What a terrible title...ing, ing, ing.
I hope this works here.
Okay, so basically, whenever I try to write, all I do is edit like a maniac, and I never finish anything. So I've decided to (gasp) take a short break from writing, since I'm only driving myself crazy, and do some editing of other peoples' writing. I do this a lot on the Writing Official Topic, but I sometimes am not sure whether or not anyone actually wants me edit their story or not. This is a great way to find out
I will review and edit -- also soup/banana/others might occasionally(?)
Short stories
Novel chapters (one at a time)
I will not review and edit -- wii says he'll review poetry and lyrics though
Poetry
Lyrics
Play scripts
(Doing the above would be hypocrisy. Find someone who knows anything at all about them instead XD)
If there's some other form of writing I'm not thinking of, ask.
The format will go like this.
Comments
Changes like grammar and spelling that are kind of necessary
Changes like phrasing and whatnot, which is not necessary but I think it would work better
Therewego.
If no one responds to this, I'm going to look like a weirdo, ahahah.
Last edited by Wickimen (2012-08-07 22:12:06)
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This looks awesome! I'll send in one of my writings then. Will you review essays.....?
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OK. Can you review my story? I had made a topic for it just now.
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Darkness.
It encompassed every corner and crevice of these eternally cursed lands. I like the word "encompassed" Its quest to rule never ended. Try a word different than quest, I think--maybe "struggle"? It suffocated every ounce of life that dared tread upon its domain. Nothing escaped its vice-like grip avoid cliches once it wrapped its steely fingers around the victim's throat. There was no compassion or mercy in these blackened corridors. There was no feeling, other than the supreme desire to conquer. These lands do not judge. They are free of bias and discrimination. You can be a high king or lowly peasant and you will suffer all the same if the judges call. It doesn’t matter. It all ends the same. I liked this bit
Screams.
Grotesque wails so brittle they cracked the air like a cat cutting the soft flesh of silence. Nice imagery A wicked sound that crawled its way up your spine and in to your brain. Its rapacious claws tore away at your sanity and sent you in to a rabid frenzy of abject misfortunes. It was a symphony of horrid screeches and wails ranging from deep baritones to high falsettos. It was the unseen killer. Nice. Creepily written XD
Any unfamiliar with this terrain would not last more than a moment before succumbing to the pernicious shadows that crawled across the scenery. To me, "scenery" gives a pretty picture of a forest in the sunset. Try something else--"crept through the air", "snuck around corners"... Grubby hands grasped for any mortal flesh, looking for a reprieve from their eternal curse. Manic eyes dashed around endlessly as they watched and awaited their next torment. Their opaque mouths forever opened with their endless screams. Scary. It works nicely They forever watched the land to which they were trapped.
They are avaricious creatures, as all Underworld dwellers seemed to be. A nasty syndrome that infected and plagued whomever inhaled the seemingly noxious gases wafting from the very hearth. Sentence flow could be worked on in that one. Also, uh, "seemingly noxious"? It was a pungent odor, really; sickening to Above-landers. I'd take out that sentence. "Pungent odor" seems a bit of an understatement. It was visible, yet unseen.
Overall, I love your writing style, and I couldn't find any grammar errors. Suggestion: use some repetition and deliberate sentence fragments. It has a creepy effect. Read some Ray Bradbury for a good example of that.
Last edited by Wickimen (2012-04-02 14:20:09)
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Can you edit me story?
Shimon Vinnik
Operation: Yggdrasil
Time: 2150
Location: 50 thousand feet above the Amazon River
Hunter Ragnar crouched on the floor of the airplane, ready to jump at the slightest indication. The interior was drab, a sickly gray. There was a gun rack and a jump seat next to Ragnar, but otherwise, he was alone with only his trusty rifle to keep him company. Ragnar was cloaked in a dark bluish robe, the latest technology from Aperture Science, and wore night vision goggles. He was not unhandsome, with a rugged beard and eyes that spoke of experience that someone of Ragnar’s twenty years should not have had. Ragnar checked his Galil and Desert Eagle for any signs of possible jamming. The last time that Ragnar’s guns had jammed, he had almost died, if not for the sacrifice of Uthred. As Ragnar, finished with his checks, smoked a nervous cigarette, characterized by his quick huffs of the noxious smoke. He checked his watch. One minute till the jump. Ragnar put out the wretched death-stick and slipped on the parachute.
“Thirty seconds until jump.” The intercom blared. The cargo door slowly opened and Ragnar walked to the edge, a mere slip away from the most frightening death possible, with torture at the hands of Kim Jong Il’s servants a close second. Ragnar prayed to his dead companion that he would survive this mission. If he should survive, most likely he would be given a few days vacation time. If not, that’s some valuable vacation time saved. Ragnar had no family to worry about him. Better that way, for what Ragnar was concerned.
