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I thought maybe you over-used the word baby. A lot of pop songs do that. But in this case I can forgive you because it rhymes with maybe. I couldn't ...

NOT meaningless crap. Just too general and impersonal.

Interesting, though I can't really imagine what sort of mmusic it would go with.

The randomness was actually intentional. One of my purposes with this novel is to accurately portray a character in teen stories that I have NEVER seen accurately protrayed. Mainly the ...

Needs more detailed to make it sound personal. It seems cliched because it could be describing anyones situation, not just yours.

GAH! I'm sorry, but you gotta use proper paragraphs if you want people to be able to read this.

Didn't I already say that?

My question is what brought on these thoughts at the beginning, and what was happening. It's okay to start with an interior monologue, but there needs to be things happening. ...

I still hold to the fact that the ultimate YA novel is The Outsiders, for reasons not the least of whihc is that it was written by a sixteen-year-old. *seeths ...

Thanks for pointing out the errors. I've fixed them. And BTW, colour is spelled that way in Canada, so that one wasn't an error.

You just don't know where to look. There is a lot of good stuff out there. For YA novels, you have to look to the small presses, particularly stuff that ...

Well, I will at the very least. But don't worry about whether or not people will like it until after you've finished it. If you feel like writing it, write ...

Not sure I really got it. I often miss what really good poetry is about, but I enjoyed reading it. It sounded very nice.

Very raw, very real. I wouldn't call it poetry, exactly, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that this was from the heart, and you didn't hold back in any ...

Why is everyone so obesessed about whether or not something is cliched? Sometimes things are used a lot for reasons other than a lack of imagination or talent.