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Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Vine1* Hello ladyhawk *Vine2*

What caught my attention to this story was its title. Instantly, I found myself guessing what this story might be about, because the title is very abstract and does not give out anything. I had something in my mind, but you tell a different story. Even the short description gives us a no clue. You start off in the middle of the action, you do not reveal the secret that Jenna is a clone until the very last. I really liked this concept. Good job! *ThumbsUp*

When I first read that she couldn't cry, I guessed that she was some cheating wife, and now she was pleading for forgiveness. However, she still could not bring on the tears to convince him. I honestly did not get the slight hints your placed all through the story, like the Agency and all. At all times, I had something else in mind and the story turned out to be something entirely different. That is what worked best for me here.

Character-wise, I think you have done a good job too. I can imagine how David is like, I particularly like that character trait that you mention of David:

David let out a loud sigh; like he always did when he was annoyed.

It shows how well you have planned your characters out. Good job again!
As for Jenna, the story is told in her POV and she blooms well too. All throughout the story she holds on to the love she has for David and that stays the same even when she's being incinerated. For a clone, I guess you have done well with her.

I did not find any typo. However, there are a few things that I would like to mention here:

*BulletR* She knew before she said it, that David would not accept any emotions from her.
Well it doesn’t matter just get out of my sight.”


I think you should break up Well it doesn’t matter just get out of my sight. into two different sentences, so that it reads like:

Well it doesn’t matter. Just get out of my sight.

*BulletR* As usual, Jenna did as she was told; she left the room; quietly closing the door behind her.

I note you use a lots of semicolons, which are not essential. You could rewrite this as:

As usual, Jenna did as she was told. She left the room, quietly closing the door behind her.

*BulletR* Jenna was to make sure his glass was never empty. When the glass was almost empty she would quickly refill it.

Both the sentences say the same thing. You could just punch them into one line or rewrite it as something like:

Jenna was to make sure his glass was never empty. As soon as the drink nearly touched the bottom, she would quickly refill it.

That way you can avoid the word empty in both the lines.

*BulletR* In the following passage I think I noted a slight change in POV. I have used a different color for the sentences I felt so:

Caroline had been his wife who died from Ovarian Cancer 2 years before. He never mentioned her name except when he held Jenna in his arms. He had pictures of the two of them all over the house and once, while cleaning she saw a copy of the death certificate. She tried to ask him about Caroline, but he lashed out with a quick slap to her face and told Jenna NEVER to mention her again. The strange thing was that she looked like her; they both had long blond hair, blue eyes, tall, slender, and very shapely. The first time he saw Jenna; he seemed please and then within a minute or two sadness wiped any kind of joy from his face.

When you say The first time he saw Jenna; the POV shifts to David's (And also, the semicolon is unnecessary here). You could write it as:

The first time they met, David seemed pleased. But within minutes sadness wiped the traces of joy from his face.

*BulletR* At the end of the story, you switch tense and change it to present from the initial past tense you were using. I stumbled upon it because the switch did not read smooth.

One of the guards that stood with Jenna made a comment, “I don’t know what he expects, he gets what he asks for and then screams she’s defective.”
Jenna looks up and replies softly, “He feels that love makes us defective and it is one thing he won’t tolerate. We aren’t allowed any emotions.”

Since you are changing the tense already, I think you should do in from the beginning for the para and not in the second line. That is to say, youshould rewrite the first sentence as:

One of the guards who stands with Jenna comments, “I don’t know what he expects, he gets what he asks for and then screams she’s defective.”

All in all, I enjoyed reading a story from a different perspective. I am not much into sci-fi. But it was not overly apparent in your story. I liked the element of surprise. Thanks for sharing!

*GiftR* It has been a pleasure reading and reviewing your work!*GiftR*

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Rated: 18+ | (4.0)
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*Vine1* Hello Justin *Vine2*


I enjoyed reading this story. You start it off in the middle of an action. The action is pretty tight. There is enough active words to show what the main characters was doing, instead of merely stating facts. Plus, I liked how you manage the sounds and the scene of police chasing. The visual was very good.

