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  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: A Second Chance

    This describes a very human and realistic story that probably millions of people all over experience. This is very representative of that shared experience. It did kind of read like ...

    Oct 30, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Alezrani Chapter 4(Summary included)

    You've got a great grasp of dialogue. In fact, you don't hesitate to use it at all. The thing is, you tend to overuse it a little. I never thought ...

    Oct 30, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: STanding in my shadow

    This is an interesting format. It seems more like poetry, almost. It certainly does hold the reader's attention because it's so different. I don't know if you mean to write ...

    Oct 23, 2010
  • Short Story » Fanfiction, General Re: Turning of the Leaves

    I never got around to finishing the Ranger's Apprentice series, but from what I can remember, this seems a fairly accurate representations of the characters. I like how you created ...

    Oct 17, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Captive (Part II)

    Ah, no, you ended on a cliffhanger! I curse you and admire your ending at the same time. That last fight scene was brilliant! Your writing style has great flow, ...

    Oct 17, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Swimming Against the Kolyma River - Chapter 2

    This was very realistic. You weren't afraid to use sometimes brutal details to capture what these labor camps were like. You also touched upon ambiguity. Sometimes there are stories where ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: My Other Side

    People already mentioned the start a new paragraph with dialogue thing, so I won't say it again. I will comment that you were doing quite a bit a telling instead ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Short Story » Fanfiction, General Re: Mortal Instruments (ish) - The Gate

    The Mortal Instruments series is great, and you seem really familiar with it. Your hook was interesting and despite writing off a series your characters were fairly original, especially Emilie. ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Short Story » Fanfiction, General Re: Respite (Mockingjay spoilers)

    I just finished Mockingjay, and it seems to me that you've got everything down straight. Finnick and Katniss were just like they always are. I wasn't sure when and where ...

    Sep 24, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Blue Flames and Bloodshot Eyes (Chapter 3)

    Nitpicks: Zachary continued observing the golden rod in silence. Zachary handed Shirley the golden rod and the human girl beg a n her research in earnest. But then again, these ...

    Sep 6, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Balance - Chapter One :: Heat

    This was very well written. I liked how you started off with the one word sentences as a hook at the beginning. I found it interesting how your associated "cold" ...

    Sep 6, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Experiment:Failure (Chapter Four)

    A review for you. Let's get the nitpicks out of the way, shall we? I hurried t o catch up with her. “ Whoa , what’s wrong?” you can tell ...

    Sep 4, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chasing Yesterday, Chapter 2

    This is great. You hooked me from the start and I liked your writing style a lot. It's sharp, neat, and perfectly approriate to this kind of story. This even ...

    Sep 4, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Prophecy (Chapter Two)

    You delve into greater detail about your characters this chapter, especially Lucy who we didn't get much of a look at in the first chapter. You also used dialogue much ...

    Sep 4, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Prophecy (Chapter One)

    While your descriptions are very vivid, it seems like you're trying too hard. I was put off the first paragraph because it was so much detail that didn't interest me. ...

    Sep 3, 2010


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