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Review of Time  Open in new Window.
Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E | (2.5)
As prose, this is fantastic. You have a gift for exciting the senses.

I found it in essays. As an essay, this piece would entirely miss the mark, if it had ever set one, which it didn't, which is the problem.

The purpose of an essay is to explain and define. This leaves the feeling of more questions than answers.

Again, I think it is beautifully written, I just think you put it in the wrong area.
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Review of The Portrait  Open in new Window.
Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ | (3.0)
good concept for a story!

It was a little awkward though, it felt like you were rushing it. A lot of the exposition, with the move and what not, drag on a bit and then you move through the climax too quickly to make up for it.

It's a great story, with a little pacing help it would be fantastic!
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Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E | (3.5)
good meta-fiction, which is hard to find.

It made me sad. Especially because I recognize the moment in the writing process that the piece is referring to. I hope you don't have this problem often.

Keep writing, there are not enough of us!
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Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Fantastic!

one thing... typo: Trying to slip past it's defences would BE a grueling task.

other than that I love it!
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Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ | (3.5)
Now you're talking.

There are some grammer mistakes most notably: The use of "there" instead of "their" a few times.

Content wise, it is a bit confusing, but your description is intense. You evoke the savage, depraved, murderous nature of Rails and the cult that he runs from just behind the scenes.

Your twist in the conflict was nice as well.
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Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ | (2.0)
You have an excellent taste for description, and your topic, and angle on it, is a really good one.

But, it's way too short, rushed and confusing. Tell more. It is rare to rue an entire day just due to the size of a hotel room... what else was sickly and wrong about it. What did the rip off of a roach motel make you want to do to the person who wrote the description on Orbitz? What was the description on Orbitz?

What's the price of tea in china?

Sometimes international economics fit perfectly into stories about bad motels.
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Review by Chad-Schaffer Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E | (1.5)
You have strong feelings on the matter, that is obvious, but your points are to subjective.

give examples of the destruction that theocracies have caused.

get more into the founding fathers argument

break the concept down, many people think of a speration of church and state to mean only that the government will not interfere with religion, you are point at the other issue. bring it up point blank...

also check your grammer, spelling and repitition. I know this comment isn't exactly all those things, but if you intend to formally post something it should be more than perfect at that basic level.

(if you decide to get into this essay and work on it some more, let me know when you re-post it. I am interested in the topic, and would like to see how your thoughts progress)
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