Character-wise, Richard's is most developed as he is the main character. You show his frustration, his love for Julian well. In fact, I could relate to how he reacts all along the way. I like how subtly you introduce the fact that he killed the man:

Instead, somewhere in between the process of leaving the bar to crawling into his bed, he planted a knife into the belly of the fat man.

The tension is well-built, the climax is good too. However, what put me off was the ending. Throughout the story you tell it through Richard's POV. At the end it changes to Julian's. I had a little hiccup while reading this:

Richard didn't respond, but the shouting and noise continued. She wiped away more of her bleeding massacre and looked at a mirror.

If you want to say it in Julian's POV, I think you should change the first sentence as something like:

On the other end Richard did not respond.

Because the way you worded the first sentence made me think that after a few lines of Julian's POV you had again shifted to Richard's. Also, I think the last sentence needs some tightening. I know you wanted to end it abruptly, giving the reader's clue that Richard might kill himself, or was killed by the police in the exchange. However, I think I would rewrite it as something like:

Over the phone Julian could hear a series of loud banging sounds following in quick succession. The noise grew, and she could hear a lot of shouting now. Suddenly there was another loud bang! Is that gunshot? Julian wondered. Her pulse increased, her heart beat faster. "Richard, what are you doing? Where are you?" she shrieked on the phone. Her voice was quivering...

Just a suggestion. See what you think.

Also, I noted you had a few internal thoughts in Richard's POV. You might want to put them in italics.

Grammar-wise, you have done a good job and I did not find any typos whatsoever. However, I noted that at some places you tend to use long sentences.

*BulletR* He was fairly certain his lawyer would be able to make the murder second degree, but coupled with the charges he was currently accumulating Richard was sure he'd be serving a lengthy sentence, at least twenty-five years he supposed.

*BulletR* He ignored it, but the phone continued to ring inexorably so he snatched it from his pocket.

You might want to chop these up into smaller ones. I think they will have more impact.

Overall, I definitely enjoyed the thrill of the events. With some tightening I'm sure this is going to do great.

Best wishes!

*GiftR* It has been a pleasure reading and reviewing your work!*GiftR*

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Review of Love Wears a Mask  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
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Wow! You are really good. This piece is wonderful.

I believe it is essential for a piece like this to grasp the time in which it is set. The dressing sense, the etiquette and dialogue. I think you pulled them off quite nicely. I felt I was in that time this story is from and like I was present in Lady Holmes' hall. The visual part of your writing is very good.

I would have loved to see more of the dress that the women wore, and a little more focus on the crowd. For the most part it felt there were only Jordan and his fiancee. Some more focus on the cacophony, talk would be good for me.

Besides this I found a few things that you could improve upon:

*CheckB* he announced his family that he had no intention whatsoever to take Lucy Stone as a wife, merely since his proud parents had arranged this marriage contract without asking for his, Jordan's, opinion of the matter.

His already makes it cleared the the opinion is Jordan's, so you might drop his name.

*CheckB* This year the ball was fancier than ever, and it was evident that the woman had spent an entire fortune to fix the event.

It was said that the woman was spending fortune on maintaining the garden beautiful and neat.


In both these sentences you use the word fortune,which felt a little redundant to me. You might word them differently.

*CheckB* He walked faster, and he would have stalked on – When something caught his eye.
The w of when need not be capitalized.

*CheckB* "No; I won’t,” she said seriously.
Suggestion: "No, I won't," she said seriously.

I really enjoyed reading a story from olden times. I am fascinated by these kinds of stories. I have not come across any such in my journey here at WDC. So, I loved reading this.
Thanks so much for sharing!



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Review of Let Go  
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
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Hello!

A good story. I am sure a lot of readers can to relate to it. I like how you build the story, little by little.

There are a number of things that struck me and hooked me into the story. The best of it is your ability to portray the scenes. You give a very graphic description, especially the visual part. It shows good observation. The sense of smell and taste are also nicely used.

However, I think you could use more sound words. So many people are getting off the bus when it stops...and there was really very little sound for us to grasp the scene. All you talk about is the yawning. There should have been some talking, some whispers, some sound of people getting up from their seats, creaking of shoes and so on, so that it makes us think that the sound a lot of people are actually getting off the bus. I lacked the picture of that commotion.

Also, there were some parts where I felt the writer was getting in the way of the narrator, i.e the character who is narrating us the story. For example:

No, she was glad she met him. She wished she'd never fallen in love with him. No, she was glad she was in love with him. She wished he'd been all that she wanted him to be; and he was. But she wasn't all that he wanted her to be. If she had been, he wouldn't have been so unhappy. Right?

This are actually thoughts of the main character, as she thinks about that person. But the tone of it made it sound like the writer was speaking for her. You might put this chain of thoughts as internal dialogue, in italics. That will make it her voice, and not yours.

At some places I found a few words to be redundant. For example:

She hadn't looked like this at one time. One time she had been happy and full of life.

one time seemed repetitive. You could replace the second one (in the second sentence) with then.

In the following sentence:

several hurried to the Burger King for their doses of caffeine through large cups of coffee.

I think you could drop the actual mention of coffee. I think it was quite obvious from the mention of caffeine.

Also, this sentence didn't make sense to me:

They had a quicker sense of danger than she had.

Did you mean quicker sense of grasping danger instead of quicker sense of danger?

But that being said, I really enjoyed this story. I can feel for the narrator. I can relate to her experience. You showed us a slice of life. Many of us meet such persons in our life who can make us smile and cry. They make our world at first and then break it. I found this to be a very touching piece. The side characters, even the birds, help in building the main plot. I liked the mention of the young pair flirting. It is quite crucial to the story.With some polshing, I think this will make for a fine little story.

Keep writing!


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Review of A Golden Road  
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
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Hello!

Nice little story you have here. I might confess that the beginning did not strike me so much. But I read on, and with each line, I liked the piece better. Though you have the item type as story, it is much like a monologue, or a diary entry. There isn't exactly a plot as such. It's like someone is narrating a part of their life with us.

I liked how you assimilate the journey on this golden road with the journey of life. In the flashback you provide we get a clearer picture of why the narrator is undertaking the journey, though we hardly have any idea who the narrator is, and who the person identified in the second person, you. But I certainly loved the line:

I start to understand it now as I reach the shining end, just because I still had a body it did not mean I still had a soul, When you died apart of me did to, and finally the road appeared to take me back home to you.

So meaningful words so simply put! I really liked this.

However, there were a few things that I think you could revise and improve:

*Bullet* For example in the very beginning the sentences are too long. You might want to break them up into shorter ones.

*Bullet* Same goes for the next few paras:

At first it was not so bad to be left alone in my small little fantasy world, I could write and draw, sing and dance but soon the novelty started to fade and people started to look and then quickly turn away.

That was when I finally decided enough was enough, I got dressed and took one last look at the bed we use to share, I looked into the mirror and did not find the reflection there, all I saw was the room and this confirmed to me I was now simply not even there.


I saw you used lots of commas to separate the phrases. You could make them separate sentences. For example:

At first it was not so bad to be left alone in my small little fantasy world. I could write and draw, sing and dance but soon the novelty started to fade and people started to look and then quickly turn away.

That was when I finally decided enough was enough. I got dressed and took one last look at the bed we use to share. I looked into the mirror and did not find the reflection there. All I saw was the room and this confirmed to me I was now simply not even there.


*Bullet* Again, in the first para, once you capitalize Golden Road and once not. Choose one specific style. I would suggest keeping the capitalizing.

I spent to long in that cold empty apartment, I spent to long locked away

Here both the to should be too.

*Bullet* When you died apart of me did to

Revision: When you died a part of me died too.

*Bullet* Also, there should be a period instead of a comma before When.

Overall, I enjoyed reading this. With some editing and revision, it should work fine.

Keep writing!



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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Hello!

