Deviation Actions

By VioletRogue
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Literature Text
Crossing my fingers,
Wrinkling my nose.
Knocking on wood,
Curling my toes.
Please, oh please, let this work.
Spreading my arms out,
Closing my eyes.
Inhaling slowly,
Repressing the lies.
Am I ready to fly?
Wrinkling my nose.
Knocking on wood,
Curling my toes.
Please, oh please, let this work.
Spreading my arms out,
Closing my eyes.
Inhaling slowly,
Repressing the lies.
Am I ready to fly?
I hope you like it. 

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Thank you. I often learn much about myself and my work through the eyes of others. They see things I didn't realize, and make me think about my work on a deeper level. Other writers especially know how hard it can be to get a work done and true to what you wanted. Any feedback is always appreciated. I write for others at least as much as for myself.

I enjoyed reading this piece. It felt fast and conveyed that alive feeling like that moment of preparation right before you do something crazy. It isn't crazy yet, but you know it's about to be.
I'm a believer in improving so I try to leave some light crit even if I'm passing through. Hope you don't mind!
Crit #1: The only thing that didn't really fit is the "repressing the lies" portion. Maybe that's a personal thing, or has some alternate meaning, but I don't think it is clear to the average reader.
Crit #2: I don't really understand your capitalization and punctuation choices. If you have some solid reasoning behind them and it was a conscious decision, then feel free to ignore this. It "looks" like every line is capitalized because it's a new line and therefor needs a capital (etc). So I encourage you to really analyze these aspects and how to utilize them to emphasize, or at least not distract from, what you're presenting to the audience.
I'm a believer in improving so I try to leave some light crit even if I'm passing through. Hope you don't mind!
Crit #1: The only thing that didn't really fit is the "repressing the lies" portion. Maybe that's a personal thing, or has some alternate meaning, but I don't think it is clear to the average reader.
Crit #2: I don't really understand your capitalization and punctuation choices. If you have some solid reasoning behind them and it was a conscious decision, then feel free to ignore this. It "looks" like every line is capitalized because it's a new line and therefor needs a capital (etc). So I encourage you to really analyze these aspects and how to utilize them to emphasize, or at least not distract from, what you're presenting to the audience.
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