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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Chasing Rainbows

    Hey, sofi! Firstly--you live in UAE? You lucky goon. *huffs* I've heard Dubai is amazing. ^_^ I really love your writing style in this piece--you obviously know what you're doing, ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: De-Cornification, please?

    Hey, lxtmidnight! Congrats on finishing the novel! That's definitely the hardest part. XD Editing is a pain, but it's a lot easier than putting fresh words on paper, and can ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Apocalypse

    Hey, mizz-iceberg! Sorry it took so long for someone to get to this piece. :( If you have another piece that's not getting as many critiques as you would like, ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Life: In Which Mistakes Are Made.

    Sarah! *rubs with fish* Basically? I love this piece--the title is awesome, and you had a few lines ("my darling is so cliché", for one) that I read over several ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Harriet the Cat

    Hey, Zorakero! XD This story is great. It's short, too, which would normally make me a little leery, but you pulled it off well. You have a very comfortable style ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Piggy

    Hey, Jstlkuimgnd! I definitely love the "piggishness" you have going on in this story--the flip-flopping between POVs was done really well and added something to the story rather than being ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Khalilzad in 1995 (Chapter 2)

    Hey again, Pattycakes! You have no idea how happy this story makes me. XD I've been giving gleeful practice speeches in its honor. Your main character is definitely coming along, ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: The lost soldier 2

    Hey again, Willow! I must admit, I got so caught up in this segment that I forgot to write stuff down for the critique. XD Oh, well--that's definitely a compliment. ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: For Your Pleasure

    Hey, Speele! That's actually a really interesting idea--a selfish revolution, instead of a selfless revolution. It's kind of the anti-1984. If the sociology behind it all was somewhat legitimate, I ...

    Jul 6, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Gypsie Eyes: chapter four

    Hey, Gyr! Yessss, chapter four. ^_^ I'm really excited for this--it seems that things are picking up speed. It's really fun once you get into the middle of a novel ...

    Jul 1, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: need help with a title

    Hey, GML! This was a really cool piece--it was neat how you blended John with his classmates' perceptions of him. John himself is a really sad character, but someone a ...

    Jul 1, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Tarot Trip Travesties

    Hey, clograbby! Huzzah! More of your writing. This is such a cool idea, original or not. I love how the characters are all very unique and fit together in the ...

    Jul 1, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: The lost soldier 1

    Hey, Willow! Yay! More World War Two stuff. I thought the angle you took with this was interesting--Alyssa isn't on the front lines, and kind of lives her life in ...

    Jul 1, 2008
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: The Lone One

    Hey, deafwriter! This was a really cool idea for a story. ^_^ I loved that you made it interesting, without being preachy. People are usually tempted to go preachy and ...

    Jul 1, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Khalilzad in 1995 (chapter one)

    Hey, Pattycakes! Welcome to YWS. Oooh, PD. XD I'm an extemper, so I've been lured to the Dark Side several times, but have always frolicked back to the file box ...

    Jun 30, 2008


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