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Re: Dancing With a Marionette
There's a really great post in the Writing Tips forum about this, here's the link. ^_^ Anyways, I liked this, but it only works because it's really short. if you ...
Dec 1, 2006 -
Re: Very Funny Science Fiction Book!
Meh, I'm not a fan of parody novels. I loved HHGTTG (at least, the first one) because it wasn't a direct, over the top parody (same with Pratchett). EDIT: PLEASE ...
Nov 29, 2006 -
Re: Untitled
Hello ^_^. ‘The gates to the fence were quite impressive,’ - The gates to the fence? Gates are typically on the fence: ‘the gates on the fence‘, or ‘the gates ...
Nov 29, 2006 -
Re: Lemon Drop's Triumph: A Prologue
Hi ^_^. ‘but in his case it worked perfectly.’ - Awkward phrase. Something like, ‘but for him it worked perfectly’ may work better. ‘She lost it then.’ - ‘then’ is ...
Nov 26, 2006 -
Re: The Bar
‘I said, striding up to the bar never the less.’ - never the less detracts from this sentence (as we already know the character is ignoring what the man said). ...
Nov 26, 2006 -
Re: Menagerie - part one
This was an enjoyable story. And - and this always vital for a novel - caught my attention from the first sentance. Some parts of this feel redundany - mainly ...
Nov 25, 2006 -
Re: A Lifetime of Regret
Hello, and welcome to the site ^_^. ‘now familiar sight of the 8 by 9 cell.’ - It’s generally better to write numbers rather than use figures. As in, ‘eight ...
Nov 25, 2006 -
Re: 18 Years Ago
‘In the small town of Camilla, a stranger named Christian scurries down the street which smelled of fresh rain.’ - Is this the only street that smells like rain? It’d ...
Nov 25, 2006 -
Re: Immortality's Price.
‘I was like her once: a foolish mortal.’ - You’ve already used the term ‘foolish mortal’ once. This time round it feels redundant. ‘Her body is light and caring her ...
Nov 19, 2006 -
Re: Bluebird
Ooh, tis cool. My only complaint would be the very last sentance - 'I close my eyes and then I wake again.' This just doesn't read as fluidly as the ...
Nov 19, 2006 -
Re: Man of the First World
Hey. Nice revision :). ‘Aiden was just about to restart when the screen vanished and a browser window opened of its own accord , “Dad!” he yelled.’ - Should be ...
Nov 19, 2006 -
Re: I Mock You!
Personally, I enjoyed it. I liked the repeated use of the same template, but other than that can't really give me of a crit (I aint too good at critting ...
Nov 18, 2006 -
Re: Elf Son
Yo 8). ‘He was going on a quest All the way to the Elven realm too.’ - Needs a full stop (‘.’) after ‘quest’ and before ‘All’. ‘the answers of ...
Nov 18, 2006 -
Re: The Pearlman Institute
Hello :). ‘Almost all the rooms were out lined in blue’ - ‘out lined’ = ‘outlined’. ‘ “Look,” she paused, “Alex,” she said his name like she was wiping dog ...
Nov 18, 2006 -
Re: Twilight City
Hello :). ‘To one schooled in the Sight such illusion was ripped away and the roaring, crackling power of the barriers was revealed.’ - I think it could do with ...
Nov 18, 2006
