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  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: The MARRIED Couples: Chapter Two

    This was good, pretty powerful writing, but I would be careful of TV series references, especially if you want to reach wider audiences. There was not enough visual input for ...

    Dec 19, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: The Married Couples

    Good stuff! Previous critics got most of the grammar things, but just a warning: stick to the correct tense! Nearly all the mistakes that I saw were verb mistakes. You ...

    Dec 19, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Younger Vs Elder

    I really liked this one. It is a huge improvement on the last story of yours that I reviewed, especially character-wise. I am really touched by the poor guy and ...

    Dec 18, 2011
  • Other » General, General Re: Fair but unfair

    Nice story! I'll just pick on the grammar first. This may be overly harsh - if so, please excuse me! Most of these are either grammos, or just my own ...

    Dec 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Undercover In High Society

    Well well well! What have we here? A lilibonelle? You are amazing! Those repetative lines are an absolute horror to get quite right. Yours aren't perfect, but they're quite fine ...

    Dec 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Winter Air

    Great work! I'm starting with what would usually be my ending-line here because you changed the way I see the world :). Cool visuals, cold, even - lots of sparkles, ...

    Dec 7, 2011
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: ...has been taken down

    Ugh... Cool... It's so weird, so intriguing... What can I say... This is certainly a very special piece of work and it looks as though you have put some thought ...

    Dec 7, 2011
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Door

    I think that Alfonso got most of those tenses, but you have a spelling mistake, "knarred", in the first paragraph, which should be "gnarled". I love this story! It is ...

    Dec 3, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Inside Your Head Is Spring

    Good! It was easy to follow, despite having no punctuation! The first stanza was great, but one or two things in the next stanza: But outside your head is not ...

    Dec 3, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Searching for colours

    I liked the poem's metaphorical base, the stanzas were good, but the first stanza bothered me. The word order was switched around. I'm sure you had your reasons for doing ...

    Dec 2, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: It's Nonsense, Understand?

    This poem was cute! The first stanza made me muddled, it was a bit too much in my opinion. The rest was great, I liked the contrasts. I think the ...

    Dec 2, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Realist

    This one gets a like from me as a good, solid bit of free verse that keeps it real. I had no issues with the poem and am actually just ...

    Dec 2, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Inner Allure

    I liked the descriptions, but I agree with Rain -- the last lines break up the flow and the picture should be in a spoiler. The poem seemed a bit ...

    Nov 30, 2011
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Life, Heart and You.

    A few preliminary tips on this one: 1) Don't preach, chat with us readers, get down to our level. 2) Keep it simple, short and sweet and uncluttered. 3) Focus ...

    Nov 30, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Dating Sucks

    Nice pun in the title! There are a few grammos and typos. Jace will never go to high school since he already knows more than most scholars, I mean wouldn%u2019t ...

    Nov 28, 2011


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