I did a review for you on your idea for a prompt "Supernatural Creatures Convention." I am not a professional reviewer but I can give you feedback on how your story impacted me.
Your idea for a prompt is fabulous. I enjoyed reading your story. It made me laugh. I encourage you to keep writing. I am eager to read more on this story.
I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness to surround you daily.
I am doing a review for you on your story "Write it down." I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give feedback on how your story impacted me.
I believe I can help you, at least this is my hope. The year 1974 was the year that three major traumas came to me which have turned my life of happiness to that of sorrow. It changed my life in many ways. I witnessed the aftermath of something very traumatic; it was the aftermath of a murder, which was almost like a massacre. One lady was killed, a teenager was shot and nearly died, while a bullet in the shoulder nicked two teenagers. I was seventeen years old when this happened. It wasn't until I turned fifty years old that my life started turning around for the better. I still feel the effects of the traumas, but, when I decided to write some books, I believed I would be someone who could help someone else.
You say you don't know what to write, due to thinking you had nothing to share, because it was a boring life. As for your emotional state, I'll mention what I did for myself. I have a mental disorder known as schizoaffective disorder. There's a huge stigma attached to this one. It took a long time for me to get the courage to write. I did some freewriting; I wrote everything down and didn't pay attention to spelling or grammar. I created names for my characters. It didn't matter whether the characters were good or bad, I began to play around with them a bit and started to write about them.
Your life is interesting, whether you think so or not. Something in your life made you happy, sad, lonely, or depressed. Try making the negative parts into something positive. This is a tremendous help to me. It helps to cheer me up. Play around with your characters until you feel happy about what you wrote.
I hope there is something I said that is helpful to you. I encourage you to write. The more you write, the better you'll feel. Don't give up. You will be able to help other people.
I hope you have blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness.
I am doing a review on your poem "There will be another tomorrow." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how I felt after reading it.
I noticed you saying you were not a poet. I read your poem and there was some rhyming in there, which, in my book, makes you a poet for this piece. Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. Poetry can go by syllables. There is considered one syllable, while other is considered two syllables. I clap my hands for each word to get a rhythm going per line. Give this a try and you may discover you are a poet after all.
I encourage you to write. The more you write, the better you'll get. Don't give up. Keep at it. I have faith and confidence in you.
I hope this helps. I hope you are surrounded with blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness.
I did a review for you on "Green Rain and Jelly Donuts.". I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how your story made me feel.
I got a laugh out of reading your story this morning. I enjoyed reading it. It didn't matter whether the rain was green, she just wanted her donuts. Because the rain was green, it was thought that it might be poison.
I encourage you to keep writing. I had a blast reading your story. I needed some good humor this morning.
I hope you are surrounded with blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness to last you for a lifetime.
I did a review on "Stand Tall" for you. I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your story impacted me about relationships.
You said a lot in a few words. I can feel the emotion of hurt and the violation of disrespect. You said you would rather do without him than have your boundaries violated by disrespect. As much as it hurts, it's better not to have this person in your life. I have had a hard time to walk out of a relationship, but I walked out on two marriages after putting up with a lot of things I shouldn't have. I was scared. In my second marriage, if I didn't walk out after years of verbal abuse, I may not have been here today.
I want to encourage you to write. What you wrote can help others learn from your experience. I admire the fact you shared your story.
I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness for most of your days.
I read your emotional poem "Poems of My Mind." I am doing a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.
You gave an excellent description of poetry in your writing. I found it very interesting about the titles: "Safety of Books" and "Not Quite Right." I encourage you to write. Feel free to read any of my writings at any time.
I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, good songs, love, and happiness. Let them follow you daily.
I read your article "Android 15 Update." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your article impacted me.
I appreciate the update on Android 15. It sounds like this is good to have. I have much to learn about computers, iPhones, androids, tablets, etc. I am 67 years old. Privacy is important and it's important to go public.
I encourage you to keep writing. What someone doesn't know can help others learn more about.
