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Pigwig70
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This looks very good. I like it, it's something new that i have not rated before. From what i can tell, it seems like a collection of stories. I will rate them all in one review though :)


rofl... page 5:

Thanks Dream. It seems though that all my threads have a knack for driving people away :(

I wonder why...


I stopped on page 14, "it's a girl"

18-Jul-2009 02:09:37 - Last edited on 18-Jul-2009 03:27:43 by Pigwig70

Pigwig70
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the last stories that i read were.... disguisting... For a lack of a better word. But a good disguisting :| It has been fun reading your stories and i will have to remember to come back for some more. Here is your review:

overall grade (horror): 9/10. 4/4 for gore/blood/horrific things, 2/3 for suspense, and 3/3 for action

Very good work! I shall put you in the hall of fame! :)



edit: It's been so long since i've reviewed, i've forgotten how to do it! :P You also got a 3/3 on the reading ease ;)

20-Jul-2009 19:14:03 - Last edited on 20-Jul-2009 19:37:02 by Pigwig70

Caydock

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Kyle’s Review

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~~~~~~~~~~ The Novelists’ Guild ~~~~~~~~~~
~~Review of “Kyle’s Compilation” By Cund8 **

**** Score ~~~~

Plot: 20/20
Description/Impact: 18/20
Originality/Thought: 20/20
Characters/Emotions:19/20
Mechanics: 16/20
Total: 93/100

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**** Reasons ~~~~

Plot: The plots of every story were vivid and varied. They were frightening and I was disturbed at times. For this genre, being horror, they were excellent.
Description: Your description was great. There were a few times where I did*’t know what exactly you were talking about, but overall very good.
Originality/Thought: Very, very, very original. None of the stories seemed like the previous one and it was quite obvious what amount of thought went into these stories.
Characters: Your characters were…disturbing. I’m not going to beat around the bush, sometime how they would react just plain scared me. So you get a high score for characters. They were very well developed for such short stories.
Mechanics: Here’s where I noticed the main mistakes of the stories. Many times you used ‘were’ for ‘we’re’, ‘to’ for ‘too’, and other such mistakes.

~~~~ My thoughts ****

What I liked: The plots of the stories, the development of the characters and the impact they had on me. I won’t be getting in a police car any time in the near future.

What I didn't Like: Mechanics. Simple mistakes that could have been easily fixed. There were missing commas at times, and you spelled words wrongly occasionally.

22-Aug-2009 17:38:01

Caydock

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~~~~ Summary ~~~~

What I think: You did a great job getting over the ‘horror’ of the stories. The characters were great, description was for the most part well done though it sometime seemed forced.

How you can improve: Look over your story another time for those little grammatical errors you missed the first time. It won’t take much time and will make a much cleaner read.

Final Verdict: Great job. It was well done and I really enjoyed reading the skill. Not so much the disturbing parts… Kyle’s Compilation definitely deserves a spot in the Novelists’ Guild Library.

~~~~ Corrected Errors ~~~~

I’m not going to mark all the errors, seeing as this is many different stories. Below are some of the mistakes, but not all.

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Hey Bill!
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Need’s a comma. This happens a few more times as well.
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The entrance looked misty and glowing a bluish hue. Bill shrugged and thought, ‘why not?'
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Capitalize the beginning of his thoughts.

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Bill left the office and walked home, trying to push Chad and the articles from his mind. Instead he thought about if he had everything he needed. When he realized that he was Chad started to seep into his head again. He needed something to divert his thoughts.
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Not sure what this means. Seems like you might be missing some words. Sentences like this also happen in other stories. You might notice I’m using ‘Party!’ for my examples. That’s because the majority of the mistakes take place in that story.

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The entrance looked misty and glowing a bluish hue.
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Glowed, not glowing. You switch tenses occasionally in the stories.

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“Whatever lady, to bad you didn't predict me leaving.”
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Too, not to. This also occurs, somewhat frequently throughout the stories.

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Mistakes like the above listed are what make up most of the grammatical errors in this compilation. You should look through your stories again and try to find them. Especially when you misuse a word by replacing it with a homophone.

-Cund8

22-Aug-2009 17:38:16 - Last edited on 22-Aug-2009 17:39:48 by Caydock

NovelistElly

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I don't know where you are Kyle, but I miss ya. Reading what I missed right now.

Elly

EDIT: I'll be honest, not your best work, but definitely had your flair. I liked the second one more because it was more...fun? Yes. Fun. ^_^

The first one was good too, just really short and you went straight to the point. The second was more creative, taking a phrase and warping it to your designs.

I still like your writing, and hope you come back soon. I hardly even realized you left. I'm still unfathomably proud of your work on "The Gardener". I think that may be one of my favorites.

24-Aug-2009 01:18:00 - Last edited on 24-Aug-2009 01:28:57 by NovelistElly

Dark Enmity

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Wonder why The Gardener is your favorite *shify eyes*. lol, to be honest, I hated those last to stories as well. Reason being is that those were both contest entries, with a designated theme. I work much better when it's just my imagination. :) Plus, they also had text restraints, and that's no fun when you are trying to create 20 posts of tension, then realizing it has to be condensed into 2 posts. ;)

24-Aug-2009 07:51:58

NovelistElly

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Absolutely true on all counts. I will hopefully be adding more to Elly-kinesis, and I hope you continue to read Sandstone. Hope to see you in the near future!

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