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  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: To the Star of Ithaka I love

    To the Star of Ithaka I love I dreamed a dream in time gone by, When hope was high and life worth living, I dreamed that love would never die, ...

    Nov 24, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Fire On Water: Chapter Two

    This is great! I really don't have any edits, except the characters seem a little too courageous for ten year olds. Otherwise, there is nothing I can think of to ...

    Nov 20, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Fire On Water: Chapter One (edited)

    I have to say, this is lovely! A few edits: You need to go through and check for typos. There aren't many, but the few there are could easily be ...

    Nov 20, 2009
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Anti-bullying

    I believe you have a very strong subject here. But the format isn't quite as strong as it could be. To me, it's mostly just a list of questions, "do ...

    Nov 20, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: My first story-- about 1/4 of it, anyway. Part 1.

    This is very good. The first criticism: it's way too much posted at once. I read the entirety of it only because it was so engrossing... (kudos for that!) but ...

    Nov 18, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: The Happy

    I am grinning now, like some idiot described in the poem. One suggestion: try shortening it a little. Too much of this is really overkill. In the first half, I ...

    Nov 16, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Dark Side Day

    It has a good ring to it, but I don't understand the point of it. Is it supposed to be illogical? Secondly, it is in desperate need for some simple ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Plunging Deep- Short Story

    [quote="sHis chest was rising and falling in synch with his rapid heartbeat. 1 The grip on Derek's shoulders tightened as Rob forced his son to directly look him in the ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A Letter to Bullies

    Hi. I'm Vox. I'll be doing a general critique, and if I sound harsh--I really hope I don't-- it's just in the spirit of constructive critiscism, okay? Oops, I guess ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Conforming

    [quote=" Then I joined a website, My problems began, You took the mickey, 1 I turned and ran. I tried to ignore it, To tune you out, But it started ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: (Unnamed) prologue

    Wow. After reading one paragraph, I'm itching to see the next portion! This is like the summary they'd put on the back of a book. Some minor edits to point ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: All I Want

    First off, this is all one very long, unregulated, difficult to read sentence. I think you really need to edit this before anyone tries to analyze the poem itself. At ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Pretty Brown Eyes

    Hi, welcome to YWS! I'm Vox, feel free to message me anytime if you want to talk about writing or have a question. Before I get started, one clarification: I ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: 8 Billion to One

    I watch the world around me, Random people of different ages, races and complextions. 1 Short and Tall. 2 Handsome and Pretty. 3 Sweet and Nice. 4 Odd or werid. ...

    Nov 13, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Office Chair

    Ummm... I'm new to this form of poetry. You just sort of listed random thoughts? Is it supposed to be a non-sequitter? I'm rather in the dark with the purpose ...

    Oct 2, 2009


My tongue must tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break...
— Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew