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Review of Poetry Readings  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Without even listening to my first poem I know I LOOOVE THIS IDEA! I just want to give the same suggestion I gave the WDC Live program:

I can't always watch YouTube at work and it takes up bandwidth when not using WiFi. In addition to videos, can you also suggest mp3 submissions to be placed in a podcast? Also, in the interest of space conservation, adding dropdown lists for those with more than 5 poems would be awesome. If interested in either, I am available to help!
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Review of Death Bed  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
This is awesome. Are you also religious/spiritual or just go because of family?

Hits home a little harder because I just lost my Granny this January. She wasn't the titular "good" Christian. She liked to talk about Jesus and call on his name in a pinch but she rarely went to church (like not even twice a year sometimes). I like to think she just hated the 'religion' aspect of rules and people being in your business. Also, she just didn't like to do much on Sundays, including church *Pthb*

5/5 emotional 4/5 structurally

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Review of Boys and Girls  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Wow, this being the 2nd piece of your work I've had the pleasure to read, I like how you turn something perceived to be so innocent and then rip that innocence away.

"And when he shot her they promised each other
That neither would ever tell."

Sooo, the Indian's not dead or is their another Cowboy?
What'd he shoot her with, a BB?
For whatever reason rape, (or if they're truly kids than 'heavy petting') or some sort of sexual contact, rose in my mind. For whatever reason I believe the 'Indian' would tell if he hit her, but can see her not telling if it's a fake bullet...dunno why.

Way to make me think


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Review of A Vampire's Kiss  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 18+ | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: Love the ending and the flow is ok.

*Butterflyb* Dialogue, Atmosphere/Tone: "I'll eat your face." Just cracked me up, in a good way (unless you were going for a super serious tone, which I don't think you were).

*Suitheart* What I liked: the shear glibness and comedic horror/danger; this sounds like an evil teen vampire

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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"Nights like this are the reason they invented the night light." could use some work, maybe:


"On nights like this, children cling to their night lights."
or
"All bright is dismissed, you cling to the street light."


A few parting comments...
Keep writing! This was fun.

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Review of Home  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (3.0)
Interesting, perhaps I'm tired, but I'm not really sure what to think about this. I generally appreciate prose that appears/sounds disjointed but can be made to feel cohesive.

The 'grey grass' threw me off. How does that happen?! And how are dreams dry?

Enjoy the myriad of images 'summer drunk' entails: bathing in the sun in a luscious green garden; alcoholic parent bringing down a summer high with their lushciousness; etc.

Keep writing!

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: a topic I am always curious/sensitive about

*Pencil* Storyline: typical ignorant gay bashing; intent vs. impact

*Tiedye4* Characters: sam, matt, dr. gore, and harry

*Home* Setting: house group...room?

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: misunderstood, low tolerance, hurt and angry

*Telephone* Dialogue: needs some work, you skip key phrases and just give us some of the conversation

*Suitheart* What I liked: the forgiveness and apology at the end

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG* When I went on a rant ..., Matt exclaimed, “Harry, ... HOW THE f*** AM I SUPPOSED TO NOT BE PISSED OFF?”
need way more dialogue, Matt: 'You just don't get it. You can't use that word only to fit your needs. You have no idea how that word affects everyone, not just Sam. It's the lowest common denominator.' etc.

*BulletB*Samantha was a “faggot,” after Samantha looked at me in an inappropriate manner
guessing Sam is a boy? this is my fault as I skipped around after reading the title

*BulletR* He gave me an outline of his life, ... I also gave an outline of my life: Sega Genesis; Nintendo 64; Xbox, GameCube, PS2; PS3, Xbox 360 and a Wii.
this was hilarious but didn't make sense given the subject of homophobia; I kind of get that guys define themselves in the sports (or games) they play but was kind of an abrupt turn from Mark being adopted

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for entry "Prologue
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: LOVE The premise? perhaps a bit autobiographical?

*Pencil* Storyline: sounds like a mental retreat of sorts...but may be some physical attributes? is this old money looking to fit in with the 'little people'? why not just go to a hoity toity college?

*Tiedye4* Characters: just our silver spooned millennial so far

*Home* Setting: Utah

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: not resigned but also not excited, just matter of fact

*Suitheart* What I liked: the premise and writing isn't terrible

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG* fit, 5’10 figure; ... I was forced to acknowledge that if I went to college now, I would get the s*** kicked out of me by every frat boy on campus; and with the advice of my education consultant, I looked at therapeutic transition programs, to help me improve.
this is confusing without further details; the program sounds like a mental one, not physical (as alluded to with the 'frat boys' and 's*** kicking'

*BulletB* but I realized he could still play video games
but I realized I could...

*BulletR* my grandfather and I went to Singapore and then Hong Kong, to celebrate my 18th birthday.
I wanna hear THAT story!

A few parting comments...
would love to know how closely this story relates to your actual adventure therapy experiences!



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Review of Writing.Com 101  
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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
This is a great idea! Gotta start using this....
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Review of O Come Away  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (3.0)
Flowed nicely until the end.

Put me in a LOTR frame of mind. I pictured high elves and Asgard and pretty burbling brooks.

O come away ye sleeping child,
O come away ye meek and mild.


Is the kids being lured away? Creepy, I like.

Where demons mourn your torment's end.
Dream away your heart's content,
Dream of nothing relevant.


So there's the warning, 'nothing good awaits you' but that's ok, don't think about it, better yet, don't think about anything. Nice, I'm starting to see the parallel to real life. Smart phone anyone?

And when the rays of morning light,
Kiss your eyelids with day's first light,


This is where the alliteration and flow start to fall apart. It's like listening to a nature cd then all of a sudden it skips and there's white noise. No need for "with" just take it out:

Kiss your eyelids, day's first light,

Assume your reader's creative enough to fill the blank. Even if they're not, they'll think you're cool for doing it.

Any particular rhyme/reason for not ending with a rhyme? It CAN work but in this case I don't think it does....

3.5 stars

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: after only 3 reads, i really like it

*Pencil* Storyline: random as it goes

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: light and jovial story telling

*Suitheart* What I liked: the wit and sparsity

A few parting comments...
keep writing, only 4/5 b/c the blog about 'drowf' was confusing as to how it even came up and their's always room for improvement



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Review of Tears Unseen  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: heartfelt

A few parting comments...
I enjoyed this but since you haven't logged on since 2008 I'm not going to go in-depth, but if you ever come back hit me up yo!

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (3.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: interesting concept

*Pencil* Theme: dialogue with a sparrow that's in danger?

*Pencil* Storyline: not really sure, a bird gets inside a plane?

*Home* Setting: Chicago airport!

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: random

*Telephone* Dialogue: soooo, is the pilot/captain talking to the sparrow or another pilot?

A few parting comments...
can't really say what I'd change because I'm not sure I understand the concept, please explain/enlighten

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: great theme/idea but flow is a little stilted

*Pencil* Theme: circle of life, particularly a males

*Pencil* Storyline: boy grows up, boy becomes man, man has boy child and the cycle continues

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: reflective, loving, contemplative

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG* God's Angels took his hand
They took him on a journey
Our heavenly father took his hand
repetition is a bit much, especially around the fourth stanza

A few parting comments...
lack of punctuation and constant repetition of "took/held his hand" in various positions (as opposed to always at the end/beginning) really hurt this one, cute/inspired theme though

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Review of Denny  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: heartwarming tale of love and loss

*Pencil* Theme: marriage until the end, beautiful

*Pencil* Storyline: young couple gets married, has some kids, husband passes away

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: loving, reflective

*Telephone* Dialogue: another love letter

*Suitheart* What I liked: the color, the spacing, the flow; You put upon my hand a band of gold
Eighteen and Twenty-three years old

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*Forty-one years had just begun
Now on earth I am just one
i initially thought this was referring to the marriage union like in the first stanza but when realized it meant truly alone thought maybe it should have started another stanza? but it's ok as is.

*BulletB* I laid you down to sleep my love
I laid you down to sleep, my love

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Review of Seagulls Hush  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: interesting title and visuals

*Pencil* Theme: epic fight; loss

*Home* Setting: the beach

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: despondent, melancholy

*Suitheart* What I liked: idea of the man being the weepy mess instead of the woman, really makes me wonder just what did he do to make himself feel so bad, or is she the one in 'the wrong'

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*BulletG*Masking the tears man cries in vain
Masking the tears, man cries in vain

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Review of Whispering Tears  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: like the concept of a quiet/whispered love

*Pencil* Theme: quiet, unsuspecting love

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: reflective, loving

*Telephone* Dialogue: reads as a love letter

*Suitheart* What I liked:Time went like the wind...you and I...just we two; We loved we laughed..years and wind...whispered it all;...My tears and the wind...whisper it all

A few parting comments...
consider spacing the lines out, i personally find it difficult to concentrate on the line I'm reading when the other words are so close

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Review of Stained Hope  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: I definitely felt the emotion and understand the struggle but lack of punctuation and some word choices interrupted the flow

*Pencil* Theme: change, rejection

*Tiedye4* Speaker(s)/Flow: pretty good except for the two lines mentioned below in the comments/sugg. section

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone/Mood: despondent,

*Suitheart* What I liked: the fact you let the reader know this was about unemployment, made it relatable to me and reminds us all that heartbreak isn't always about love for another human

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG* I did no harm was they who broke my spirit
I did no harm; was they who broke my spirit

*BulletB* Tonight my gown is red a heart that on this bed
Tonight my gown is red, a heart that on this bed

*BulletR*


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A few parting comments...