An interesting piece of flash. You take us on a journey to the discovery of something unique. The journey is quite well-described with some rising action and exposition. The plot is interesting and we do not know until the end what might happen. I like how Nina reacts at the end. The subtle fact that she came here without anyone accompanying her counting on her own faith the legend was true and finally actually proving that felt nice to me.

You have a good plot, a good character whose traits come out throughout this very short piece, and you pull off the whole package quite well. I have the following suggestions:

*CheckG* She decided against calling her Professor as he already considered her a bit of a flake. Unfortunately she'd earned that reputation.

Here, the first sentence already gives us a impression that she is considered a flake by her Professor. The second sentence merely underlines the obvious. Since word economy is important in flash, you might drop the second line.

*CheckG* She was relieved the torchlight revealed a wide corridor in the rock.

I’d suggest rewriting as:

She was relieved (when) the torchlight revealed a wide corridor in the rock.

*CheckG* squeezing her not so small frame

Not so small should be written as not-so-small.

*CheckG* Nina trod carefully because this kind of newly exposed cave had the habit of throwing up nasty surprises, and she didn't want the path coming to an abrupt end with her unceremoniously tumbling into a deep dark chasm never to be seen again!

Separate the paragraph in two different sentences i.e. you might omit the word ‘and’ joining these two sentences.

*CheckG* The last earthquake had revealed hundreds of underground caverns and the state-of-the-art equipment at the monitoring station had gone berserk with its readings.

Again, separate into two sentences.

*CheckG* an eerie glow pulsed in the distance announcing it's presence.

it's should be its, since the word is in possessive sense.

*CheckG* Lastly, I noted you use quite a lot of words ending in –ly, that is to say you use adverbs a lot for this small piece. Since this is flash, you could save a lot of words if you substitute the verb-adjective combination with a stronger verb.
For example: You could substitute 'trod carefully' with 'tiptoed'.

Overall, it has been interesting reading this piece. With some fine-tuning, this will turn out to be even better.
Thanks for sharing!


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Review of Ode to…  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Hello!

I enjoyed reading your little poem here. Writer's block is a disease (if I may say so) that haunts every writer at some point of their writing. We sit with the blank piece of paper you mention, gazing at it. We might want to write something badly, but nothing comes up. You capture this feeling well. If indeed this was a piece written by you when you had your writer's block, I hope this marked the beginning of another writing endeavor for you.

Wishing you the best!

~Arpita


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Rated: E | (5.0)
Wow!

Liked this piece. I have always liked reading these fantasy stuff. Good to find this one in your port. It's well-written, error-free and flows smoothly, just like how these stories should.

Keep writing!



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Review of REFUSE TO GET OLD  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Wow! I really loved reading this! The humor is so good! I had a smile on my face most of the time...but I really broke out laughing at the bells:

At least I can still hear everything as clear as a bell; I just wish those bells would stop ringing and ringing and ringing.

It is very lucidly written. I simply love the style and sense of humor that you show in this. And yes, I loved the side-talk too!

Thanks for sharing this. It was a treat reading something like this in a long time.



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Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
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Hi Sandara!

It was wonderful reading your bio. WDC is a wonderful place to showcase your works. Though there might be some sharp criticism, mostly people are very helpful here. I am myself from India, and English is not first language. However, people have been really appreciative of me. And each day I am learning something new.

I wonder why you say you are not confident enough to write fiction. I simply love your writing style. You have a humorous edge to it which definitely kept me hooked. You are young, and I am sure you have a long way to go. My only advice is to keep at it.

Anyways, it was really interesting reading about you. You strike to me as a very outspoken person. Just have a little faith in your abilities, share more of your work and I am sure you'll feel rewarded.

God luck!

~Arpita



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Review of Forever Changed  
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CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF MOTHERHOOD


Anyone who has lost someone special in their lives will relate to this. There is probably nothing more painful than a parent outliving his/her child. And when it is a mother, the pain is perhaps even deeper. It is almost losing a part of herself because nothing is perhaps more special to a mom than her child.

