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@ejeriksen group

Hello! My name is Elyse and I would love to help you with your novel/story/screenplay/poem. If you need any critique, character names, character visuals, or anything else, I can help! If you wish, I can draw your characters and I can read your story! If you want to email me privately, click on my name and my website is on my profile :D If not, feel free to comment below!
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@Anemone eco

(Hi! I have a few poems that I'd like critiqued! I feel like this should be in General Writing or Sharing & Critiques though, seeing that it's not exclusive to characters.)

@Anemone eco

(Here.)

Letters From Jackson

"Tomorrow
will be a good day,"
they say.
They always do.
"Just keep waiting for tomorrow.
It will be better than today,"
they say.
But if tomorrow I'm still in pain,
will it still be a good day?
If tomorrow
I find myself smiling less
than I did today
would that be okay?
If tomorrow I hurt someone,
would you still feel that way?
If tomorrow I injured myself,
would I be numb to the pain?
Would it all go away
because tomorrow's a new day?
If I wake alone again
at the dawn of a new day,
disgusted and in pain.
Not wanting to be myself,
my efforts feeling in vain.
Would the day be there to save me?
And hold me close again?
And if tomorrow doesn't find me
before I wake
what will be of that day?
How would the world move on?
Would it still be a good day?
Because I'm gone,
would it make everything okay?

@ejeriksen group

@Kyomi_naidesu This poem is amazing! I love the flow of it, and it also hits home a little for me. It captures what your trying to say perfectly. Kutos for that. The only real critique I'd have for you is the word use that you decide to use. For example, instead of saying,
"Would the day be there to save me?
And hold me close again?
And if tomorrow doesn't find me
before I wake
what will be of that day?
How would the world move on?
Would it still be a good day?
Because I'm gone,
would it make everything okay?"
Try this. It adds more of a suspense mechanism and gives it more of a dramatic flare.
"Would the day be there to salvage me?
And embrace me again?
And if tomorrow doesn't find me
Before I wake…
What will be of that day?
How would the world move on?
Would it still be a good day?
Because I'm gone, would it
make everything okay?"
Overall, amazing job. I think that you should consider subscribing to my website, and you will get weekly emails on author tips. I hope to help other authors in every way I can :)

@Anemone eco

Thanks! The wording kinda wasn't a thing that I going to be very flexible on, seeing that it was directly based on something. I appreciate the feedback, though.

@stolenbrocoli group

Hi ! I have a chapter that i just finished that i would like some feedback on. If you want i could send a link or i could just copy paste it in here. Whatever works best for you ! :)

@I-make-stuff

Hey, could you critique this? You can add comments. I'm not sure if this is going to be a short story or a short novel (I'm leaning towards the latter, because it feels better with chapter breaks), so just be honest with critique and add your thoughts and reactions. Tysm!

@ejeriksen group

@stolenbrocoli Your story is very intreging! You're grammer is perfect and your characters are formed well. Though, I would split the paragraphs into chunks. The paragraphs are long and I find it hard to focus. Also, you kind of loaded the whole 'backstory' in one chapter. Spread it out a bit. Us readers do like them mysteries :D I love the way Garret thinks, as well. Its unique and relatable and the reader will have a fun time learning about the normal part of his life. And how dare you leave it on a cliffhanger XD Good job.

@ejeriksen group

@I-make-stuff Okay, here it goes.
My first initial thought is I love the title. It sounds really cool. The second thing I noticed was your puncuation was incorrect in certain places, which I'll give you the benifit of the doubt for because its a first draft.
I absolutly love the names you chose for your characters and I love the opening paragraph besides the first quote. "Teus didn’t like to cause conflict, but he was done to the point where he knew he wasn't asking questions; he was stating facts, though this was one that Cassius would surely deny." Is a very good hook. I'm already intrested. I love the characters, especially Amaya. She's badass. I love how the characters interact, it makes the world you've created feel more real. It's probably my favorite part. The characters make me laugh even in the first page, and I admire you for that.
The only thing I'd critique on the dialogue is while your writing it you forget to describe the scene and whats happening as the words are said.
Also, the top of the second page is kind of overwelming. Its not clear who each character is supposed to be and what they are doing in the grasslands. The paragraphs near the second page are also very long and sometimes my eyes can't focus on just one part.
I love how the "Chosen One" is just a loser with a bunch of kickass gaurdians. It gives me a good laugh and keeps me intrigued.
After the hike, it goes kind of fast and I find myself a little bit lost and reading things over again because its going so fast. But thats okay, you can always go back in editing and lengthen it out a bit.
I love your characters so, so much and I can't wait to read more! Hope this helps :D

@I-make-stuff

@ejeriksen Thank you so much, that was a great critique! I really need all the help I can get lol
Also, I joined your site, that's so cool that you're a teenager and you have a website and a blog with forums and stuff! That's really awesome, keep up the great work.

@I-make-stuff

Also, you can comment on the doc that I put, I could really use some specific help in terms of punctuation and pacing suggestions, etc. Like, just a quick comment whenever you think I could describe scenery a little more or something (pacing is something I struggle with a lot).

@ejeriksen group

@ejeriksen Thank you so much, that was a great critique! I really need all the help I can get lol
Also, I joined your site, that's so cool that you're a teenager and you have a website and a blog with forums and stuff! That's really awesome, keep up the great work.

Thank you so much! That's very motivating :D Keep up the great work with your story as well :D

@ejeriksen group

@Divine-Irish-Potato Okay, here it goes:
DOC ONE:
Okay, when I read the first part of the page I was confused what was going on. You didn't describe when people came in, when they did anything, they just talked. It also moves very, very fast. It also doesn't have the smoothest flow when you say what each character looks like without pairing an action with it. Like instead of saying, “You rang?” Lucifer asked. Lucifer looked like a cliche blonde busty secretary from a porno. It made sense; Evil is attractive." Try
“You rang?” Lucifer asked. She twirled her blonde curls, bored. Bored was a good look on her. Every look was. It made sense; Evil is attractive. "
I like how you used the God and Lucifer characters and used it to your advantage, like I thought it was hysterical when they said;
“Goddammit.”
“I’m right here.”
Its good to have humor in stories like this.
Also, I applaud you for this line. Its amazing XD
“Don’t call me Lucifer. You let your son die one of the worst deaths in history, and my daughter is the literal Antichrist.”
There is a LOT of dialogue. Though its good dialogue, I have a hard time envisioning whats happening because of the lack of description.
"As God and Satan were walking down Main Street, New York, Azrael appeared."
I have a couple of questions about this. First of all, are they in some sort of disguise or something? Why are they there? Why are they together? Who even is Azrael? Instead of jumping headfirst back into the dialogue, slow down and try to explain the scene.
“I can’t eat.”
“Why?”
“Because that would be like killing my creations.”
“Oh please, you’ve killed a lot of your creations before. Besides, everything’s fake nowadays.” And so they went to go grab some burgers.
This paragraph is GOLDEN. But your kind of just telling the story from a distance. That's not what readers want to see. They want to know; What happened while God and Satan went to get burgers?
Also, this line:
“Hello, Master,” The Summoner said. The Summoner was a woman.
Should probably change. Its not a big deal that shes a woman, so you don't have to announce it. It kind of throws the reader off track of the main point.
This might work better:
“Hello, Master,” She said.
Simple and still informational. Chef's kiss
After that, I'm kind of lost. I'm not exactly sure what I'm reading.
“That's not important. Here, have a giant eyeball with a mouth that’s perpetually screaming.” Vozreal snapped his fingers. The eyeball with a mouth appeared. The eyeball’s mouth was part of the eyeball itself. It was roaring like it was in pain.
I read that over and over and over again and my whole brain was screaming, WHAAAAAAT? Try to clear things up a little bit.
Chapter 4: Back to Narrator
That title is kind off… I dont know, obvious? Saying "Back to Narrator" is kind of messy. You can do better than that.