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Review of The Terrible Gift  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: Thank you SO much for sharing such a moving and personal journey

*Pencil* Theme: living with breast cancer

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: not depressed, just honest

*Suitheart* What I liked: the stream of consciousness and thought processing

A few parting comments...
only thing that confuses me is why do you call it a 'gift'? why not just an 'inheritance'? breast cancer runs on both sides of my family too, I can only imagine what you're going through, but if my grandmother can survive it twice, I know you can too

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Review of Tiredness  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: I really relate to this because I currently am battling a new 'demon' of sorts: anxiety and depression

*Pencil* Theme:tiredness/depression/insomnia

*Tiedye4* Speaker(s)/Flow:flowed well, stream of consciousness

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone/Mood:tired, annoyed, spent, dilapidated

*Suitheart* What I liked:the deep relation I can feel with the speaker

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*again you're great with imagery
Like a heavy cloak, it clings to me
like a freight train
Leaving me flattened and spent.
pray for peace
For night to come and dreams
To sooth it
find the spark
Of the new day.
And breathe life
Again.


A few parting comments...
4.5, not perfect, but close

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Review of Autumn  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
Rated: E | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: this is definitely a muscle stretch, nothing too spectacular but great imagery all the same

*Pencil* Theme:autumn

*Tiedye4* Speaker(s)/Flow:given the them I think this piece flowed well, I was able to picture a crisp autumn eve

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone/Mood:walking around in autumn

*Suitheart* What I liked:imagery
Orange peeks behind the greens
the wind...With gleeful pleasure
Night dips down turning the dew


*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

I dare to you return and rewrite/continue this theme in a more flashy tone; there is not rhyme scheme and the syllabic count doesn't follow a pattern so I assume this is free verse

A few parting comments...
I didn't give this a four because of the mundane quality, again, imagery was great, but without a measured flow of either syllables and/or rhyme scheme, it's more prose-y than poem...y and since you're a yellow case I know you can handle that opinion *Bigsmile*

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (3.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: I love fantasy premises that start like this, then again I'm not positive this is fantasy

*Pencil* Storyline: Stella is captured before she can reach her grandkids

*Tiedye4* Characters: Stella, Zane and Sam (off camera), some hooded figures and an unknown man assailant

*Home* Setting: the woods?

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: hurried, dangerous, resigned (when she's caught)

*Telephone* Dialogue: none, as a prologue it can do without, but still needs a rewrite

*Suitheart* What I liked: the idea of this being a good story

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*of her safety when they stepped out in front of her blocking the path.
of her safety when they stepped out in front of her, blocking the path.
or
of her safety when they stepped out and blocked her path.


*BulletB*Seeing them, Stella slowed down and finally stopped.
Seeing them, Stella slowed down and finally stopped.
if they block her path she's sure to see them, maybe: Stella was able to stop just before careening into one of the tall hooded figures.


A few parting comments...
While I enjoy the premise I think you've fallen into the 'storyteller' mode where you don't allow the reader to visualize things for themselves. More descriptions and less "he/she did exactly this" would ease the story's flow. I.E. With the slow movement of his gesturing hand to those behind her, she felt them take her arms. could simply be "He gestured and her arms were grabbed roughly from behind."

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Review of Blood Lords  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: i like that you went back and added the bulk of the poem, well done, great challenge entry

*Pencil* Storyline:knights of old doing their business

*Tiedye4* Characters: *see storyline*

*Home* Setting: medieval times I imagine

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone:brave, old school, valiant

*Suitheart* What I liked:

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*Blood Lords

Arrayed with sword and shield and bow,
Strike at dawn, defeat the foe,
Courage, thou brave and valiant knight!
Outnumbered ye be, but for freedom ye fight!
bet that could have been written during knight time!

*BulletB*From a world in the future without worry or care,
your lifestyle now solen by those who would dare
to put their own needs o'er the welfare of men
and place them in danger because of their sin.
solen should be 'stolen'?
this confused me at first, meaning chivalry is basically dead here in the 21st century?


*BulletR*You once enjoyed leisure, but, alas, no more
....
to know your own worth, and what you can give.
well said, self explanatory

*BulletV*Made from strong men who had never been taught
...
warriors chosen for valor and might.

Undaunted by evil .... the fight is not lost!
imagine the book is about a group of lazy knights that are suddenly attacked; your co-author did a great job bringing it home!

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Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: well done for your inaugural poem! that's the great thing about poetry, it can be abstract and not make sense to the average reader but still be a masterpiece

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone:

*Telephone* Dialogue:

*Suitheart* What I liked: the honesty; "hopeless dreams"

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*Follow me to the land of broken hearts
Where lies are told and secrets unfold

Follow me when real love starts
Where hearts are red and "I Love You's" are said
"when real love starts" sounds odd, maybe "to where real love" or is that purposeful?

