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Sam

  • Writing Tips Re: How Do You Critique?

    1. I put in some sort of greeting, which usually amounts to 'hey'. 2. General good stuff about the story is described. 3. I get very long and rambly about ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Belliveau: Part II

    I vaguely remember reading the first chapter a long time ago and liking it...glad to see the second part! Here's just a few things I caught: - Jasmine's a little...whiney ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Taking Age Into Account When Reviewing

    It doesn't matter how old you are- a piece of bad writing is a piece of bad writing. Even if the people are eleven, it's still helpful to factor in ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Prolouge for my Book

    Hey! I haven't seen you around if you've got any questions about the site or my critique (which will be long and rambly, as usual), feel free to PM or ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Chapter Two (Playing with fire)

    I would agree with Claudette in that this chapter didn't make as much sense as the others. For one, I thought the whole thing between Imogen and Owen was a ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: playing with fire or playing it safe? part 2

    Ooh! More conflict! This section was good, although short, so there's only one comment: - I take it Cady's not from England, she's from America (hence the name), which is ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Playing with fire or playing it safe?

    This is a good story so far- the style is easy to read, yet you do quite a bit of showing instead of telling. How do you do it? :shock: ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A quick 3 page story i need opinions on

    A few things I noticed: - The beginning didn't really draw me in. I liked the middle part very much, but the very beginning? Not so much. If I were ...

    Dec 5, 2006
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Little Ordinary

    Thanks for reading, Myth! Yeah...I thought that piece was a little lacking, as well, but hey- rewriting is fun, too. :wink: Thanks again!

    Dec 5, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: Reviews: Not Enough or Too Many?

    I ususally get as many as I need- of course, like everyone said, it'd be nice to get more, but least I've got a few. :D

    Dec 4, 2006
  • General Articles Re: National Novel Writing Month

    I would add in more about how crazily fun it is- and about the spiffy winner's certificate. There seemed to be a little more emphasis on who lost, rather than ...

    Dec 4, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: I'm Too Lazy To Come Up With My Own Plot Twists

    On Gmail, I spied an ad calling 'NaNoWriMo Participants', and procrastinating on aforementioned project, I clicked on it: It's really quite simple- you enter in your characters' names, and then ...

    Dec 3, 2006
  • NovMo Archives Re: Script Frenzy

    I read on the NaNoWriMo News Flash (or whatever it's called...:P) that they're planning a 50k in June for screenplays. Anyone interested?

    Dec 2, 2006
  • NovMo Archives Re: What we learned...

    - Make friends with one of the 125k'ers. They make you feel horrible and hopeless and pathetic...and then you write five thousand words to make up for it. - Plan ...

    Dec 2, 2006
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: It was Halloween

    Hey, Pros! I don't think I've ever read any of your stuff before- but this was a great first impression, in my book (not...literally, of course). Your main character was ...

    Nov 30, 2006


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