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Sam

  • Short Story » General, General Re: You're Gonna Get Hooked on This....

    I've never read anything Zane, but it got me pretty hooked anyway. :wink: Anyway... First off, try to avoid all caps in a story- especially if you're working on something ...

    Mar 11, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Donald Duck and Jacky the Neutered Cat

    'And because I am the second of these eight children, and the oldest girl, I have certain responsibilities the younger kids don’t. For instance, each morning, one of my jobs ...

    Feb 25, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Bonfire at the Island

    When I first saw this, I said to myself, "Oh, lovely, another dialogue-less, attempting-to-be-deep piece of crap that I'm going to have to force myself to read from here on ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Straight A's and Smudged Mascara

    SNOINKUS!!!!!!! Guess what is the major problem with Emily? There are no problems! THINGS THAT EMILY HAS GOING FOR HER: 1. She's pretty (when she's got make-up on). 2. She ...

    Feb 12, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Brave Soldier

    Pretty sweet...and a killer last line. However, there were TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS! Augh! You can truly skewer a perfectly good piece of writing with exclamation points...which is why you've ...

    Feb 11, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Why. Ch. 1

    Hey, this is pretty good! I'd have to agree with Snoink though on the grammar...and some of it is just awkward. But we'll fix that, eh? 'Nothing. There was absolutely ...

    Feb 11, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Memohirs of a brokenheart Chapter Three

    You have an absolutely GRAND storyline, dahling, but this story is seriously...ugh. Why? GRAMMAR! I shall become ze Grammar Nazi and lead you through some basic stuff to help this ...

    Feb 10, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The road

    Oh, man, a very, very good ending. However, for such an exciting story you put a little too much emphasis on description and not what's actually going on. It seems ...

    Feb 4, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: My Life = Complicated

    Thank Dusky for leading me to this...it's the only good thing I've read this week...:D "Don’t believe it. Someone is trying to spread the rumor that life is easy." I'd ...

    Feb 4, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: You Can’t Prick Your Enemies.

    I love the way you introduce your characters. It's never anything normal, "The boy with the brown hair's name is Billy" or anything like that. It's purely unique, and it ...

    Jan 30, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Untitled- (beginning of a story, please criticise)

    First of all...does it go on? Or did you just end it there? Because if you did, that would be bad, and you most definitely need to add something. :P ...

    Jan 21, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Free write (aka... Dusky's rant in story form)

    It was rather a nice rant... But yeah. I thought the whole exchange between Charlie and his friends was far too low key- especially on the subject of girls. Could ...

    Jan 21, 2006
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: The Smile

    This would be a totally awesome beginning to a story... 'A fleeting memory had crossed the netherregions of her mind' YAY!!! I absolutely love that word...I must use it... 'a ...

    Jan 18, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Marcus and Charlotte

    It's quite Lurlene McDaniel... The piece was pretty inspirational, though, as we all sort of (in our own way) strive to be like Marcus- positive and fearless. He's got the ...

    Jan 18, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Voice

    This was a really good piece- it gave you quite an insight into the business world (especially since everything made so much sense. How in the world did you pull ...

    Jan 18, 2006


You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
— Madeleine L'Engle, Author