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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Drugs Or Me.

    Nah, you were fine. What I liked was the duel meaning of words that sometimes came up. My favorite line was this: "Passing the counter, a clerk cracks gum loudly ...

    May 24, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: A Different Kind of Goblin 2: The Classroom

    Is this autobiographical? Twice in the story, you put semicolons where there should be apostrophes, be careful of that. Also, take care of sounding repetive. This piece wasn't bad, but ...

    May 23, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: A Different Kind of Goblin 1: Crossing

    It'll be so easy. Nobody'll know I meant to do it. If I time it right everyone will think it was just an accident. Do it a few minutes before ...

    May 23, 2005
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Werewolf of LA

    Why are you describing all of their physical appearences? When you do describe character, do not use slang like, "six pack." My first thought was "a six pack of what? ...

    May 23, 2005
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Facades of 1886

    I find that usually grammar tells a lot about a person's style, and can reveal a lot of what is wrong with the story. Therefore, you will see a lot ...

    May 22, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Guardian of Heaven

    This reminds me of the sentence combination worksheets my English teacher gave the class. These worksheets had very short sentences and you were supposed to combine them into longer sentences. ...

    May 22, 2005
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Niagara Movement Essay

    Avoid first person and second person in formal essays. Example of first person: "I say this because I have sticky notes attached to my head." Example of second person: "You ...

    May 14, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: .

    :D I'll slaught-- critique this and you can slaughter my story! The freaky one, that is... Where should I start? I'm not a big fan of fragments, and I especially ...

    May 13, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Sheltered (revised)

    I liked it. When I read the first line, my mind immediately pictured one of those classic stories that starts with, "Once upon a time..." This isn't a bad thing. ...

    May 11, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Lies

    It's interesting, but you don't describe your story enough. No, I don't mean using pretentious words *shudders* but I read this poem and I wonder, "Huh?" Now, of course, this ...

    May 11, 2005
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: the burning sensation of sunlight

    You use too much pretentious words. I know it is tempting to look through the dictionary and use every word that you see which is longer than 14 syllables, but ...

    May 11, 2005
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Big Blue Room

    I like it too. However, there is this one word that annoyed me, "extracted." Is it necessary? Can you think of a better word? Also, the last couple of lines ...

    May 11, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: untitled fantasy - chapter 1 (a novel in the works)

    It's funny how you choose which stories you critique and which ones you don't. Since you critiqued my brother's stuff, I'll critique yours. Lately, my critiques have been getting ignored ...

    Apr 30, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Intruder

    Is this Arkady when she's a little girl? Something about this story just screams this to me. However, you should describe Wyoming a little bit better. I thought she was ...

    Apr 30, 2005
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: There All Along

    I actually liked this. "OMG??? SNOINK SAID THAT??????!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yes, I did. It was short, sweet, and to the point. There were some minor problems, of course, but not so much ...

    Apr 29, 2005


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