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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Experiment (new and revised!)

    You describe things quite well: good job. Without going into the nitty-gritty criticisms, I think the major thing this story lacks is something that happens. I kept waiting to be ...

    Sep 4, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: The Chess Playing Dwarf

    Having enjoyed your poem about Drew Morrison, I thought I'd check out your other work. I liked this poem a lot less, unfortunately, though the style of yours that manages ...

    Sep 4, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Katrina Story

    Right, I'm just going to give a relatively detailed critique on the first poem, but many of my criticisms also apply to no. 2 and 3. The quality of this ...

    Sep 4, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Drew Morrison

    Different than Vince or Molly or Max Different than Sally or Dave or Fred Different than all the things That the nameless town had Very deftly done there. One thing ...

    Sep 3, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: THE BED.

    Is English your second language? It seems awfully odd to me that someone who wrote this gritty, touching piece would be unclear on how to spell 'customer.' Your sense of ...

    Sep 3, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: How it was supposed to be

    A slow but sure unravelling. I appreciate how you begin with a statement of fact and authority: This is how it is: the love is the law but then undermine ...

    Sep 3, 2008


Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.
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