I loved the figurative way in which you write this poem *Delight* . It very effectively brings out what actually goes through the mind of a mother on losing her child. I loved every expression you use:

*Moon* Grief flows down my cheeks
in never-ending streams

*Moon* empty spaces left behind.

*Moon* My life made a screeching turn,


Overall, a powerfully crafted poem. It was great reading this!


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Review of A Mother  
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Rated: E | N/A (Review only item.)
CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF MOTHERHOOD


Hi Pat!

Another very beautiful poem! You outline what our moms do for us in this one. I noted how you use the same thoughts and nearly same words from the first two stanzas in the third stanza to reinforce the feelings. I am not sure if this is any form-poetry, but I liked it a lot. It’s very effective. *ThumbsUp*

My regards to your sister Peggy, to whom this one is dedicated. She did an amazing job as a mother. God bless her!

Thanks for sharing this.




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Review of Two Mothers  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF MOTHERHOOD


Hello Pat!

This is a very beautiful poem! Our birth mothers are indeed important to us. But apart from them, many of us are lucky to have some woman in our lives who did not give birth to us for sure, but is no less than our real moms. With love and care, they fill the same place in our lives that our birth mothers do. Blessed are those who have had such women in their lives.

Through your poem you bring out the importance of these adoptive mothers along with the role of our birth-moms. Very wonderfully written piece, each verse is so full of love and devotion. It flows like a beautiful song, and touches the heart. *Smile*

It was a treat reading this on the Mother’s day eve. Here’s to all the special women in our lives! *ThumbsUp*
Warmest best,
Arpita



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CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF MOTHERHOOD


Hi Maryann ,

It is really interesting to read something like this. I kind of belong to today's generation and when I was smaller I too used to have this fear of breaking computers. And in today's world knowing how to operate this machine is too much essential. I know the feeling of not knowing how to operate this thing well. So, indeed I could relate to this piece.

Often we come across people who even though are not our birth-moms, but the way they shape our lives they become no less that the one who gave us birth. I'm sure you aunt holds the same place in you heart. This is a wonderful way to pay tribute to her.

Thanks for sharing!


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Review of My little girl  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Hi!

I really enjoyed reading this little story. Children are one of the most amazing things in our lives. The little mischiefs they do, the little pranks they play, all just endear them to us. So, maybe they make some mistakes, but that's the beauty of childhood. They don't do anything deliberately, it's just part of being a child.

You have caught a beautiful moment in this story. I simply loved the part where you describe your little girl's smile. It is very picturesque and real. I bet all moms can relate to that. Reading this a smile crept to my face. Really enjoyed reading this. *Delight*

There were no obvious mistakes. You missed a period or two at the end of sentences in some places:

"No that's okay. I've got it," I said as I reached for the hanger

Otherwise this is a sweet little story. Thanks for sharing! *ThumbsUp*!



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Hi!

I have been on WDC for sometime and never read anything like this. So, I was definitely intrigued by this. I read both the letters you have on here. They both a really interesting in the fact that they very clearly point out how they characters are. For a short piece like this that is definitely laudable.

What I did not really get was your choice of genres for these letters. Since they deal with writing, you could have chosen only that as your genre. As far as relationship and comedy goes, it's still okay. But unless you really plan any romantic angle between Anna and Edward the Romance/Love genre does not really fit. Do you have anything like that in mind?

Otherwise, I really enjoyed reading this short piece. Good work!



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Review of That Other World.  
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First impression: Come on, this is not nonsense! You ought to change the genre.

*ThumbsUp*What I liked*ThumbsUp*:

A very beautiful poem this is. Being city-bred, I know what you mean. Tall buildings, busy traffic, No one has time for anyone else. The sky is gray and hardly signifies freedom --- we all know the pains of living in the city. You bring that out really well. Thank you!

*Sick*Errors or typos and Suggestions*Sick*:

*CheckV* There are place where the i and other initials must be be capitalized.

*CheckV* i am a city child,
born into a concrete crib and;
for the,
longest,
time,
i have went on blind.


Write longest time in the same sentence.

