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retrodisco666

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Love

    Hey and welcome to YWS! The problem here is that it has been done a billion times before. It is a short single stanza with the same drained imagery. I ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:03 pm
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: Just a Dream.

    Hey, The Lyrics sounds like they should be sung by someone like Taylor Swift. They are quite good love-ish lyrics. No critisms for them, but at the same time, they ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:59 am
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Prologue and first chapter, first novel.

    Hey, I was confused, the first chapter didn't seem post apocolyptic, but, the prologe did. The prolgue had me gripped and I wanted to read the rest of the book ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:49 am
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Summary to 'I never knew i loved you'

    Hey, I appeciate this is a summary, but it goes far too fast. You need to put the brakes on and add a little emotion. She just kissed him and ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:42 am
  • Script » General, General Re: Normally

    Hey, First off, it is hard to take seriously in how it's written. I'll give you an example. NAN: I thought you wouldn’t show up. HADLEY: Please, the only reason ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:37 am
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Blind

    Hey, Grade - a solid B. The reason I would not give it an A is because you punctuation is very repetive and drags a bit, where as, it should ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:32 am
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Reflections on Siddhartha and Humanity

    Hey, I really want to find out about this now thanks to your poems. The best stanza, I think, is the last one. It has a very poingant message. However, ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:25 am
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Magician

    Hey, *Claps* The poems theme is very generic and cliché which has been done a thousand times before, however, I rather enjoyed this. It was quetioning it and contemplating the ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:22 am
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: You Judge Her By Her Faults

    Hey, right, content was good. My main flaw was that it was just one sentence. I was going light headed, joke. Add punctuation to aid flow and give the reader ...

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:18 am
  • Other » General, General Re: Young Writers Literary Journal 2011 Please Help!

    Hey, out of that last I would go for in silence sin speaks the loudest. However, my personal favourite of yours is So maybe consider that one! ~Retro Disco666

    Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:30 am
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Dali's Wife

    Hey, You're right it is like Carol Ann Duffy - the two poems it reminded me of were Education for lesuire and Anne Hathway. However, I am also inclined that ...

    Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:48 pm
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The OtherWorld Prologue *First attempt*

    Hey, I really like your idea, but the sentence structure is tedious. It is very simplistic similar sentences which make it difficult to read. If a person was to pick ...

    Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:37 pm
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: All want to do is

    Hey, They are good, but they would have to have the perfect tune or it just wouldn't work, and the tune would have to be so out there for people ...

    Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:33 pm
  • Script » General, General Re: The Sheep and the Goats (Part One)

    Hey, I am a bit of a drama geek so it shall be honest, and slightly brutal. The first thing is that the characters are not real. Obviously they are ...

    Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:33 pm
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Scratched and Broken Record

    Hello, I'm here to review. The first thing i'd say is that, i'd break it up a bit more. As it is very daunting and a bit off putting, but ...

    Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:18 pm


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