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  • Poetry » Narrative, Realistic Re: Deleted 63

    Hey, Lumi~ This was lovely. Like, really 'I'm-going-to-reach-into-you-and-snap-your-spine' lovely. Because snapping spines is a good thing. I feel like there are certain areas where your poetic voice

    Nov 29, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Supernatural, Mystery / Suspense Re: Crossing the Line - Prologue

    Hullo. Gonna make this a quick review. Happy Review Day! I don't think this works as a prologue. It's too vague to establish a good hook and it hints at ...

    Nov 29, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: .

    Hi there. Pomp here for a quick review~ ...a hoard of chairs... I've never heard of anyone hoarding chairs. Did you mean 'horde'? If you did, then I don't think ...

    Nov 29, 2015
  • Short Story » Dramatic, Fantasy Re: The One in The Box

    Hi, Holy Moly~ Here for a quick review! I don't think this was repetitive, to be honest. I think it was just a tad confusing and it was hard for ...

    Nov 27, 2015
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: On That Road

    Hello there~ Welcome to YWS! What I liked about this was the fact that your imagery of the snowscape remains, for the most part, consistent, and that really knits the ...

    Nov 27, 2015
  • Other » Humor, Other Re: What's Worse Than a Giraffe With a Sore Throat

    Hello. I've never heard the original joke before, but I think I can admit that I did not understand these jokes? Perhaps I'm just dense, but I really can't see ...

    Nov 26, 2015
  • Poetry » General, General Re: if only

    Hi there~ Here to review as requested. I like how you've played with the structure. It works well in certain areas, like when the narrator is talking about their brokenness, ...

    Nov 26, 2015
  • Short Story » Narrative, Realistic Re: Centipedes can't talk.

    Hi. I'm not an advocate of beginning stories with dialogue: dialogue is overused as an opening and it doesn't really establish a context for the reader to relate to. It ...

    Nov 26, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Teen Fiction Re: Finch

    Hi, Olive~ Here for a quick review! I think you could get rid of the passive voice in the first sentence by changing 'was beginning' to 'had begun'. Besides that, ...

    Nov 25, 2015
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Romantic Re: A Broken Soul for You and Me

    Yo, I'll make this quick. You don't need the article before 'stone'. Because this 'stone' is not a specific one that has been mentioned before, placing 'the' before it is ...

    Nov 21, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, Action / Adventure Re: Aftermath: Chapter 1 - New Beginnings

    Heya. I'm here to leave a quick review. I'm not familiar with the ... show? book? that this has been written for, so I'll be looking at it as I ...

    Nov 19, 2015
  • Poetry » General, General Re: I Walk

    Y'ola. Here to review as requested~ Before I begin, it's admirable that you wrote this, in light of what happened last week. Most of the time, pain is difficult to ...

    Nov 19, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Literature, Teen Fiction Re: It Started With

    Yo. Welcome to YWS. Not much to add here. Like Hira's mentioned, this isn't really a prologue, but it can't stand as a chapter on its own either. I'll talk ...

    Nov 17, 2015
  • Short Story » Fantasy, Narrative Re: The Star Gardens

    Hoi, Star~ You've set up a lovely dreamlike atmosphere here and your description of the scene in itself is quite pretty; I think this could be more interesting if the ...

    Nov 17, 2015
  • Novel / Chapter » Mystery / Suspense, Humor Re: Gideon Gilroy - Chapter 1

    Hola, hattperson~ Here as promised. I won't pull any clunky sentences out or anything, seeing as NaNo's all about them clumsy sentences anyway--just make a note to smooth them out ...

    Nov 11, 2015


Poetry lies its way to the truth.
— John Ciardi