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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Leah Lightning Introduction *2nd Draft*

    I definitely agree about the accent, and I kind of think that this opening is a bit too much of an infodump. I understand she's introducing herself, but maybe you ...

    Oct 31, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Old Woman

    I didn't find anything wrong with the tenses, personally. C: I really like your sense of prose (that's something I'm struggling with a little bit myself, personally) and how you ...

    Oct 31, 2009
  • Romantic Novels Re: Chapter one- I'm there for you

    I have to say I'm really not a big fan of breakup angst, but this was handled well. Cricket has a strong character voice and her reaction to Austin was ...

    Oct 31, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Keeper: [4]

    This has tons of potential and a very interesting setup - I haven't read the other four chapters and just stumbled on this at the YWS homepage - so I'm ...

    Oct 31, 2009
  • Research Re: Making my character snap

    And I want him to snap pretty hard. My character is part of a group of teenagers who are basically playing "hero" (most of them having quite noble intentions, with ...

    Oct 14, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Zekkou - Chapter One

    It was a hot evening. The air was warm where they were, cramped up within the trees of this elaborate, wealthy place. It congested around them in their large group, ...

    Aug 29, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: It's a double-whammy?

    Yeah, sorry if I'm totally bugging you guys with questions, but this is totally relevant. :'D My friend and I are doing a very character-heavy, chapter-heavy piece that's meant to ...

    Aug 5, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Using jargon in writing

    I recently ran into this off-site with someone's writing - in their case, they used fashion jargon to describe a piece of jewelry. It flew right over my head so ...

    Jul 28, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: I think I'm putting too much detail in.

    Hi Eddykins, I'm peanut. I can tell you're new here so welcome to YWS. This is the right forums so don't worry. When you are writing, it's important to get ...

    Jul 6, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: I think I'm putting too much detail in.

    I've been working diligently on this profile for an OC of mine - and it's pushing four pages. Four pages ! I feel incredibly nerdy, and I realize that a ...

    Jul 6, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Yes, this is Delicious Soup

    Aha! This was very cute and amusing. I enjoyed it a lot. While I do agree it was predictable, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, and I don't have anything ...

    Jun 22, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Flight Lesson

    Hello~. Your little preface caught my eye pretty quickly, so that's always a good sign. Overall, I don't have much to nitpick, but I always have trouble nitpicking original fiction. ...

    Jun 18, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: At what age did you start writing and

    I wrote my first story when I was four - but I really just dictated it to my mom and she wrote it down. I actually wrote something by myself ...

    Jun 16, 2009
  • WRFF Archive Re: Evi's Evaluation Emporium!

    Could you please look at Moonlight for me? It's of the Other Fiction category. Thank you so much and congrats on the feature.

    Jun 14, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Moonlight

    This took me two days to finish. What I'd really like is critique on characterization and prose. This is pretty much my first time portraying Iris and Arion interacting, since ...

    May 28, 2009


Anne felt that life was really not worth living without puffed sleeves.
— L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables