Vervain's Review Lair

Vervain · 2011-10-11T00:23:41Z

[[First post currrently under renovation]] Let me start off by saying that I can be the gentlest reviewer in the world if you want me to be. It's just not my norm, so if you want a nice review as opposed to a harsh one, please specify . I will ask that you please link me to whatever it is you want me to review. It makes my job easier, which means it's less time between you requesting and me reviewing. What I will review: Anything. I don't care if it's your 12-year-old poetry or your avant-garde performance script, your prospective novel on its third draft or its twentieth, a first chapter or a last -- toss it at me. If you're interested in editing your piece, I will award 50 points to anyone who can make me eat my words. Show me your improvements, show me the places where you've grown as a writer, not necessarily because of my critique but because of critique on the piece as a whole. It must be an edited work that I have reviewed in order to be eligible. On novels: I will not read and review entire novels, only chapters. I do tend to be fairly harsh. If you'd rather I not be, mention that in your request. If you want a review on some specific -- grammar, plot, characterization, punctuation, flow, dialogue -- mention that in your request. If you have a time-sensitive piece, such as a class assignment, that you need reviewed within 24 hours or so, mention that in your request. I'll do my best to accommodate you. I will take only 1 request at a time. Please check my latest post in the thread to see if I've completed the last review! //hangs up 'OPEN FOR BUSINESS' sign

Dracula

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Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:22 am

Dracula says... · Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:22 am

Only if you've got the time.

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. I got depressed because I thought Damn, I am less nurturing than a desert.
-Demetri Martin

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Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:36 pm

Lightsong says... · Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:36 pm

Please review this short story of mine.

Link: Power of the Secret Keeper

"Writing, though, belongs first to the writer, and then to the reader, to the world.

The subject is a catalyst, a character, but our responsibility is, has to be, to the work."

- David L. Ulin

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Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:51 pm

Vervain says... · Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:51 pm

Oh gosh, it's really been a while ^^ I'll get right on it!

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yizhongt

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Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:44 am

yizhongt says... · Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:44 am

If you have the time, please review:

Celestial: Spark of War; Prologue & Chapter 1

And the subsequent chapters if you have the time.

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Fri Apr 03, 2015 7:22 pm

Vervain says... · Fri Apr 03, 2015 7:22 pm

Apologies for how long it's taken. @Labrador's request is done; working on yours now, @yizhongt.

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Sat May 23, 2015 6:21 pm

Vervain says... · Sat May 23, 2015 6:21 pm

Now accepting requests again. The first post has been updated, so check it out at your leisure, but here's the important part:

I will only be taking 3 requests at a time, to keep myself evenly paced and not overwhelmed.

Current: 0/3

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fight4whatisright

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Sun May 24, 2015 9:59 am

fight4whatisright says... · Sun May 24, 2015 9:59 am

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Last edited by fight4whatisright on Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Sun May 24, 2015 10:08 am

Vervain says... · Sun May 24, 2015 10:08 am

@fight4whatisright, I'm going to ask you to read the first post in this thread. While I'd be glad to give you feedback on your novel, that's not really a review per se, and it involves asking me to review an entire novel when my rule is one chapter at a time. Thanks, and come again.

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