Okay! Time for doc 2!
I was walking to class when Madison walked up to me. We talked for a bit. That night, I had a dream. In the dream, there was a woman in a dark room. In the room, was a pentagram. She was trying to summon someone or something.
Okay, okay, slow it down, girl! I've been reading for 2 seconds and a whole day has already passed.
“Hi, my name’s Faith. You probably don’t know me too well, but I have a major crush on you. Wanna go out with me?” she hesitated.
“Sure. I’m going swimming in a minute. Wanna join?” I remarked.
“Cool.”
1st of all: What thoughts are going through Allison's head? Does she mind being asked out by another girl?
2nd of all: WHYYYYYYYYY? Her just saying "sure" is like the last thing someone would actually say. Its as if shes just brushing off the fact she just got herself a date.
3nd of all: Did they send each other some kind of telepathic message of WHERE they are going? Like they just know where and when the date is going to be. Thats a little freaky.
“This is my girlfriend,” I commented.
JUST BC SHE ASKED YOU OUT DOES NOT MEAN YOUR OFFICAL! Sorry, I'm a little tired right now its one in the morning uwu
*“Cool. MADISON! MAX! FAITH!” I shouted. They came over to us.

“Tell us,” we said to Chris.

“Okay! I’m… I’m—” He fretted.

“Gay? We know.” He sounded relieved.

“How did y’all know?”

“The way you act.”

“Oh.”* That. Went. Fast. I mean, dont get me wrong, Its cool about how all his friends are supportive, but its still really wied how they just straight up call him gay even though they dont even know what he was going to say. Also, are all the characters freaking lesbos and gays? I mean I love all LGBT+ peeps, being asexual myself, but not everyone should be gay... *I was going down to Hell itself to have a chat with War & Death. They’re nice people if you don’t anger them. I can’t go there by myself. I mean, I could, but I’d become a corrupted Halman. A Halman is a half-angel, half-mortal hybrid. But, I can go down there with a Horman or a Demgel. * That. Also. Went. Fast. One second she was splashing her friends with water the next she was on her way to meet a demon. Readers need some time to process that, if ya know what I mean.  One week later, I was walking in the mall, when I bumped into Death.

“Hi,” I said. Wow, okay. So your going to waltz in and bump into death and then just say HI??? What kind of crazy world is this? What I really don't get is that everyone thinks its so normal to have a conversation with DEATH. (PS. I hope what Im saying doesnt sound rude or offense you. Its one in the morning and I'm halucinating a lil bit) Im going to stop right there because I read the rest and all I can say is im really confused. I hope this was helpful :D!

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@Divine-Irish-Potato Okay, here it goes:
DOC ONE:
Okay, when I read the first part of the page I was confused what was going on. You didn't describe when people came in, when they did anything, they just talked. It also moves very, very fast. It also doesn't have the smoothest flow when you say what each character looks like without pairing an action with it. Like instead of saying, “You rang?” Lucifer asked. Lucifer looked like a cliche blonde busty secretary from a porno. It made sense; Evil is attractive." Try
“You rang?” Lucifer asked. She twirled her blonde curls, bored. Bored was a good look on her. Every look was. It made sense; Evil is attractive. "
I like how you used the God and Lucifer characters and used it to your advantage, like I thought it was hysterical when they said;
“Goddammit.”
“I’m right here.”
Its good to have humor in stories like this.
Also, I applaud you for this line. Its amazing XD
“Don’t call me Lucifer. You let your son die one of the worst deaths in history, and my daughter is the literal Antichrist.”
There is a LOT of dialogue. Though its good dialogue, I have a hard time envisioning whats happening because of the lack of description.
"As God and Satan were walking down Main Street, New York, Azrael appeared."
I have a couple of questions about this. First of all, are they in some sort of disguise or something? Why are they there? Why are they together? Who even is Azrael? Instead of jumping headfirst back into the dialogue, slow down and try to explain the scene.
“I can’t eat.”
“Why?”
“Because that would be like killing my creations.”
“Oh please, you’ve killed a lot of your creations before. Besides, everything’s fake nowadays.” And so they went to go grab some burgers.
This paragraph is GOLDEN. But your kind of just telling the story from a distance. That's not what readers want to see. They want to know; What happened while God and Satan went to get burgers?
Also, this line:
“Hello, Master,” The Summoner said. The Summoner was a woman.
Should probably change. Its not a big deal that shes a woman, so you don't have to announce it. It kind of throws the reader off track of the main point.
This might work better:
“Hello, Master,” She said.
Simple and still informational. Chef's kiss
After that, I'm kind of lost. I'm not exactly sure what I'm reading.
“That's not important. Here, have a giant eyeball with a mouth that’s perpetually screaming.” Vozreal snapped his fingers. The eyeball with a mouth appeared. The eyeball’s mouth was part of the eyeball itself. It was roaring like it was in pain.
I read that over and over and over again and my whole brain was screaming, WHAAAAAAT? Try to clear things up a little bit.
Chapter 4: Back to Narrator
That title is kind off… I dont know, obvious? Saying "Back to Narrator" is kind of messy. You can do better than that.

