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  • Other » General, General Re: My first cover!

    Its not bad! Actually, its pretty good. I've kind of got a feeling you found this on the internet though. (I've done it myself!) But if you are doing the ...

    May 31, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: deleted

    I like this, its interesting. I think you could do without some of the repetitiveness and choppiness. Some of it adds to the setting, but you've got a bit much. ...

    May 31, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Life

    I have to agree with NeverendingPages. The poem is nice but I can't quite see where its going. Many of the rhymes seemed forced. I think it might help if ...

    May 30, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Sand in a Bottle - Part One of Chapter One (Katie)

    Suggestions: "My mom has her blond locks up in a ponytail and in her hand is a vanilla ice cream cone topped with sprinkles and chocolate syrup." I think this ...

    May 24, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Cast in Fire

    Welcome to YWS! I think your poem is awesome. Its got a totally epic feel to it. I do think the words 'sot' and 'rot', while they rhymed and made ...

    May 22, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: My Beauty

    I really adore it! I can relate to it alot. (And NO! I am not trying to make you feel good. I'm a professional book critic. I just don't do ...

    May 20, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re:

    To me, parts of this don't really feel that lyric. But I do understand that some people read things differently. There were several slightly awkward lines. I'll show you a ...

    May 19, 2010
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: The Curses of Elsa: a medeival 'witch girl'

    All I can honestly say is "WOW!" I felt like I was really there, witnessing all of this. You're writing--though there were a few grammatical errors--was amazingly vivid and poetic. ...

    May 19, 2010


It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill —The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it—and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another.
— JRR Tolkien