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Esmé

  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Chilli Peppers in the Sky: Prologe

    Hey! OK, one thing that I noticed and which absolutely has nothing to do with the story side of the story (yeah... / to which I promise I'll get to, ...

    Aug 15, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Saviors

    Hello! Many and many points for an interesting and drawing in text – as a standalone, it was fine. A clear narrator who stands out and speaks in a way ...

    Aug 10, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Prince and the Lost Sword: Chap 1

    Hey! I'm not too fond of that first sentence. He did this and did that, and did so many things (quantity is mostly what got me here...). I definitely liked ...

    Jul 1, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: It Means Nothing

    Hey! That first sentence, made me think of a staircase with really highsteps (was heaving and red-cheeked by the end): so many adjectives! Reader doesn't focus on the flow, story, ...

    Jun 29, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Re: The Old Woman and the Werewolf (2 of 2)

    Hey. Foudn the 'how do you know about the code?!|' repetition a bit eh. And I've kinda taken a liking to that last little word. So expressive! :p But Jean's ...

    May 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Old Woman and the Werewolf (1 of 2)

    Hey! The beginning's a mishmash. Dance, circle, tread toes, always speaking of one but in the end not. It's choppy, consider rephrasing. The sky's blue, it's azure, it's a bit ...

    May 12, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Demon Hunters: Prologue.

    Hey! Short and sweet, a baby, mysterious person and Demon Hunters (and yea, title is what got me :)). Sincerely hope you'll move onward with this! Before actually getting to ...

    May 10, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Anarchy chapter 1

    Hello! First off are the uncapitalized "I's and words after periods, but those are little things that can be fixed during a re-read. Dialogue punctuation. Those big blobs of paragraphs, ...

    May 9, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chapter One-The Escape

    Hello, First off, first three - lines. Voice descriptions. One's cool, two's okay veering toward a grimace, three (in a row), eek. In word's to use, your limitless; can do ...

    May 6, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Golden Souls (part 1)

    Hello! First paragraph structure: weather descr; people (unimportant to plot, so - filler.) descr; enter the MC. Now, sentence one and two connect, click, whatever, while that third proper intro ...

    Apr 25, 2010
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: A first look

    Hi, Ivy as in ivy or person? If person - capitalize. A little thing to fix (like not having quotes when a character speaks) before posting that a writer could ...

    Apr 23, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: A once perfect summer Prolouge + Chapter 1

    Hey, My main problem is that I'm attacked by Ray from all sides. Ray's a force of nature, Ray's everywhere. He's in the prologue, he appears just at the start ...

    Apr 23, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Life Chapter 1

    Hi! Welcome to YWS :) Alright, a lot of this is made up of dialogue. That means (and even if there were less, too!) proper dialogue punctuation is a must. ...

    Apr 21, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Chapter 1 (Victoria)

    Hello, Welcome to YWS, capitalize your "i"s. Like, seriously. Dialogue punctuation can be studied here: If you want a proper reviewm, you really have to write more than one paragraph ...

    Apr 11, 2010
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Wolf Wars

    Hey! First sentence - so many commas. Now, a comma is your friend - a very dear friend, as it were. But put too many and the reader might just ...

    Apr 11, 2010


That's how we should measure our lives. Not in distance traveled, or time passed, or worlds conquered, but in moments... and the rush of joy—of grace—that exists within them.
— Megatron (Lost Light, by Roberts, Lawrence, Lafuente)