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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: No title Chapter one: tears of remebrance

    Hey, Tickled Pink! Welcome to YWS. ^_^ This was a really impressive piece for a first post--you've got a really great start. Kate sounds amazing--are we going to see the ...

    Feb 5, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Gay is My Ex

    Hey, Monki! It is so unbelievably cool that you get to write a novel for class. ^_^ Hopefully, you'll send us some tips you pick up along the way? Anyway, ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: It Might Not be Colorful, But At Least it'd be Real

    Hey, Blank_Ink! Cool story--you obviously know what you're doing, and it shows. The storytelling is comfortable and natural, which is something you don't often see. ^_^ There were a few ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Public Speech: School Shootings

    Hey, Kelsi! Ooer! A speech! I'm an uber-speech nerd, so I might be a little rough on you, but this topic is frankly amazin' raisin. I want you to do ...

    Jan 27, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Blood, Razor blades, and Tears

    Hey, Madhatter! Cool story--it was very human , which is always a good thing for a little drama. ^_^ You have two characters that I care about, as well as ...

    Jan 19, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Cal's Colorful Contest: Hallucinogenic (Part 2)

    Hey, Kylan! Quick, before I begin, two instances in which it seemed to have the word on the tip of your tongue: - B list movie, not B rated. - ...

    Jan 18, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Color Black

    Hey, Blacktiger! I'm going to be pretty harsh here because I can tell that you have some pretty good ideas, but you don't quite seem to know what to do ...

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Black as Ebony (Instalment One)

    Hey, Lucky! This was really funny--you have this cool, slightly snarky voice that made me giggle. You've got an interesting, down-to-earth character here, which is very refreshing. ^_^ A few ...

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Cal's Colorful Contest: Hallucinogenic (Part 1)

    Two words: "kick" and "ass". In that order. Oh, Kylan. More of the tragic and yet instantly-pitiable characters, more of the tight plotting and tight prose that is amazing (and ...

    Jan 9, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Valentine's Day Sucks: 5/6

    *well-bred gasp of shock* Sweet Jesus! Homoerotic, much? ...just kidding. I'm just excited that I am finally warming up to Toby. Eer, not in the literal manner, mind you--but in ...

    Jan 6, 2008
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: A Lesson in Semantics

    Hey, Serena! *dies* A sci-fi story without aliens or orcs or wooden dialogue! Yes, let's just say I'm a little biased towards science fiction as a genre. I'm slowly snapping ...

    Dec 31, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Mark

    Hey, Lil Dono! It's currently two-fifteen AM, and I have spent a good bit of my morning trying to formulate a response to this story. Mainly because it's really, really ...

    Dec 31, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Chapter 1 - Part 1

    Hey, Ayra! This was a really good piece--you have some pretty descriptions in here. You make it seem like it's easy to write description. There are a lot of people ...

    Dec 30, 2007
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Temperature Drop

    Hey, green_river! This was a really cool story- sentimental, but without being cheesy. I thought the couple were amazing characters...the psychology behind the woman's need to ride the coaster was ...

    Dec 11, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A story I submitted to a contest, I wrote it last week

    Hey, Fiver! Welcome to the site. ^_^ One quick note before I begin to ramble at you- the 'pre' button is something that seems to exist only to freak out ...

    Dec 8, 2007


You are going to love some of your characters because they are you, or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some characters for the same reason.
— Anne Lamott