*BulletB*Follow me into the darkness
Where everything vanishes and then appears again

Follow me when hopeless dreams come true
Where anything can happen and ambition is renewed
how do things appear again if it's in darkness? maybe "follow...into the lighting darkness"?
love the 2nd stanza, "hopeless dreams" is a good one



A few parting comments...
i'm curious as to WHY you chose this to be your heaven, are you saying your heaven is here on Earth?

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Review of INVISIBLE  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
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*Reading* Initial hook: very nice intro to a compelling personal story of redemption

*Pencil* Storyline: a young man is lucky enough to get a 2nd chance at life

*Tiedye4* Characters:Daniel-the troubled youngster, Abigail-Dan's saving grace, Alex-Dan's good friend who also heard God speak?

*Home* Setting:any town, any where

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: story-telling, parable-like, immediate (I kind of felt like this was currently going on)

*Telephone* Dialogue: unfortunately there was none, a good story HAS to have dialogue, even bible stories were spoken to people and often times interrupted by the crowd for further discussion

*Suitheart* What I liked:He felt the sins on his shoulders, he felt the pain of his wrong doings he wished he was dead.

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*Daniel Will's is a 15 year old, who is going through a rough time in life. His parents Danny and Debra are going through an ugly divorce, that is tearing Daniel apart.
Daniel Will's is a 15 year old, who is going through a rough time in life. His parents Danny and Debra are going throughcurrently engaged in an ugly divorce, that is tearing Daniel apart.

*BulletB*He feels like it's his fault as if he caused them to fight and hate each other. Daniel is starting to get involved with drugs and gangs.
He feels like it's his fault; as if he caused them to fight and hate each other. (What makes him feel that way?) Daniel is startsing to get involved with drugs and gangs.

*BulletR*Daniel's friend Abigail Smith, is a very good influence on him. Abigail is a Christian and she is proud of it, she tries to witness to Daniel but, he wont listen.
Daniel's friend Abigail Smith is a very good influence on him. Abigail is a Christian and she is proud of it! She tries to witness to Daniel but, he wont listen.

*BulletV*She has given up on him, because he has started doing drugs.He was walking home with his crew, when all of a sudden he fell head first to the cold hard asphalt .
She has given up on him, because he has started doing drugs. He Daniel was walking home with his crew, when all of a sudden, he fell head first to the cold hard asphalt.

*Bullet* A bag valve mask is an artificial ventilation device.
instead of saying this, introduce it through dialogue, IE: Alex might ask the EMTs what the mask does and they tell him it's an AVD

*BulletG*V-fib( ventricular fibrillation, is a condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction is the ventricles of the heart.)
again, this could be a conversation between the paramedics "Hurry, he's going into v-fib!""What?!" "It means his heart is contracting irregularly. Steve, hand me the paddles!"

*BulletB* God also showed him his 'After Life' which makes prison seem like heaven. Daniel felt the flames burn his skin, there was no air his feet were in a pot of hot coals.
wow, again with the imagery and descriptions, very nice

A few parting comments...
this the start of your memoirs? that would be awesome, married AND a father before 18?, I'm sure you have quite the story to tell

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Review of Used To  
Review by A*Monaing*Faith
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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*Reading* Initial hook: never get enough of these testimony writings

*Butterflyb* Atmosphere/Tone: reverent, contemplating, remembering

*Suitheart* What I liked: how it made me feel, how I could relate

*Tools* A few comments/suggestions I had:

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*BulletG*I used to feel like I was trapped in a vile
Like I was the only one on spiritual trial
nice imagery, I think we all can relate; try not to use "like" twice in subsequent lines
I used to feel like I was trapped in a vile
Like I wasas if I were the only one on spiritual trial


*BulletB*Fighting, doing drugs used to be my style
Now I walk with the lord every single mile
AMEN! Capitalize 'Lord'

*BulletR*I wish I would have came to my senses before the pain
here's the thing, unfortunately the pain is necessary so that you can fully understand how lucky you are, think about it, how can you truly appreciate something if you don't earn it? IOW: how could we REALLY understand how good and gracious God is if we never do anything bad to deserve His grace?

*BulletV*I remember every single sin I've done
But God sent his only son
really? every SINGLE one!? that's impressive...., Capitalize "His" when in reference to "Him/Jesus/God"

*Bullet*You rose from the dead, thank you Yahweh.
not enough people use His alternate names, Yahweh's a personal fav

A few parting comments...
close to a 5 in spiritual terms, but 4 linguistically
I would like to know your opinion of my poem:
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My Resurrection  (E)
How I'm feeling this week having just been laid off.
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also, you may enjoy entering "The Lighthouse Poetry Contest

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