Overall:
*CandleG* Nice poem with some good thoughts. I am sure many readers can relate to this.*CandleG*


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Review of Forget  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.5)
I think I know what you mean. Sometimes we love someone so much that we think about them all the time. We remain busy in our own dreams, picturing the perfect relationship. When we wake up, we suddenly discover loopholes in the apparently perfect dreams. And that hurts the most.

Indeed, the most important things in a relationship are probably trust, faith and honesty. These are what that support and sustain the relationship. If these are absent, the house is bound to come down.

But all said and decided, the thing is that, life moves on. At one point you wish you could forget everything that happened to you. Then one day, those memories give us the strength to move on. Fortunately, you captured the positivity at the end.

All I can say is have faith like I think you have. You will definitely find your prince. After all, the whole world goes round with this hope.

By the way, I didn't find any obvious errors. It is a clearly written piece. Thanks for sharing!


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Review of Rate Yourself!  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (5.0)
*Candleb*HAPPY WDC ACCOUNT ANNIVERSARY FROM "Anniversary Reviews*Candlev*


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Hello!

This read like an interesting poll, so I clicked on. WDC provides mechanisms which tell us how others see our writings. I feel it is sometimes necessary to sit back and think about how we consider ourselves as writers too. Your poll gave me a chance to do that.

I was really amused by the results, by the way. There are authors who really think they deserve one! I thought we all always saw ourselves in good light. So, that was surprising to me.

The rating of five also had me amused! I think five meant a perfect author. I don't really think everyone can always write his/her best.

But anyway, each one to his own! At least that's what this poll is about. Thanks for sharing this. It gave me some food to think about myself too. As I see from the number of polls, this poll is quite popular. I am sure you will have many more votes coming your way.

Lastly, wish you a happy anniversary!

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Review of A Lost Time  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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First impression: A wonderful piece of fiction. However, I felt the title was somehow not fitting, because you actually describe a place rather than time in this piece. Sure there is the comparison with time (which I think is fantastic), but overall, this piece is about the place and not really time.

*Sick*Errors or typos*Sick*: See suggestion

*ThumbsUp*What I liked*ThumbsUp*:

*CheckV* I loved every bit of it. I love the very feel of it. You have a very powerful gift of writing and it shows throughout this piece.

*CheckV* You capture the essence of the place very well! It appeals to all the senses and makes the place so real.

*CheckV* Ever since I was a child, I would dream of such a solitary place, where no one would tread and there would be scattered leaves. This place almost felt like the one from my imaginations. Perhaps that is the reason why I like it so much!

travellers scarcely tread here

This sentence completely did the trick for me.

*CheckV* The comparison with time is very good and appropriate.

*RainbowL*Suggestions*RainbowL* :

I think in the very beginning you could separate the lines by periods instead of commas.

The prickly crunch of leaves is evident under leather boots, travellers scarcely tread here,

You could write it like:

The prickly crunch of leaves is evident under leather boots. Travellers scarcely tread here.

Another thing I noted: I don't really think you need to put Here there are secrets... in italics. The last line is okay in italics, but this sentence doesn't need it so much.

Overall:
*CandleG* It has been really enriching reading this. I saw the picture of my imagination more clearly through you writing. Thanks for making that happen, thanks for sharing this!*CandleG*



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Review of Take the time  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Ah, very nice poem *Delight* ! It shows how observant you are *Cool*. There are so many wonderful things happening all around us, but due to lack of time and mentality, we miss so much of them. Thus, these roses, bloom, spread their smell and finally wither away with no one cherishing their beauty.

You capture exactly this feeling. That we lose such a beauty is not the rose's loss. It is ours, for we deprive of ourselves another beautiful creation of Nature, which could provide us pleasure in times of stress.

Your poem has been written in clear and lucid language. It is direct and the tone of it feels really honest. Good work!

The only suggestion would be to add some real punctuation. I see at the end of every line you put a comma, which is often not necessary. For example you can drop the comma in the very first line:

Take the time,

Also, I think at the very last line:

To smell a rose

You could change a by the, because by the end of the poem the reader is familiar with the rose you are talking about and the stands for all such roses.

