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  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: 42

    I'm so glad I was brave enough to read something from the Romance section of YWS after my past traumatic experiences in this category. What a fantastic, smile-filled, light-hearted beginnings ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Alone

    lol hey again. So, I get the feeling that you're a bit "dissastisfied" and "disgusted" by life, huh? :) I'm glad that though this started off fairly scientific, you deviated ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Heirs to the Light excerpt

    While it might be the case that you actually intend for the writing to be styled like that, I can't help but think you write all your work using Notepad ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: 2310 AD

    As a YWSer is wont to do, I read the comments before I read the piece. So here I go :) Comments in red, repetitions in green, overall opinion at ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Prisoner of War

    You should end on this: "They don’t know what civilization is, they are animals. I’ll kill every last one of them." Creates suspense :) Also, I didn't like the escape ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Upon Waking (1)

    This has to be one of the best stories I've read today :) Well done on keeping me hooked the whole way through. While I do agree that the beginning ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: (Name to be determined) A short story

    Well, here's my critique. Comments in red, repitition in green. Also, because you've said you don't know where to place paragraphs, I've done that for you below. As a general ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: The Heavy Weight of The Grass

    Hey. I generally comment as I read, so if some of my comments cancel each other out. . . well yeah. Comments in red, repetition in green. Onwards. The Heavy ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: deleted

    Hey :) Comments in red. CHAPTER ONE I dreamt of floating in space for so long, I forgot I had a body and a name. I forgot I had an ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Story One- The Savior with a black wing

    . . . you didn't have enough time to fix it up, yet you had enough time to put it into an anthology and waste critiquers time with a piece ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Night Isn't Always Quiet {prologue}

    First, unecessary use of enters in the beginning, but no paragraph enters at all makes for a large unreadable block of text. I understand that Microsoft Word automatically spaces sentences ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dreamkeepers: Chapter 1

    I like the promise of the story ahead, but I didn't like the fawning people in the Somnium. It almost seems as if, if these people did that duty every ...

    Jun 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Death's Riddle

    Deserves the front page display :) I also found that Smitty reminded me of Arthur Dent from the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (of 5 books), so the ...

    Jun 8, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Zombies Want My Brain, Part 2 *Revised*

    I like the style, but I think they are being too cynical. Where are the adults/siblings? How far do they live away from each other than they can get to ...

    May 31, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fanfiction, General Re: The Spirit Vampire - Chapter Four

    I have to ask, I mean, you obviously can write, your writing style isn't bad, and you have the potential to be a good writer, but why? Why Twilight? Why ...

    May 31, 2010


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— Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus