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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Neglect and insanity

    Hi there, Rachymare. First off, you use some powerful diction in this piece. It draws out a ton of emotion in a short space, which is great. I particularly liked ...

    Dec 13, 2010
  • Lyrics Re: Long Way Back

    Hey guys! I know it's been a year, but I finally recorded it! I actually recorded it a while ago, and didn't tell anyone. So here it is, if anyone ...

    Apr 23, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Foreward Dreams, Living Today, and Yesterday's Memories,

    Your insights are thoughtful and refreshing, but perhaps a bit vague in "Living Today" and "Yesterday's Memories." I'd also suggest that you consider combining some of the lines and augmenting ...

    Dec 13, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Sand

    I once thought life resembled sand Shifting along the dunes of time Beside the sea of eternity, Until the grains dissolved from under my soles And I dropped, Matter, mind, ...

    Dec 13, 2008
  • Lyrics Re: Long Way Back

    Hey, thanks for the support, guys! I'm out of town this week, so I won't be able to record or post the song online for a couple weeks. I'll let ...

    Jun 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Bending Over Backwards

    This story made me smile :) . I'm afraid I can't take it through a line by line review today, but here's an overview: Praise: you have a terrific, fun ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Over the Nights and Morns

    This was pretty good; depressing, granted, but pretty good. :) My biggest suggestion would be to add punctuation. Without it, the poem's flow is off, the line is messed up, ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Solitary Seas

    This has a pretty constant tone and mood; the words that you chose fit will with the tone, keeping it melancholy, but not melodramatic :D . Well done! There were ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Gone Forever

    This is really good, considering it's your second poem. Everyone already covered the bases as far as nitpicks go, but I have my signature one that I'm going to use: ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: To my stepmother from hell

    Hey, welcome to YWS! I'm River, and I like to edit things. Just so you know, there are a couple of rules here at YWS, one being that you edit ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Romantic Novels Re: How Can Anyone Love a Jerk? (Part 2)(Revised)

    This chapter is better than the first one. Kudos! The biggest problem that I saw in this piece was that there was a lot of telling about what the MC ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: magic Kisses

    I'm not incredibly impressed with this piece; you can do better if you put more effort into it. My suggestions are as follows: 1. Listen to everyone who already posted ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Exodus

    The edited draft is better. I still think that the profuse line breaks are unnecessary and distracting, but other than that, the edited draft is much improved. The most glaring ...

    Jun 13, 2008
  • Romantic Novels Re: Thirteen Kisses: Part Two

    I see how the Spanish can be confusing. The phrases translate to, "What?" I asked, using my best Spanglish. "Well..." Megan said, following suit, "My family has just bought a ...

    Jun 13, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Sonnet of a Failed Mother

    Well, Fandilocks already got most of the nit-picks, but there was one glaring thing that I can't ignore: this isn't a sonnet. It has the rhyme scheme of the Shakespearean ...

    Jun 13, 2008


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