-
Re: Alone
Pretty entertaining! The wording is usually pretty good and the suspense is there in your sentence flow. However, there's a slight hiccup. I like the journal format (have you been ...
Mar 29, 2011 -
Re: The Facility
All right, I'll just jump in. Pardon me if I repeat; I only skimmed the other reviews. Elliot ran faster. Dog barks and shouts can be heard. Come on, man. ...
Mar 29, 2011 -
Re: Bed Soaked Red
Pretty good. It's hard to decide how I feel about it overall, though, because there are flashes of maturity mixed in with flat writing. Let me give examples: Who knew ...
Mar 23, 2011 -
Re: Solstice
Pretty interesting, and great visuals. I'm going to pick on your phrasing and word choice and overall theme, though. Long before I am alive enough to feel it, You open ...
Mar 16, 2011 -
Re: dismantle the sun [1]
Fantastic setting and mood. All I know is brick, smoke, and flashes of advanced technology. On the way back from the airport...Protected. Sanitised. You have nice words in this section. ...
Mar 16, 2011 -
Re: The Song
First thing I noticed? You change tense repeatedly. In chronological order, you have: I looked outside I have already forgotten I looked outside Every night, I lie alone I wanted ...
Mar 10, 2011 -
Re: Pieces of Time
This was pretty darn good. In the first section, you do a good job of showing us the narrator is a little weird, unstable, and a few cards short of ...
Mar 9, 2011 -
Re: The Perfect House
I'm going to give you some very large-picture pointers about how to make your writing more interesting. The numbered issues I address are ones that crop up repeatedly. 1) There's ...
Mar 8, 2011 -
Re: Mistake
Since the others have thoroughly critiqued the mechanics, I'm going to talk on a bit of a more abstract, higher plane. The mother is a pretty good character. She has ...
Mar 7, 2011 -
Re: View from the Crack in the Wall
Much agreed with Wooster's critique of your wordiness and your "I'm sure you can imagine" stuff. The forty-plus sleepless hours showing like a broadway musical on my face. ...What? The ...
Mar 7, 2011 -
Re: Can We Still Be Friends? (After This)
Major points: First: "The End." Don't say that, unless you mean it ironically, like you're spoofing an old-timey movie that usually says "The End" with a positive feeling. If you ...
Mar 3, 2011 -
Re: Short Story UPDATED
Pretty good. Your general foundation is good, so I won't bother with the little things. Pain courses through every inch of my body like a wild fire Just a bit ...
Feb 28, 2011 -
Re: Barbara
First off: It's customers, not costumers. I was about halfway through the story when I realized it wasn't Halloween and no one was wearing costumes. So proofread. Even if it ...
Feb 28, 2011 -
Re: The Time of Goliath
Well, in general, an interesting story. Your spelling and grammar and story direction were good, but there are some overarching problems that I'll discuss. 1) It reads as extremely formal. ...
Feb 25, 2011 -
Re: Purple World
This isn't a story. It's a list. A list of reasons why you like to wear purple-tinted glasses. I like the "Hello Darling" part. Then everything after that is just...well, ...
Feb 25, 2011