“Jump.” Hunter ran forward from his position on the cargo bay and jumped. Many people have tried to describe the thrill of jumping off of an airplane into the void but they often go insane from trying to focus on the small details, like how the air smelled or some other garbage. To save the storyteller the considerable burden of insanity, the jump is not described. Try using your imagination. As Ragnar fell, he prepared to pull the cord. Ragnar looked around him and suddenly realized that the human species shouldn’t be up here. When God found out about the humans conquering the sea, he passed it off as a fluke. A few thousand years later when airplanes were invented and flight was invented, history sadly ignoring the brave souls that jumped off cliffs flapping their arms and making self described “birdy noises”. God was shocked, so naturally, His curiosity if humans could make it to the moon before the twenty first century was piqued. Why he chose to divulge the secrets of rocketry to scientists that were following the world’s most evil goose-stepper, no one knows. One must assume it’s a joke, although a rather unfunny one considering the about fifty million people that died in World War Two. After the Moon landing in 1969, God challenged the human race to solve the Higgs Boson. Now, in 2011, we are almost done with that goal. The next logical step for God is to retire to a nursing home and dominate at shuffleboard, complaining about modern “rock” music all the while. And so goes modern religion.
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Shimon Vinnik
Operation: Yggdrasil
Year?: 2150
Location: 50,000 feet above the Amazon River
Hunter Ragnar crouched on the floor of the airplane, ready to jump at the slightest indication. The interior was drab, a sickly gray. I enjoy the description "sickly gray" There was a gun rack and a jump seat next to Ragnar, but otherwise, he was alone with only his trusty rifle to keep him company. He was cloaked in a dark bluish robe, the latest technology from Aperture Science, and wore night vision goggles. He was not unhandsome, with a rugged beard and eyes that spoke of experience eyes are the window of the soul that someone of Ragnar’s twenty years should not have had.
new paragraph; add an indentRagnar checked his Galil and Desert Eagle for any signs of possible jamming. The last time that Ragnar’s guns had jammed, he would have died, if not for the sacrifice of Uthred. As Ragnar finished with his checks, he smoked a nervous cigarette, characterized by his quick huffs of the noxious smoke. nice imagery He checked his watch. One minute till the jump. He put out the wretched death-stick and slipped on the parachute.
indent“Thirty seconds until jump[color=red,” the[/color] intercom blared. The cargo door slowly opened and Ragnar walked to the edge, a mere slip away from the most frightening death possible, with torture at the hands of Kim Jong Il’s servants a close second. Ragnar prayed to his dead companion that he would survive this mission. If he should survive, most likely he would be given a few days vacation time. If not, that’s some valuable vacation time saved. Ragnar had no family to worry about him. Better that way, where Ragnar was concerned. Goodgood. Makes him seem all resigned and bitter
indent“Jump.” Hunter Wait do you mean Ragnar ran forward from his position on the cargo bay and jumped.
new paragraph I believe, and indentMany people have tried to describe the thrill of jumping off of an airplane into the void, but they often go insane from trying to focus on the small details, like how the air smelled or some other garbage. To save the storyteller the considerable burden of insanity, the jump is not described. Try using your imagination. Loool. As Ragnar fell, he prepared to pull the cord. Ragnar looked around him and suddenly realized that the human species shouldn’t be up here. When God found out about the humans conquering the sea, he passed it off as a fluke. A few thousand years later when airplanes were invented and flight was invented, history sadly ignoring the brave souls that jumped off cliffs flapping their arms and making self described “birdy noises”. God was shocked, so naturally, His curiosity if humans could make it to the moon before the twenty first century was piqued. Why he chose to divulge the secrets of rocketry to scientists that were following the world’s most evil goose-stepper, no one knows. One must assume it’s a joke, although a rather unfunny one considering the about fifty million people that died in World War Two. After the Moon landing in 1969, God challenged the human race to solve the Higgs Boson. Now, in 2011, we are almost done with that goal. The next logical step for God is to retire to a nursing home and dominate at shuffleboard, complaining about modern “rock” music all the while. And so goes modern religion.
Lolok then. Couldn't find any grammatical errors/sentence choice in that, but it seemed slightly random. Though, Lemony Snicket-ish in a way.
Is this the end of the story? Do we ever get back to Ragnar, or does it end like that to keep you guessing?
I think it seems more like a beginning or a first chapter, though. It has potential to continue without ending abruptly
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Tired of writing. D:
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Tired of writing. D:
You or me?
I'm not like
Tired of it
Just getting a bit frustrated and taking a break from it
I'll continue our collab though
Other stuff no
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Wickimen wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Tired of writing. D:
You or me?
I'm not like
Tired of it
Just getting a bit frustrated and taking a break from it
I'll continue our collab though
Other stuff no
Okay yeah.
You.
Uh, I feel about the same. >.>
Okay yay.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Tired of writing. D:
You or me?
I'm not like
Tired of it
Just getting a bit frustrated and taking a break from it
I'll continue our collab though
Other stuff noOkay yeah.
You.
Uh, I feel about the same. >.>
Okay yay.