Otherwise, this is a sweet and honest poem. Thanks for sharing!



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Review of THE LAST TREE  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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First impression: The font and color make for a really interesting read. Good choice!

*Sick*Errors or typos*Sick*: See suggestion.

*ThumbsUp*What I liked*ThumbsUp*:

*CheckV* A very meaningful poem in todays context. you keep your language simple and forceful. Good work!

*CheckV* You write with real concern, and that touches the reader. Good work!

*RainbowL*Suggestions*RainbowL* :

*NoteR* In the first stanza you write:

unless we look after
this world that I cherish.


I think changing I by we will make the lines more effective.

*NoteR*There a places which need some punctuation:

For example:

*CheckV* All the world leaders
just standing in line
destroying the planet
one small piece at a time.


Comma needed at the end of second line.

*CheckV* But they'll all want a piece

Comma needed after piece.

Overall:
*CandleG* It has been nice reading this beautiful poem. It has a strong message in it and touches the reader. Thanks for sharing!*CandleG*



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Review of Pod and Peng  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
Rated: E | (4.5)
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First impression: A very interesting little story of two foxes. It has been written in a very serious manner, at the same time with deep passion of love.

*Sick*Errors or typos*Sick*: In one place you write:

Not best pleased she was, yet still she stayed.

I don’t think you need the still after yet. Yet itself sounds good enough to convey the message.

*ThumbsUp*What I liked*ThumbsUp*:

*CheckV* The whole thing has been written from a fox’s perspective. You do really well to portray it from the animal’s perspective. It delves deep into the character of the fox and almost gives a human touch to the animal. The characterization effectively shows you did your homework well *Smile*. Great job!

*CheckV* The story flows smoothly well, holding the readers interest till the end. Another plus point!

*RainbowL*Suggestions*RainbowL* :

*CheckB* The story seemed to mainly concentrate on the male fox’s perspective. I would love to see some more of the female.

*CheckB* In some places I felt that the story merely stated the facts, e.g. What he found there, however, caused him to forget his thirst.

I think the piece would be more vivid if you showed the feeling of thirst instead of just saying that he was thirsty.

Overall:
*CandleG* It has been pretty interesting reading this. It was really nice reading a love-story froman animal’s perspective. You bring out the animal feelings well. And I must say, I was really amazed my your insight into the character. Write on!*CandleG*


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Review of Human Nature  
Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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First impression: Short poem on a interesting theme.

*Sick*Errors or typos*Sick*: None whatsoever.

*ThumbsUp*What I liked*ThumbsUp*:

*CheckV* I love the imageries that you use, along with the comparisons. In fact, I love every sentence of this short poem. Each one contributes to the whole poem and somehow is inseparable. I simply love the observations you make. Here are some of my favorites:


*Star* My skin is the earth,
Hardened from abuse.


*Star* My heart is the ice,
Frozen yet fragile.


Simply wonderful!

*RainbowL*Suggestions*RainbowL* :

Fore me, this poem is perfect as it is!


Overall:
*CandleG*I loved reading this poem. For me this was fourteen lines of absolute delight *Delight* . Loved every thought, observation, rhythm of it. Thank you so much for sharing! *CandleG*


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Review by ~*Arpita*~
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Very picturesque item! I was almost transported to the meadow you describe! You give both the picture and sound of the autumn afternoon, which instantly attracts the reader. I loved the use of sound words:

*CheckR* Woosh. The breeze ruffles leaves of the trees.

*CheckR* Plop! A frog jumps into the pond. Plop! Plop! It is joined by two more.


Suggestions:

First of all, I'd ask you to set a particular item type for this item. other is not really very specific.

Secondly, regarding the piece itself, it is well-written. However, the ending comes a little abrupt. You start the piece well, allowing the reader to delve into the beauty. However, the ending fails to do justice to this otherwise wonderful piece. i'd suggest you write it a bit differently. I'm sure it will read much better then.

Regards,
Arpita

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