Okay! Time for doc 2!
I was walking to class when Madison walked up to me. We talked for a bit. That night, I had a dream. In the dream, there was a woman in a dark room. In the room, was a pentagram. She was trying to summon someone or something.
Okay, okay, slow it down, girl! I've been reading for 2 seconds and a whole day has already passed.
“Hi, my name’s Faith. You probably don’t know me too well, but I have a major crush on you. Wanna go out with me?” she hesitated.
“Sure. I’m going swimming in a minute. Wanna join?” I remarked.
“Cool.”
1st of all: What thoughts are going through Allison's head? Does she mind being asked out by another girl?
2nd of all: WHYYYYYYYYY? Her just saying "sure" is like the last thing someone would actually say. Its as if shes just brushing off the fact she just got herself a date.
3nd of all: Did they send each other some kind of telepathic message of WHERE they are going? Like they just know where and when the date is going to be. Thats a little freaky.
“This is my girlfriend,” I commented.
JUST BC SHE ASKED YOU OUT DOES NOT MEAN YOUR OFFICAL! Sorry, I'm a little tired right now its one in the morning uwu
*“Cool. MADISON! MAX! FAITH!” I shouted. They came over to us.

“Tell us,” we said to Chris.

"Okay! I’m… I’m—” He fretted.

“Gay? We know.” He sounded relieved.

“How did y’all know?”

“The way you act.”

“Oh.”*
That.
Went.
Fast.
I mean, dont get me wrong, Its cool about how all his friends are supportive, but its still really wied how they just straight up call him gay even though they dont even know what he was going to say. Also, are all the characters freaking lesbos and gays? I mean I love all LGBT+ peeps, being asexual myself, but not everyone should be gay…
*I was going down to Hell itself to have a chat with War & Death. They’re nice people if you don’t anger them. I can’t go there by myself. I mean, I could, but I’d become a corrupted Halman. A Halman is a half-angel, half-mortal hybrid. But, I can go down there with a Horman or a Demgel. *
That.
Also.
Went.
Fast.
One second she was splashing her friends with water the next she was on her way to meet a demon. Readers need some time to process that, if ya know what I mean.
One week later, I was walking in the mall, when I bumped into Death.

“Hi,” I said.
Wow, okay. So your going to waltz in and bump into death and then just say HI??? What kind of crazy world is this? What I really don't get is that everyone thinks its so normal to have a conversation with DEATH.
(PS. I hope what Im saying doesnt sound rude or offense you. Its one in the morning and I'm halucinating a lil bit)
Im going to stop right there because I read the rest and all I can say is im really confused.
I hope this was helpful :D!

One or two things to clarify: Allison is friends with death, and Allison was the type of girl to get asked out by everyone, and she kinda had a crush on faith as well.