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Rydia

  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: ww1 Short Story

    Falling in Flames Short story by Lewis Beach As our four Sopwith squadron flew over the French countryside [Comma here.] we noticed the large grey balloons rising slowly from behind ...

    Aug 11, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: The Sweet Smell Of Success

    I’m not entirely sure why it is that people insist that success smells sweet. What I must rank as my greatest success did not smell sweet. It smelt of salted ...

    Aug 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Gypsy's Story: Chapter One

    Chapter One Gypsy had read the letter almost twenty times since it had arrived that morning. [Phrases like this bug me and they're not very dramatic. I'd suggest that you ...

    Aug 11, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Enemies

    I'm a nasty critiquer so I'm going to start off negatively and say you need more punctuation! But I always try to be fair and I have to admit that ...

    Aug 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Needles and Roses - Chap. 3

    This chapter has improved greatly =) Before I rather disliked the fortune telling scene because it felt too stereotypical to me but it's more original now and you have some ...

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Thank You Note to Donny

    Dearest Donny, Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming to see me. [This isn't the most wonderful of beginnings. It just sounds like your average thank you letter. It ...

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Needles and Roses - Chap. 2

    Hello again! This chapter is probably one of my favourites. I love the image of all these girls surrounded by needles, thread and fabric and chattering amongst themselves. I think ...

    Aug 9, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Scavenger

    Cychwyn ar daith We left Londlow early the next day. It was warm, with a tiny wind that whipped up strands of the cart - horse’s mane and blew dust ...

    Aug 9, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Apocalypse. (The nightmare begins book 1)

    Mesa State College April 8, 2000 [I think this would be better as either April 8th, 2000 or 08/04/2000 or possibly 8th April, 2000.] Grand Junction, Colorado [Maybe put the ...

    Aug 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: D*MN

    My turn! Hello there, it's nice to meet you. Snoink has done you a lovely line by line I see so I'll give you some general advice instead: 1. Rhyme ...

    Aug 8, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Needles and Roses - Chap. 1 (Edited)

    Hello, dear! Sorry this is taking me so long but I've finally found a lull in my schedule. I'll post you a critique every other day now until you have ...

    Aug 7, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: I've Come So Far

    Hey there, Tiff! This is an interesting poem. A little vague and the emotion could be stronger but I love the concept behind it. Let me start with a line ...

    Aug 7, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Out of Focus [Edited 8/29/08]

    Out of Focus It's dark. The clouds hang low in the sky, painting the world like an old photograph. The sun can't break through. [Awww. What happened to his little ...

    Aug 7, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Drakonia Online: Logon

    You should really number your chapters in the title, Dynamo. It will make it easier for people to navigate them. Chapter 3: When Dynamo opened his eyes [Comma here.] he ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: 2 weeks

    Hey there, apparently I'm here to give you a little advice on description but before that, here's the line by line: ”Negative” [You need a full stop here.] I lifted ...

    Jul 30, 2008


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