Uh I'm confused
Do you or do you not want to keep collabing
I'm not quitting collabs
Just the stuff I've been trying to do on my own
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Wickimen wrote:
Shimon Vinnik
Operation: Yggdrasil
Year?: 2150
Location: 50,000 feet above the Amazon River
Hunter Ragnar crouched on the floor of the airplane, ready to jump at the slightest indication. The interior was drab, a sickly gray. I enjoy the description "sickly gray" There was a gun rack and a jump seat next to Ragnar, but otherwise, he was alone with only his trusty rifle to keep him company. He was cloaked in a dark bluish robe, the latest technology from Aperture Science, and wore night vision goggles. He was not unhandsome, with a rugged beard and eyes that spoke of experience eyes are the window of the soul that someone of Ragnar’s twenty years should not have had.
new paragraph; add an indentRagnar checked his Galil and Desert Eagle for any signs of possible jamming. The last time that Ragnar’s guns had jammed, he would have died, if not for the sacrifice of Uthred. As Ragnar finished with his checks, he smoked a nervous cigarette, characterized by his quick huffs of the noxious smoke. nice imagery He checked his watch. One minute till the jump. He put out the wretched death-stick and slipped on the parachute.
indent“Thirty seconds until jump[color=red,” the[/color] intercom blared. The cargo door slowly opened and Ragnar walked to the edge, a mere slip away from the most frightening death possible, with torture at the hands of Kim Jong Il’s servants a close second. Ragnar prayed to his dead companion that he would survive this mission. If he should survive, most likely he would be given a few days vacation time. If not, that’s some valuable vacation time saved. Ragnar had no family to worry about him. Better that way, where Ragnar was concerned. Goodgood. Makes him seem all resigned and bitter
indent“Jump.” Hunter Wait do you mean Ragnar ran forward from his position on the cargo bay and jumped.
new paragraph I believe, and indentMany people have tried to describe the thrill of jumping off of an airplane into the void, but they often go insane from trying to focus on the small details, like how the air smelled or some other garbage. To save the storyteller the considerable burden of insanity, the jump is not described. Try using your imagination. Loool. As Ragnar fell, he prepared to pull the cord. Ragnar looked around him and suddenly realized that the human species shouldn’t be up here. When God found out about the humans conquering the sea, he passed it off as a fluke. A few thousand years later when airplanes were invented and flight was invented, history sadly ignoring the brave souls that jumped off cliffs flapping their arms and making self described “birdy noises”. God was shocked, so naturally, His curiosity if humans could make it to the moon before the twenty first century was piqued. Why he chose to divulge the secrets of rocketry to scientists that were following the world’s most evil goose-stepper, no one knows. One must assume it’s a joke, although a rather unfunny one considering the about fifty million people that died in World War Two. After the Moon landing in 1969, God challenged the human race to solve the Higgs Boson. Now, in 2011, we are almost done with that goal. The next logical step for God is to retire to a nursing home and dominate at shuffleboard, complaining about modern “rock” music all the while. And so goes modern religion.
Lolok then. Couldn't find any grammatical errors/sentence choice in that, but it seemed slightly random. Though, Lemony Snicket-ish in a way.
Is this the end of the story? Do we ever get back to Ragnar, or does it end like that to keep you guessing?
I think it seems more like a beginning or a first chapter, though. It has potential to continue without ending abruptly
Thanks. Yes I meant Ragnar where I put Hunter. I'm working on this story on and off again, trying to finish it.
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Wickimen wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
You or me?
I'm not like
Tired of it
Just getting a bit frustrated and taking a break from it
I'll continue our collab though
Other stuff noOkay yeah.
You.
Uh, I feel about the same. >.>
Okay yay.Uh I'm confused
Do you or do you not want to keep collabing
I'm not quitting collabs
Just the stuff I've been trying to do on my own
I want to do it, mate.
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wicki is supersecretprojectalphaforcego(working name) still a go?
anyway I might powst som stuf
but I get you to edit all my work anyway!
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Geekish wrote:
One problem! You are from USA right? You have different spellings and grammar to us British
I don't think she'll change those word's spellings.
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Geekish wrote:
One problem! You are from USA right? You have different spellings and grammar to us British
I know British spellings
manoeuvre - realise - centre... et cetera
I read the original versions of Harry Potter
So I think I'll be okay whereas British/American spelling is concerned
Last edited by Wickimen (2012-04-02 21:05:48)
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bananaman114 wrote:
wicki is supersecretprojectalphaforcego(working name) still a go?
anyway I might powst som stuf
but I get you to edit all my work anyway!
Lolol cool
What is a supersecretprojectalphaforcego etc.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Okay yeah.
You.
Uh, I feel about the same. >.>
Okay yay.Uh I'm confused
Do you or do you not want to keep collabing
I'm not quitting collabs
Just the stuff I've been trying to do on my ownI want to do it, mate.
I enjoy my new sig, mate
MS Paint is awesome
Sometimesish
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Wickimen wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
Uh I'm confused
Do you or do you not want to keep collabing
I'm not quitting collabs
Just the stuff I've been trying to do on my ownI want to do it, mate.
I enjoy my new sig, mate
MS Paint is awesome
Sometimesish
xD
Yeah....sometimes.
Except that it has no transparency.... D:<
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