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Nate

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  • Article / Essay » Realistic, Technology Re: "Technology - in various ways"

    I like the tact that you took with your essay. Man's ability to think and reason is a gift from God, and it's a gift we should use to better ...

    Oct 2, 2013
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: The Unveiling of the Disguise

    I like how you examined the negative impacts of modern technology, and especially how it's impacting human health. A lot of people tend to glance over how video games, the ...

    Oct 2, 2013
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Life With Technology

    While I think you're ultimately right that technology is on our side, I think it comes with some drawbacks as well. Most notably, it promotes laziness. For example, it's easy ...

    Oct 1, 2013
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Common Application College Essay

    I hated college essays; the prompts they give you are trite more often than not. It doesn't get better either. I just recently applied to the Foreign Service, and had ...

    Aug 4, 2013
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, Science Fiction Re: Prologue to The Heart Button

    Hey Dannie, I read this some time ago and even featured it in the YWS Sci-Fi Club Newsletter, but never reviewed it! The way you open this piece is done ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: The Uplifting

    It's interesting how you wrote this; it's a mix of script and short story. I don't think I've ever seen dialogue laid out in a story as you have here. ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, Fantasy Re: The Adjuvant

    Interesting piece. I like your extended descriptions -- particularly your description of the bathroom. The imagery you used helped to paint a scene and put the situation in deeper context ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Exchange

    You took a very different approach in dealing with clones. Most sci-fi clone stories concern the exploitation of clones -- sometimes for labor, sometimes for body parts. Here, you do ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Politics, Narrative Re: operation imperial- ch 2

    I enjoyed this! There are some grammatical errors and sentence structure problems, but nothing major. I thought your English was really pretty good. What you need to work on, though, ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Romantic Re: Identical: Chapter One - Reminiscing

    First, I have to ask: why the italics!? That said, I like very much how this opens. Your style of writing is very engaging, and you do have a knack ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: Lost Innocence

    I think the rhyming scheme actually kind of worked in this piece. I don't normally say that because rhyming usually seems forced and hackneyed, but I honestly didn't notice until ...

    Jun 30, 2013
  • Poetry » Romantic, Lyrical Re: To The One I Love(d) | Edited

    I think it's always good to try out different literary forms, or even just try out a different anything. By taking yourself out of your normal routine, it forces your ...

    Jun 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Trembling Thunder

    I agree with racket. There's a sense of despair underlying this poem that I think you did a good job of evoking. What I get from this poem is that ...

    Jun 11, 2013
  • Lyrics » Romantic, Lyrical Re: Twisted Astrology

    I really liked this. The chorus is especially well-done; it rolls of the tongue in a very pleasant and satisfying way. The way it's written also has an extremely good ...

    May 20, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: Chapter three of the Lost Legend - Detrick.

    I like the way this chapter begins... a lot. The simple descriptions draw the reader in, and you're letting us know more about Tauren as you show him using his ...

    Feb 24, 2013


Go in fear of abstractions.
— Ezra Pound