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  • Novel / Chapter » Horror, Horror Re: Return Of The Unwanted Dead. Chapter 1 & 2

    All right, I'm back for a review of the update. This sentence struck me as an awkward read. "His brow twisted and a bottom which was blue in colour and ...

    Sep 17, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Foxtrot

    Knight Dragon here, with the first of your three reviews, to uphold the honor of the Knights. I liked how in the first section you had chap stick and then ...

    Sep 17, 2013
  • Short Story » General, General Re: In My Way

    I felt this was a very short short. You have good imagery, but you leave almost as much to be explained. How old is Ruthie, especially compared to her father? ...

    Sep 17, 2013
  • Poetry » Romantic, Dramatic Re: Longing

    I like how you explored all the various areas of the pain, and how at the end you said all of it was worth it if he was happy. Formatting, ...

    Sep 17, 2013
  • Other » Realistic, General Re: How Long

    I believe you want poetry for your categorization. This doesn't fit as prose as it is now. Unless you're going to come back later and answer all of these questions ...

    Sep 17, 2013
  • Lyrics » Lyrical, Realistic Re: "Re-birthing"

    That first stanza is really awkward. It just doesn't come out right at all. It doesn't have any flow, ya know? Third line of second stanza doesn't have a good ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Other » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: Reality is Fantasy

    Ooooh....wow, need to breath. Okay, that was huge. I'm tackling this for the Head of a Wild Boar badge that's how long this is. So my first advice would be ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Poetry » Humor, Lyrical Re: Stalking- sometimes it's good...

    Hahahaha!!! I loved this poem! Not a fan of the punctuation, but I could totally relate to the whole 'stalking' episode [my friend and I ended having an entire conversation ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Short Story » Supernatural, Horror Re: Ravenwood Investigations Part 1

    Hmm...well, that was interesting. The biggest thing that stuck out to me was "Who I really wanted with me was my twin brother, Calvin, but he was busy with studying ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, Action / Adventure Re: Part One Edited

    *rubs forehead* Wow, this needs a lot of work. Okay, I don't want you to take this review the wrong way, so let me start by saying that it's not ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Bye Bye, Big Blue

    I liked the dichotomies and paradoxes you had in this poem. "Thou art frigidly warm", "Thou art static on a gray slate- Always moving, always moving.", and a few others. ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Mystery / Suspense Re: The Life of an Assassin - Intro & Ch. 1

    All right, here we go. You switched the verb tense in both the opening paragraph and later segments. Are you using past or present tense? Please, pick one and stick ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Life Cycle

    This seems more like the cycle of heartache in love than 'life'. "Life" just feels like too broad a term for this poem. You have your topic really focused, but ...

    Sep 16, 2013
  • Short Story » Humor, Dramatic Re: I Cry When I Laugh

    Okay, you need to do some work here. The biggest thing I noted was that you don't have a single verb tense. You rotate back and forth between present and ...

    Sep 15, 2013
  • Other » Humor, General Re: Bad Pick Up Lines and Jokes

    Yes, this is definitely a collection of "bad" pick up lines. Some, like #2 and #15, might earn a good B*slap, while others would draw a cute smile (1 & ...

    Sep 14, 2013


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price