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  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: The Talking Species

    Hi there! First of all, thanks for entering the contest! Personally, I really liked this piece and it was really, really hard to pick. Anyway, I'll start with the good ...

    Mar 6, 2011
  • Romantic Novels Re: Inocence As We Know It Chapter Two: Serenity High

    Hi there! Lupis, here to review today. :D So, you've got some good ideas here--plenty of conflict (I like how you didn't drag the intro on forever) and I like ...

    Mar 3, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Princess Angel

    Hi! So, this was pretty bad. But it could be worse. For example, the conversation with the dragon is funny, but it drags on a bit. And I think you ...

    Mar 3, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Bread

    Labelle: Thanks so much! I thought about adding a break between the second-to-last and final woman, but I didn't really want to kill her for whatever reason. I also think ...

    Feb 28, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Chase

    Hi there! This was proofread well, which was nice (for a change) and I enjoyed reading it. I do have a couple quick things to add though: 1. Animal Emotions ...

    Feb 27, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Bread

    Hi everyone! Thanks for your comments. Born/Ish/Joyce: I'm going to work on the confusion and connect the characters a little more (or at least try to) and post an edited ...

    Feb 27, 2011
  • WRFF Archive Re: The Review Bin

    When/if you have time, mind taking a look at this? I guess I'd call is general fiction, and it's very short. The plot needs some ironing, though. :D Don't worry ...

    Feb 26, 2011
  • WRFF Archive Re: Born to be a .... reviewer ;) *CLOSED*

    Hey Tanya! If you're not too busy, would you mind taking a look at this for me? It's flash fiction, and I need to make it less confusing (only about ...

    Feb 26, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Bread

    She lays him down, trying not to see the bones stretching the skin, the collapsed hole between hips and ribs, the sunken eye sockets, legs no more than sticks, and ...

    Feb 25, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: Worldbuilding sketches

    Am I the only one who sees a frog sitting in a block of ice for all of them? I'm also getting a "domain unrecognized" error message. :(

    Feb 24, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Conflict

    The way I figure out sources of conflict is like so: Take any character. What do they want, more than anything else? What prevents them from getting it? I love ...

    Feb 12, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: First serious attempt at a novel...

    Here´s another idea: Don´t worry about the length till after you´re done editing it. Definitely not before you finish a first draft. :D

    Feb 12, 2011
  • Writing Tutorials Re: Major Revision in Novels

    I do find that reading it aloud helps--it's easier on short stories and poetry (because really, who want to sit around for ten hours reading a novel?) but with sections ...

    Feb 11, 2011
  • Research Re: Burning pitch

    Have you ever been camping? Sometimes the flames will catch the pitch suddenly, and whooom! Haha. I believe it was also used to coat the heads of torches. Then again, ...

    Feb 10, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New/Awesome: Automatic Post Recovery

    It's magic and you don't need to do a single thing Ooooh... Magic. And yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Just yesterday I lost a 1,000 word review. Nothing is more depressing. ...

    Feb 8, 2011


Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
— Natalie Merchant