I hope you're blessed with friendships, good health, love, happiness, and music. Music helps me when I am feeling good and when I'm feeling down. Hearing songs from the past is great for lifting our moods.
I am reviewing your poem "PTSD." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your poem affected me.
Oh, wow! There is a lot of emotion in your poem about PTSD. PTSD happens when you've been in a war. I have been through three major traumas at the age of seventeen. Though I have never been in a war, I witnessed something I shouldn't have seen. I wondered if PTSD should've been my diagnosis. I think about checking into that sometime.
I encourage you to keep writing. It is traumatizing to be in love, especially not knowing how the other person feels about you. Your writing helped me in a lot of ways. I admire the courage it must have taken to write your story and to share it in public. Don't be scared; the more you write, the better you become.
I hope the best for you in every way. I hope you will have smiles lasting for a lifetime.
I reviewed your fictional story "The Last Drive." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how I felt after reading your story.
Your story is well done. I could feel the emotion of the characters. The characters seemed true to life. I can relate to my personal story of when I was a passenger in a car and it was early in the morning. The driver went up a road to where we were going, which seemed like we wouldn't be reaching the top where we would be getting a motel to stay the night. The driver was getting tired and it was still very dark outside. The driver didn't want to pull over; it was creepy out there. He went a little ways further when we reached the top. I was happy we made it. I was scared.
Your story was very detailed and precise. I encourage you to write. Even though it had nothing to do with real characters or events, I felt like I was in that scene. I had a nightmare once when I saw my funeral. Yes, it was a scary place for me to be at that period of my life. It took me a while to realize it was a nightmare when I woke up.
I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness surrounding you daily.
I just finished reading your story about yourself "MY FIRST WRITINGS." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your story has an impact on me.
It sounds like you're going to be entering high school this summer. I am 67 years old and would like you to know I have struggled through the same things as you have. It doesn't matter what age we are, we go through the same things.
Love is hard when we love someone who doesn't love us back. Sometimes, we often cry tears because we don't understand why they don't love us.
I don't judge people by their writings. I know it's especially hard when you're trying to learn English when you're from another country. I admire you for taking the step to give it your best effort. I encourage you to keep writing. The more you write, the better you will get.
I have had trouble with writing and I am an American. Don't give up. I have found out from being critiqued on my writing, I have many things to learn. It was easy to give up and quit, but I am determined to be a good writer and be able to self-publish my books.
I hope you have blessings of good health, friendships, love, and happiness.
I just finished reviewing your article "Business Automation." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your article made an impact on me.
I learned a lot by reading your article. It's nice to know there's an outlet where people can contact someone 24/7 when they have a problem with an assignment and need to find an answer to a question or have a resource to turn to when help is wanted for a mental health problem. Anytime there's a question to be answered, AI is there to answer them.
It's wonderful how automation can help someone anytime they need help.
I encourage you to keep going on with your writing. Your writing is very informative; it will help someone no matter what. I am a bit scared of AI. I heard other people are a bit afraid of it too. I have used AI a few times and have been very impressed with it.
Hello and Good morning to you!
I just finished reading your poem "Comforting Loneliness." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your poem impacted me.
There is something to be said about loneliness. A person can be surrounded by people and yet feel lonely. Being alone is not easy, however, a lot of people are alone. It's nice to have people to talk to, but sometimes can be exhausting. When you're the only one in a house or apartment, you can be free to do things without someone hanging over your back. This alone can make one feel lonely, even though you wish for someone to talk with.
I encourage you to keep writing; it's good to be able to write about how you feel. You can help others by sharing.
Yes, I can relate to being lonely.
I hope you can be surrounded by many blessings, good health, friendships, love, and happiness daily.
I just finished reading your story "Returning to Writing.Com." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your writing impacted me.
I am happy you returned to Writing.Com. I have discovered a family here. I love that you consider yourself a doctor even if you're not medical. I can imagine how hard it is to be a teacher and not be able to talk about certain things. Working with children who have disabilities is a wonderful thing. I am happy for you to complete a novel and have it self-published. I hope you will write more. I am hoping to get my books self-published if I can do that. I am confident I can do it, however, there is a little bit of doubt that sets in, but I am determined to do it. I have 250 writings on the Writing.Com website. I am happy I found the courage to go public with my stories. I believe I can help people deal with having a disability called mental illness; I have one as well. I have a schizoaffective disorder. Taking the medications Aripiprazole and Bupropion have been life savers for me. Taking the first one was like a miracle drug for me.
I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness to surround you daily. Again, welcome back to Writing.Com. I am happy you have a house now.
I just reviewed your emotional and personal writing "Suffocating Goodbyes." I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how your writing has affected me.
Wow. I can feel your emotion of heaviness of trauma. I can relate since I have gone through traumas in my life. I have been told to let go of them since they happened years ago. The trouble is they seem to follow me throughout my life. I talk to the traumas saying I wish they didn't happen, yet, they did. I struggle with the severity they've had on me. I wish they (traumas) would go away, because like you say, they are suffocating. I feel like putting on a warm blanket over you so that you would feel better so I can go on with my life.
Because of medication, it helped me to cope better about it. The effects of the traumas come back, but I can cope with them better. Dealing with traumas is not easy but I do my best to live with them daily. I put on music to ease the pain they put on me. Try to do this, you may find you won't let them bother you as much.
I hope blessings of friendships, happiness, and love will follow you every day of your life.
I encourage you to keep writing. I feel that other people can benefit from reading your story.
Choosing one man over the other is difficult for a woman. The one who lost out on her love, because purple wasn't her favorite color, must have sparked some interest in her, otherwise, she wouldn't have kept thinking about him. She must have seen some good qualities in him that made him stick out in her mind. I wonder how he felt when she chose another man over him. The man liked the colors blue and red. These colors must have had a special meaning for her; the purple color was not an issue. Somehow, she was drawn to the other man, because he had chosen the color purple, therefore, she decided to go for the other guy.
Shocking herself back into reality was a good thing; she could focus on her one true love. It almost sounded like there was a bit of regret there. She knew she made the right decision to go for the guy who liked the colors blue and red.
Your story was interesting. I encourage you to write. I can believe that you have more stories to tell. Keep up the good work!
I hope you have blessings, friendships, and happiness in your life.
I hope I made sense in this review. I apologize for the confusion if it didn't come out like I wanted it to sound.
I just finished reading your article "Thoughts on a Complex Relationship." It will be my pleasure to do a review for you. Even though I am not a professional reviewer, my feedback on how your article has impacted me is something I can do.
It's sad when someone's family can't give the guidance a person needs to grow. It's wonderful how your family stepped in to give this person the support they need. By setting healthy boundaries, this individual can appreciate the depth and beauty of this unique relationship while ensuring it remains healthy and fulfilling as you stated in the last sentence of your article. Congratulations on that!
I encourage you to keep writing. I enjoyed reading your article. Keep up the great work.
I hope your day is filled with blessings of friendship, good health, and happiness, and continue to keep on going after that.
I just finished reading your poem "Enchantment." I will give you a review. Even though I am not a professional reviewer, I can tell you how much your poem has impacted me.
The first two stanzas and the last one are as follows:
I went to look at the moon on a summer even
When winds blew softly over the ripened wheat,
Only to look at its unattainable beauty.
But the moon came down from the sky and lay at my feet.
All my being suffused with unspeakable wonder,
I held it there in my hand; its golden rays
Filled the night with a tender ineffable glory,
A thing to remember and cherish for countless days.
This is the place to be paid throughout years of living,
When dark clouds lower over a weary land:
Never to weep for a moment of lost enchantment
When I held the moon like a golden ball in my hand.Th
I could feel the emotion that went behind your poem. It sounds like you put a lot of thought into putting it down on paper. I liked the part you wrote:
Nover to weep for a moment of lost enchantment
When I held the moon like a golden ball in my hand.
It's amazing to me, how you could hold the moon like a golden ball in your hand. I probably wouldn't have thought about that.
I encourage you to keep writing. Your poem was beautifully written. I am glad that you dared to share your poem.
I hope that your life will be filled with blessings of friendships, good health, and happiness.
I just finished reading your poem "8..." I will give you a review today. Although I am not a professional reviewer, I can give feedback on how your poem had an impact on me.
The part of your poem I found to be interesting is as follows:
So, when you next feel the surge of a cool breeze against your cheek,
Thank Her... not only for your being but for Hers
For Mother Nature is everywhere, everyone, everything.
She is the formidable tree you climbed and conquered at just 8 years old
She is the briny blue ocean that practically swallowed you whole as you learned of Her crude warnings
She is the juicy, sweet, crisp apple you bite into; the apple your last baby tooth finds itself stuck, separated from the mouth She gave you in hopes that you would tell Her story...
This is so true. I remember an old commercial on television that said, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Mother Nature is a force not to be reckoned with. She can be kind or unkind. She has the power to cause the weather to be destructive. It's best to be on her better side.
I encourage you to write. You give a nice, detailed description of what she is like. I enjoyed reading your poem.
I hope that my review has helped in some way. I hope you have countless blessings of friendships, good health, and much happiness.
I just finished reading your poem Mother Nature "Untitled (love)". You deserve a review and I will do one for you. Even though I am not a professional reviewer, the feedback on how your poem left an impact on me is something I can do for you.
Your expression about nature in your poem was well done. I could feel the emotion behind it. It sounds like a lot of thought went into writing it. I encourage you to write. The first two stanzas are as follows:
The sweet, billowing breeze rushes to greet my nose.
My eyes flutter closed as I absorb the energy whirling me.
Raindrops beat on my forehead as Mother Nature kisses the top of my head.
I stand, unwavering in the face of the storm.
A smile stretches across my face.
I know I remain divinely protected.
I need nobody else,
For I have Mother Nature standing at my side.
I love how it flows so brilliantly.
I encourage you to keep writing. Writing is good therapy; it helps me feel better by getting my thoughts down on paper. Coming out into the open takes courage and I'm glad you have taken the first step by sharing your poem. I enjoyed reading it.
I hope you have many friendships, good health, and happiness. These are blessings everyone should have.
Have a great day! I hope my review has helped you. I pointed out some capitalizations and periods in your poem. I put them in when I wrote the two stanzas.
I just finished reading your essay "An Unforgettable Nightmare." You deserve to get a review and I am giving you one. I am not a professional reviewer. I can give feedback on how your essay had impacted me after I read it.
I agree with your essay. The corona virus was an unforgettable nightmare. There were a lot of people who lost their lives through this ugly disease. To my knowledge, I haven't heard of anyone losing their life due to the corona virus in my family. I wish I could bring those people back. This was such a tragedy.
I wish more attention was paid to getting rid of this disease. I heard there is a new strain of it going around named flirt. I hope this time it can be kept under control (nip it in the bud) before it gets out of hand.
I encourage to keep writing. You were descriptive in how it came about. It took courage to share your essay and I am glad you did.
I hope you are in good health, blessed by friends, and happiness.
I just finished reading your short story fantasy "I Can't Believe You're Mine." Your story is worth a review and I will gladly give you one. Although I am not a professional reviewer, I will provide feedback on how your story impacted me.
I enjoyed reading your story. It was a cute love story. They couldn't keep their eyes off each other; they were very much in love. When she asked 'Who do you like?, the response was I like you because you're gorgeous, sweet, and funny. These are admirable traits to have. She dropped her coffee after she was told that she was liked.
I encourage you to keep writing. It was an enjoyable read and other people should enjoy it also.
I hope your upcoming days will be filled with many blessings of friendship, good health, and happiness. I hope the review I provided was helpful. Feel free to read any of my writings when you have the time.
I liked the second sentence, "We'd just left the coffee shop. When we walked by, she giggled and pulled me aside saying, "C'mon, let's be basic white girls and get some pumpkin spice!"
