of sheep had left the meadow and come home for lunch. But to a sheep, ...

    Oct 31, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: Tales of Eildland: Luis of Abendelly - Chapter 1 The journey of a 1000 miles

    Hey there! Reporting to critique as requested. I'm going to type thoughts as I read, so let's get started. My first comment is before I even opened the story: "a ...

    Oct 30, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, Science Fiction Re: The Darknesses Resurgence Chapter 4

    Mark managed to dodge security and get Ellie to his to his Fireteam This sounds like an exciting action sequence! Why rush through it? Let us see how cool he ...

    Oct 26, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, Science Fiction Re: The Darknesses Resurgence Chapter 3

    Commenting as I read for this one. Starting with the first half, Ellie's emotions are what stand out to me again. As Ellie began to see the carnage of what ...

    Oct 26, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, Science Fiction Re: The Darknesses Resurgence Chapter 2

    Hello! I know you requested a review on ch4, but I saw that I looked at ch1 a long time ago, and apparently none of the others (I'm guessing they ...

    Oct 26, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Mystery / Suspense Re: Adryan's Promise - Chapter 1.1 (The River)

    Hello there! Great story--I really like this. The writing is clean and engaging, the descriptions give us a solid idea of the surroundings without overwhelming the narrative, and we get ...

    Oct 9, 2017
  • Short Story » Horror, Realistic Re: Keep Driving

    Hellooo. This is a nicely written and haunting piece of flash fiction (I'd definitively place it as flash rather than short story). I guess I'll go through it in "descending" ...

    Oct 8, 2017


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