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Re: The Elves are Coming
I hate to be the person who just agrees with everyone else, but I think a lot of other people have already made the point that I want to: you've ...
Jan 25, 2009 -
Re: Prologue - Orilie Davis
Hey! Sorry it took a little while to get this together, but I've read this a couple of times and tried to go over all of the things that are ...
Jan 25, 2009 -
Re: Stop and Smell the Roses (New Version!)
So here's the thing. I'm not entirely sure what the point of this story is. Which is to say, how do you want your readers to react throughout the story? ...
Jan 21, 2009 -
Re: Pandora's Box
So this is beautiful and yes, definitely a step away from your other writing; it's definitely more abstract(ish) than most of your other work, and there's a lyrical flow that ...
Jan 15, 2009 -
Re: Steel Speech - 1
Hi! I'm just going to jump into the story. I'll say this, though: if you have any questions or comments or need me to clarify things, let me know and ...
May 15, 2008 -
Re: Serpent Crown--on the backburner
I like a lot of aspects of this. You construct the story very well; the dialogue is engaging and the characters are interesting albeit occasionally stereotypical. (I'll get to that ...
May 15, 2008 -
Re: SHIFT, SHAPE. SHIFT!
I liked this. A lot. I think it's the little touches to the story, like certain sentences that just fit together really well in the narrative: I am no-one. And ...
May 15, 2008 -
Re: Present Tense
Okay, so my original crit of this was pretty, uh, lame. So here's a proper critique. Be warned that it may get really long. Going over the basics, first. What ...
Feb 14, 2007 -
Re: How To Write A Novel
Well, I think its more each to his own. Also, it's a bit harsh to exlude people without money problems (not that I don't have money problems). Ah, I do ...
Feb 10, 2007 -
Re: Faithful
Okay. I read this all of it. I was a little surprised to find myself disappointed when the story was over. Despite its length, despite the clichés (plain girl, ...
Jan 10, 2007 -
Re: Andy (Nature's Inexorable Imperative)
Oh, this is so gorgeous and lush and adfkjdf. You mixed poetic and literary with a genre that sees too little of that you experimented with sci-fi and I ...
Aug 25, 2006 -
Re: ONYX
Okay. Before I plunge into this critique, I should let you know that it might be a bit silly at times, but it's all well-intentioned. You've got an interesting premise, ...
Aug 21, 2006 -
Re: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
I try to like Tamora Pierce I really do. The problem is that she limits herself so much and restricts herself to very narrow plots and refuses to explore. ...
Aug 20, 2006 -
Re: "Writing Challenge 4/03" Wind Spirits
Ahh! You revised the story! *panics* Oh well, that's what I get for taking so long to critique. :P Um. I should warn you that my critique kind of overlaps ...
Apr 14, 2006 -
Re: A Writing Parable
Oh my...we certainly don't have any superflous people here , do we? What? Of course not. We YWSers are a clear, concise bunch ... Griffinkeeper: You get lots and lots ...
Apr 12, 2006