I just finished reading your poem "Tides." Doing a review for you sounds good to me. Although I am not a professional reviewer, giving you input on how your poem had an impact on me is something that I can do. I hope it helps you.
I am tickled with you coming out from having an illness, such as bipolar, to share your poetry. This takes a great deal of courage. I have a schizoaffective disorder. The stigma attached to this is hard to take most of the time. My thinking is different from other people most of the time and I am slow at doing things, which seems to bother people a lot. I get frustrated at myself too.
If you can find the time, I would like you to give me your interpretation of your poem. I think I have the gist of it, but I would like to hear it from you. I have been a member of Writing.Com for over five years now and have come to enjoy the family I have come to know on this website.
I encourage you to keep writing. You are brave; don't ever doubt that. I have wanted to share my stories for quite some time and am working on self-publishing some books. This is a huge step for me. Feel free to read my writings when you have time.
I hope you will have friendship blessings, good health, and happiness. You deserve to have this.
I just finished reading your short story "Cloudy." I am going to write up a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer but getting feedback on how your story impacted me is something I can do.
It's wonderful that you wrote this story about your personal experience with someone who has Alzheimer's disease. It takes a lot of courage to come out into the open to share your story. I can relate to this because my mother had dementia. I took care of her for a long time without knowing this. One thing that kept me going was that she never let a day go by without telling me how much she loved me. I can still visualize her shaking her finger at me and saying, "Now, Anna, don't you let anyone tell you that you didn't take good care of me, because you did." I will never forget that. I was close with my mom and when she left this earth, it had made her passing somewhat easier. I had to be the one to decide to end her life when she lost a lot of blood. I was told that they could give her a blood transfusion that could've prolonged her life a little bit, but that she would've been in a lot of pain. This was hard for me to do. My family didn't think that I needed to do that. The hospitalist went over all the options with me and that's when I had to decide to end her life. I was told that she passed on peacefully. I was happy about that.
I encourage you to write. Writing helps to express your feelings about what you're going through in life and sharing your story with someone else can benefit them too.
I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, and happiness. I hope my story has helped you.
I have just finished reading your essay "An Observation of Homelessness." I am not a professional reviewer but feedback on how your essay has impacted me is something I can do.
I enjoyed reading your essay on homelessness. I was homeless for about three years. The good thing was that my special boyfriend had a vehicle to stay in. The worst part was that there weren't any restrooms open at night. The homeless people who were in my area often left a huge mess behind them. Picking up the trash we made, was put in the garbage can. Giving up a lot of my belongings was hard to do. I prefer to live in an apartment or a house myself. It's too bad that rents have to be so high. Paying rent takes up most of the income. I didn't think I would ever be homeless, however, we did find some good people out there helping us.
I realize there are those individuals who prefer to be outside with nature. This is something that would be very uncomfortable and scary for me.
I encourage you to write. Others can learn about homelessness through their experiences with it. I'm glad you shared your story; it takes tremendous amounts of courage for someone to do that. I am trying to self-publish some books if I can. I admire how you described and informed me about your experience with homelessness. The community I live in treats the homeless well except for those who don't care about homelessness.
I encourage you to keep writing; you have a talent for expressing yourself. Keep up the good work.
I hope you have blessings of friendship, good health, and happiness.
I just finished reading your essay "For S.G.". I decided to write up a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer but giving you feedback on how your essay left an impact on me is something I can do.
Your story was touching to me. This is quite a dedication for someone who has been a mentor and a friend to you for eight years. I hope this person can one day see what you wrote for him/her. They would be pleased with you. I'm sure that they would be proud of you also.
I encourage you to keep writing. I hope I will be able to be a mentor and friend to someone like this. It pleases me when I can encourage people to write. Writing is good for a person. It takes courage to come out and share your story. I enjoyed your essay very much. You are an inspiration to me.
I hope you have many friendships, good health, and much happiness.
Anna Marie Carlson
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