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Rydia

  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Monster

    This is a nice little story and I think I'll start with the child's voice. It is too sophisticated for a five year old but you could get over that ...

    Mar 13, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Alphess: part one [revised as of 2008/03/11]

    I think I will start by answering your questions... 1: Does the second person work for Blizzard's flashback? [At first it felt a little out of place but I think ...

    Mar 13, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, General Re: Outpost 101 - Chapter 5

    Hey again! I think you need to expand parts of this. Like at the beginning, where you have Hank and Axel discussing how they don't know how to drive the ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Diary, EDITED

    This is good. I'll not critique the content as a diary entry really doesn't call for that but I'm glad you let your natural voice show through and it's well ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Cinnamon

    This is good but I think it lacks atmosphere to some extent. The whole piece is centered around cinnamon, yes? And yet you make little attempt to describe it, to ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, General Re: Outpost 101 - Chapter 4

    Hey again! I liked this section but I don't think it was as good as the others. What was good, was the ending and the part with Caboose and the ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Child of Ashes: Outcast- Chapter two: Cesarina's Return

    This is good. I decided to read the prologue and chapter one before commenting and I think my main advice for all three sections is to slow down and add ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Woman of the City

    This is an intriguing little piece. I agree with Gryphon that you need to do more showing rather than telling, actually describing the scenes to us instead of just reporting ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Other » General, General Re: Addicted

    A few small things others haven't mentioned - Tears dripped onto them, one by one, causing Eleanor to cry anymore. [I think you probably mean even more or much more?] ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Skies of Mystic Fire - new prologue

    Hey there! I quite liked this. I thought that the general concept was a little unoriginal but your plot was unique enough for that to not matter and your characters ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Risen From Ashes: Chapter One

    I think you have an intriguing start here. I will answer your questions in a moment but firt a few small suggestions/ corrections - I realized I was lying down, ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: ...

    A very good piece of work, Prok. The concept is slightly unoriginal and the plot not overly interesting but the way it is written makes it intriguing and draws the ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: "My Book" (Chapter 1)

    Hey again! I'll not critique grammar and such as I'd probably only be pointing out mistakes that have already been acknowledged or changed but you said you wanted comments on ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: "My Book" (preface)

    Hey there! I think you have a good start here. A nice, mysterious opening, some good description, high atmosphere and a very strong, natural tone. However, I think it could ...

    Mar 9, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Albus.

    My first impression is that you need to spell-check and proof read before posting next time. Seriously. Reading chapters filled with spelling mistakes is very tiresome for grammar nazis such ...

    Mar 9, 2008


He began to wonder why he had felt uneasy at all. It was like a man wondering in broad daylight why a dream had appeared so terrible to him at night.
— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart