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TheEnigma

  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: precious or you know not... chapter 1

    You start off well with a great hook, but the rest needs some work. The first thing you should do is break down your paragraphs a lot. Big paragraphs deter ...

    Jul 15, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Fallen Angel:Prologue

    This is an interesting introduction. Very philosophical. It does start off a little slow, but you say some interesting things in your first paragraph. I liked your second paragraph best. ...

    Jul 15, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: In The Shadows

    You did a nice job kicking off with a mystery. You led in and out of the story with suspense--starting with dialogue was a great beginning. It seems to me, ...

    Jul 15, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: This Guy.

    Is there more of a story behind this? I feel like this is just the beginning of a piece, and you could expand it more. How about putting in a ...

    Jul 14, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: New York City Is A Place For Love

    This is very nicely written. I like how you keep the name of the girl hidden and weave small details about her into the story, so she ends up kind ...

    Jul 14, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, General Re: 50 Years Later ~ Part One ~ Prologue

    Haha...this is funny. Deeply appreciated. :D But of course, I'm here to review, so I'll get down to business. My first thing is just nitpicking, and I see this mistake ...

    Jul 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: An alternate history story about bio-terrorism

    This is well written, but I think you change too constantly between characters. After a while it starts to get confusing as to whose point of view you're writing from. ...

    Jul 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: the elementals (title curtosy of rocksmith)

    Just a question: Do you really need the character introductions at the beginning? I'm sure you can find a way to work their descriptions into the story. That's an important ...

    Jul 10, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Untitled-Prologue

    This is really good. I only have a couple of criticisms to make: ~don't be afraid to use the word "said". It fits smoothly into the writing. ~I was just ...

    Jul 10, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Making it all ALONE- Chapter One

    The first thing I would work on here is your beginning paragraph. It leads well into the story, but I found myself losing focus as I was reading it. It ...

    Jul 9, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Crashing Down - Chapter 1

    Your writing flows smoothly. You have a lot of nice descriptions. At some points, I feel the description is a little overdone, but then, you are writing this for a ...

    Jul 4, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Blue

    This is really a nicely written piece. You started off with a good hook and kept your writing to the point and fluent. You also used dialogue cleverly--I liked how ...

    Jul 4, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Welcome Home, You

    This is great! It's so honest, and warmly told. You did a great job creating original characters and using dialogue and thoughts to reveal more about them. This is a ...

    Jul 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Art Of Wishing (first 500 words)

    This is very deep. Your main character is unusually thoughtful and is also human. Your writing is descriptive without going overboard or losing the reader in long paragraphs. You offer ...

    Jul 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Fallon (prologue)

    Wow, wait to start the mystery right away. I think you did a great job giving just enough detail to intrigue the reader while at the same time holding back ...

    Jul 3, 2010


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