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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: fate's victims

    Hello :). Your writing certainly shows some promise. Remember - the trick to becoming a good writer is to practice. A lot. Some things to consider: - You're character is ...

    Jan 29, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: John Smith

    I'm sorry; I can't think of anything to crit with this, so I'll leave that to others more skilled in the sacred art of critting. Instead, I'll say what I ...

    Jan 6, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Prologue:The Golden Egg

    Hello gymnast_789 ^_^. The following crit is going to sound a lot harsher than the other’s you’ve had so far. Please note that this isn’t me being mean, but me ...

    Jan 6, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Taneantra's first Adventure

    This could do with more telling, and less showing. At the moment you're just saying 'this happened, she spoke with this person, then this happened' etc, so that it reads ...

    Jan 6, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Queen's Family // diary // childhood

    ‘with her giving me a good-by kiss, I even though them beautiful,’ - ‘good-by’ = ‘good-bye’ (or ‘goodbye’). - ‘though’ = ‘thought’. ‘Still, when I finally understood and took

    Jan 5, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Queen's Family - chapter two // diary

    Hello again :). ‘My parents died when I was three, so I barely remember them.’ - I think this cold work better as an opening than the first sentence (simply ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Queen's Family - Lenori

    ‘Lillith saw that if she looked for too long at the cloth, a lightheadedness started to overwhelm her.’ - ‘lightheadedness’ = light-headedness or light headedness. - How can she see ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Black Feather Rising- Beggining of chapter 1

    - Although is a fairly strong opening, it’s riddled with errors. Incorrect punctuation, missing words and awkward sentences detract from the story, and this would be so much better if ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Prologue

    Some points: - One of the first things you did in your opening paragraph was establish how both of your characters look. We don’t actually need to know this right ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Dimond Of Wind

    kaolin: Remember, everyone here only wants to help you. The entire point of this site is for us to all improve our writing. Looking over this thread, I can see ...

    Jan 3, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Scall's Magic

    'lo Phorcys 8). ‘The church was alight with candles and torches, a strong heat.’ - I’m not sure this is grammatically correct. I’ve read it multiple times and still can’t ...

    Jan 2, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: this one's about sex

    Okay, although this is well enough written, none of your characters behave realistically. Let’s look at each character in turn: Joy: - An innocent girl, who appears to be madly ...

    Dec 31, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Eyes of Elves

    Um, what misspriss said. The missing spaces is the first thing that jumps out at me here. I can tell you know where they should be, as you don't always ...

    Dec 31, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: A Beaten Path

    Hi ^_^. ‘I had never been good about standing in front of a crowd, and even though there were only seven of them, it felt like the whole island on ...

    Dec 31, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Poorly Kept Girl

    Hello Myth :). ‘There was news of a freak down at the waterfront under Lebrent Bridge.’ - I love this opening line. It really caught my attention. ‘Maybe It had ...

    Dec 30, 2006


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