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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Achromatopsia

    Good stuff. Paced and pensive. I can appreciate the truth of the whole thing. But while it was showing that his feelings came full circle and repeated themselves and established ...

    Oct 24, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Human

    Quite entertaining. Reminded me of Animal Farm , just a bit more--shall I say--passionate? The story and premise and your direction are good. Wording like this: First, the cheers begin, ...

    Oct 21, 2011
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Magnificent Humphrey Wolf Adams (Part One)

    Curious! One thing, before I forget, is that the number changed here. And he said it that way, too. I didn't miss anything did I? It was a queer moment, ...

    Oct 20, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Circus

    Soooo...now what? Is this just a campfire story? Or will there be more? The words are okay, but it's so quick and cursory that we don't even know what your ...

    Oct 19, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Serpent's Teeth [5]

    Hellooo!!! I was perusing the novels and found this! I just read all 5 chapters in one go. Overall great stuff, really. The macabre parts are dark and Victorian (pun?), ...

    Oct 19, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: My Heart Tightens

    I like your intention; the subject matter is delicate and the situation is appropriate. I like your emotion; the character seems like a lost puppy. I like the character; for ...

    Oct 17, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Silent Secrets Chapter 1 (Memories)

    Well, you haven't given us much so far, but as you write this, you must consider what a poetry format offers us that a prose format cannot. Why did you ...

    Oct 14, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Just me

    There there, dasiamari. Tinny's point is valid. We come to the forum expecting to read a story. Or, in the event that the story is not finished yet, at least ...

    Oct 12, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Day To Remember

    Your writing is pretty good. It's thoughtful, developed, and paced. You give us insight into the narrator at appropriate points. One major point: Do away with extraneous wording. The worst ...

    Oct 12, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Coulda. Shoulda. Woulda. But didn’t.

    So umm....what? Not sure how to take this story. "The killer disease?" "The bad cells dominated his whole body?" "He did some physical tests to examine his health?" Events happen ...

    Oct 11, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Calling

    It's all right. But the major driving force of flash fiction is the pointedness of the writing. The sharp stake that delivers the message and theme and all of it ...

    Oct 11, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Bittersweet

    she strolled over. Shannon settles in a stool beside him. Right between those, you switched tenses. Watch out for that. Either make everything before that present or everything after that ...

    Oct 10, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: When I was a youngster

    It was a well-written piece, but lacks anything that drives it forward. Eavesdropping on normal children talking is not really the most compelling literary device, and, told second-hand, comes across ...

    Oct 10, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Happy Memories

    First thing's first. Proofread. Before you do that, you'll need to brush up on a few rules. Dialogue punctuation and capitalization. Read this over: Then see how it applies to ...

    Oct 6, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The beginning of the end

    So, on a site for young writers like this, we have seen people committing suicide countless times. Jumping, cutting, guns, etc. Even more, almost all of these stories are comprised ...

    Oct 4, 2011


What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye