Rylan's profile
AGE:
19
LOC: Jefferson City, MO
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: August 11
LOC: Jefferson City, MO
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: August 11
I was born August 15, 1990.
I’ve been writing since I was six, but I’m still working on writing “well.”
My goal was to have a novel published by the time I turned 18 (a sort of coming-of-age thing), but one thing led to another, I procrastinated…
Now the goal’s 21.
I do have some very exciting letters though.
(Small term goals) I plan on one day re-inventing the young adult genre, to show that some young adults really can write for our own demographic, and to create a franchise by writing so large and encompassing that British readers will be saying “Harry who?”
(Long term goals) We’ll have to discuss those personally; otherwise you’d think I’m a crazy. But publishers, agents, scouts…I’m a gold mine with ple…
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<!--StartFragment--> Dear Ms. Einstein, I am submitting for your consideration a young adult novella entitled The Carver’s Son. Through poetic narrative, a story is brought to life regarding a young boy named Archivah II, and his struggle to become accepted in a town which has slaved under the tyranny of his father for decades. This is a literary fiction that alludes to many things (from current events to biblical stories) to illustrate a story of romance and d...
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<!--StartFragment--> Dear Ms. Einstein, I am submitting for your consideration the 17,000 word young adult historical/literary novella Parts of the Heart. This story, taking place in the 19th century during the Italian Unification, is about a young boy named Franco who lives a lonely life in a cold stone cottage with his “Master.” Isolated from any other human contact, Franco’s only friends are the imaginary ones he conjures up from the si...
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<!--StartFragment--> Dear Ms. Einstein, I am submitting a young adult literary novel named Shepherd’s Cove. Shepherd’s Cove is about a small town in rural Missouri by that name. The story begins with Billy Crawford, a nine-year-old from a home that, on the surface, is a picture of the “American dream,” but is filled with dark and deep fissures, problems stemming from a promiscuous mother and a severely nonchalant father. However, everyt...
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<!--StartFragment--> Dear Ms. Einstein, I am submitting a young adult literary novel named Shepherd’s Cove. Shepherd’s Cove is about a small town in rural Missouri by that name. The story begins with Billy Crawford, a nine-year-old from a home that, on the surface, is a picture of the “American dream,” but is filled with dark and deep fissures, problems stemming from a promiscuous mother and a severely nonchalant father. However, everyt...
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<!--StartFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> Dear Ms. Einstein, I am submitting for your consideration a young adult novella entitled The Carver’s Son. Through poetic narrative, a story is brought to life regarding a young boy named Archivah II, and his struggle to become accepted in a town which has slaved under the tyranny of his father for decades. This is a literary fiction that alludes to many things (from current events to biblical stories) to illustra...
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Very heartfelt and well written. The use of the parenthetical follow-ups really impacts the reader. I think that, for poetry's sake, the piece may benefit from adding more consistent imagery so that you have more syllables to work with, for reasons that will help your "flow" and also round out the romantic feel to it. Still very well done. I'm adding this to my favorites.
I enjoyed this story a lot, it has a gripping beginning and carries the reader until the end of the chapter. However, while I recognize the genre you are writing for, I think that your story may stand out much better if you toned down some of the cliches. For example, changing Shane from the role of a quarterback to a running-back, or linebacker, maybe star soccer player, would be just different enough from the norm that the character will stand out from other teen books. Also, watch your pac...
I really enjoyed this. It almost seems lyrical, like a song. Or a hymn. It's well written, and as far as sonnets go, I did not notice anything which would violate any major sonnet-related-code. Flawless, really, so that any suggestion I make is really more a matter of personal preference and less of right-and-wrong. For example, if I had been writing this, I would have reversed your rhyming couplet, so that "'Come and I will make you fishers of men'" ends the poem, just as it begins. It would...
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