Great feedback

By scratch

11 Votes

Comments

Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2014

I cannot over stress the importance of commenting on other writers' work. The benefits aren't just the obvious ones of providing feedback and recieving reciprocal comments yourself. The hidden benefit is that your own writing standard will...

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Posted in Dust

By SoulFire77

5 Votes

[We interrupt Mornington Heights for these important messages]

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2026

Studio lights up. A tanned man in a velvet blazer sits behind a mahogany desk. His teeth are impossibly white. A glass of water and a stack of cue cards are arranged before him.

"Good evening. I'm Gérard Le Fromage."

...

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Posted in Penny's Pass The Story - Part 8.

By airyfairy

5 Votes

Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...

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Posted in The End - part 2

By Di_Hard

4 Votes

"Ticking boxes to prove to

Posted on Tue, 03 Feb 2026

"Ticking boxes to prove to robots that I wasn’t a robot was particularly irritating." A new diary entry from Turlough is always a delight, and this one is great, so it is Pick of the Day! Please do read and share, and cheer up your friends with...

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Posted in I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Tie-Dye My Raggy Socks

By insertponceyfrenchnamehere

4 Votes

This is our social media Pick

Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026

This is our social media Pick of the Day

Please share far and wide

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Posted in Letter to Ann Lovett (1968 - 1984)

By Turlough

4 Votes

Verse Nine (for Jenny)

Posted on Sat, 27 Dec 2025

A poet plagued by Yuletide snot

Amidst great mounds of Kleenex grot

Observed proceedings from her cot

As soldiers danced with swords in kilts

To send some cheer to Swindon, Wilts

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Posted in Fête de Noël de Madame Priyatelkata

By luigi_pagano

4 Votes

A topic very close to my

Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021

A topic very close to my heart very well elaborated with skilled writing and fine rhyming, highlighting the concern we all feel, Turlough. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Best, Luigi

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Posted in Copse and Robbers

By jolono

4 Votes

Not at all, but you don't

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2015

Not at all, but you don't want repetition. In the second line you have the word "air" twice and only five words apart. The fourth line has "with every" twice, once again only a few words apart. It may seem petty but these are the things that stop...

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Posted in Chapter 2: Gone (John)