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Ryter

  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Safe Haven Ch1 S1 and S2

    Still pretty good. Just a thought though; not much description in the way of scenery. You focus on what's occuring, and while you're doing that we create our own idea ...

    Nov 30, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Safe Haven - Prologue

    Awesome. Really awesome. Almost every story I've ever read with more than one planet ends up a fluke, mistake, and not worth flushing. This... this works. This really works. On ...

    Oct 31, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Followers of the Light - CH2, Pt1

    Spooky. Nice french, though. She knew several other languages, and could speak them fluently, including this one, which was French. From what I've seen, a sentence with three or more ...

    Oct 31, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: The Chosen Ones: Prologue

    I kinda agree with Vernon on this one. Info-dumping is present, and its not pleasant. Take care to introduce details naturally, rather than putting it in inbetween a conversation. At ...

    Oct 31, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: untitled

    I agree with the previous replies. It seems like an incomplete idea. So little happens in it, that I almost assumed you pressed the "Submit" button a little early on ...

    Oct 15, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Flaughston:A Reign to End

    You've done a good job of keeping the end in mind. (101 Writing Tips on front page of YWS!) But you've driven that tip into the ground. Keep in mind ...

    Oct 15, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Clone ch 3

    You've done a pretty good job so far. The dialog doesn't quite seem natural to me, but for all I know this could be set in the kind of future ...

    Oct 15, 2007
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Western

    Great job, overall. Just a few things: He was a tall, wiry man with golden, blonde hair and his name was Samuel Thomas. This line's just a little awkward. Mainly ...

    Oct 15, 2007


The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
— Marcel Proust