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  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Treacle

    As a lover of food, I enjoyed this. The imagery is good, but I'm not sure what to make of the punctuation. Take the first stanza. Fingers sticky, Sickly sweet, ...

    Sep 23, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Prologue to currently untitled.

    I think (like everyone else) that this is a huge info-dump. Two bad things about that-> 1. This is so short a prologue, and that is so much information, that ...

    Sep 18, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Blood on Snow

    Most everything has been covered, but I have this to say. A choking sound, a moan, a gasp of pain erupted from the very far corner of the room, where ...

    Sep 15, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: you know i'd sing for you

    Wow, scrolling down the replies, I can sense hostility...jeeze :? But, wow, Firestarter, this is really nice. Pretty much everything I would say has been said. I would like to ...

    Sep 13, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Makeup is a mask

    I really enjoyed this, especially because you are a guy. I think that too many girls plaster their faces with make-up because they feel pressure from males. I'm not sure ...

    Sep 13, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Of Mice and Men

    I felt this was too long. The best essay writing is concise. You say what needs to be said. That means elaborating only as far as is effective, using the ...

    Sep 3, 2007
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Somewhere Only We Know

    First, format. Please space out your paragraphs so my eyes don't burn. Second, your sentence structure is fine, but every single one is "I did..." "It was...". Mix it up. ...

    Sep 2, 2007
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Heart Break

    This is very nice. It's really short, but you've taken a great deal of emotion and comdensed it into these few paragraphs quite nicely. I think that's what I like ...

    Aug 31, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: The President of Iran Is Sick And Deranged

    I agree with Kitty15. You have three stories going on here, and, although I liked all three and enjoyed your style, I don't think you make a point of any ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: White Oleander

    I haven't read the book, but they made a movie called White Oleander. I can only assume (yes, I know what that does for you and me) that is based ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Bridge To Terabithia

    I had to read this book for school in 4th or 5th grade. At the time, I didn't like it. Just the tone of it really put me off. But ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Linger

    Well, for me at least, this poem is not long enough for me to "brutally critique", but I shall try. Awkward phrases... and relish into my chain of enchantments This ...

    Aug 24, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Mosques & Synagogues

    I really liked the first two stanzas. I liked the word choice Fervently, Passionately. and the visuals of the rugs and bowed heads. The parallelism of the two religions at ...

    Aug 24, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The flower and the pearl

    They through on the street Did you mean "They throw us on the street."? It's short and simple. I think that's one of the reasons I liked it. Some people ...

    Aug 19, 2007
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Lord of The Rings or Harry Potter?

    I'm currently rereading LOTR. Yes, it is long winded at times, but Tolkien is a different writer than Rowling. In his time, literature was like that. But I'd have to ...

    Aug 16, 2007


Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
— Rumi