I'm new here, and anonymous gave me an upgraded account. To repay him or her, i'm opening up this forum.

Please, keep the talk in the forum 13+ only, but feel free to post bitems above that.

I'm happy to review any body of fiction that isn't huge (75 printed pages or less? Look, if its that long, you know its that long), any rating subject matter or otherwise. I'm typically very thorough with my reviews and my current pet-peeve is poorly developed characters, so i'll typically focus on that. I'm upfront and i'm not here to laud your work.

However, i can't promise anything. I don't know how many people are going to respond, and i'm not on here every night. I'll do my best to get to everything and after i've reviewed something, if you revise it i'd love to keep on talking with you about it if you message me and tell me just that. I'll try to get to things the order they are posted, but if its longer it'll take longer to review and so i might not get around to it very quickly.

Please post in the Bitem format, it makes this all much easier on me.

Also, please read this, even though it is far from perfect:

ID: 1246706   (Rated: E) CHARACTERIZATION AND MOTIVATION  My current pet peeve is poorly developed characters. That's what this is about. by Ben Frost

REVISED! There isn't too much new, but it's more clear. Additionally, I'm going to start on Part 2 of the series, The Hero's Journey, Plot, and Conflict tonight.

No thanks necessary; this is my thanks to the community for welcoming me so warmly.


EDIT AND UPDATE: I'm really, really sorry i haven't been getting to all this. Few weeks back i started in on a downward spiral that ended up with me in a hospital. I'm currently in a full time treatment program for my bipolar disorder and doing really well; i'm going to start in on all the reviews and get through them as quickly as possible.