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  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: 1. The Beginning (Fixed up a bit)

    Hey! Welcome to YWS. I hope you'll like it here, feel free to PM me if you find yourself with any questions or in need of a critique. :D Before ...

    Feb 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: first chapter of novel

    Ok, I have no patience for grammar right now, so I'll just critique plot-ness. Okies? He sat in an oval shaped room. First sentence. I don't know about the rest ...

    Feb 5, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse

    lol. I loved these books! I'd be rooting for Jacob, if it wasn't for the fact Edward is a vampire and therefore trumps all Jacob's sweetness. I think I didn't ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Kingdom That Never Was -Chapter One-

    King Iongo kneeled [knelt, methinks] down to the grubby stone floor and desperately begged[s] for[/s] Teslarhi to spare his life. Teslarhi was much taller and more muscular th a n ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Diamond Ground: Prologue

    He rounded a corner and strode down a small alley way that would of only fit went over the plan in his head. Sorry, but this phrase was a bit ...

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Fiery Rain

    This is cute. I like how you simplified the narration to make us feel like it's coming from an animal. (not that I think cat's are simple minded. >_> No ...

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Trapped

    Immediately after the words leave her tongue, she regrets them. Damn! She has made a terrible mistake. You changed perspective for a second there. =P This is pretty cool. I ...

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Temple Of Renaissance-Prologue

    Ok. Many different points here. 1) You have an interesting plot here. It has a lot of potential. 2) You are telling, not showing. This isn't a good thing. It ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Alone

    so she sits some more in the darkness and gloom the only one in an empty room I loved this part especially. =P Ok, critique. 1) Are poems suposed to ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: "My Book" (Chapter 3)

    Mwaha. I just thought of this, since I just read the fourth chapter. Relevance! They do all this shopping, but is it really truly relevant to the plot? I mean, ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: My Book (Chapter 4)

    ^_^ I keep forgetting you just call your story 'my book'. I'm a little not on top of things right now, but I will be coming back and giving you ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Ah, les bons vieux temps ou nous etions si malheureux.

    =P Aww man. And here I thought it was french. *goes to an all french school* This is a nice sweet poem. I especially liked the first bit. I didn't ...

    Feb 1, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Gay is My Ex

    ^_^ This is quite good. Since it's journal style, I have no complaints grammar wise, I didn't notice anything to correct. =P Sorry! Plot wise, it's great. It's a little ...

    Jan 31, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Diamond Ground

    His name was Ivan. He was a Russian, hired assassin and he had one mission. This was about the easiest job yet, to murder a fourteen year old boy. But ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: StoweAway (Updated 2/12/08)

    Hola. So, as far as history background story goes, this looks good. But I'm not sure if my opinion counts since I don't read much of this type of stuff. ...

    Jan 30, 2008


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)