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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


I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom