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I agree it would be a trivial fix, but then so would a gazillion other things which taken together wouldn't be so trivial. Let's just say you forget to check that little subscribe thingy and don't get any email notifications, what's gonna happen? You're gonna come to this site anyway and there are all the recent threads with activity, presumably yours if you had a response. But even if yours isn't on the home page, you're probably gonna open the forum anyway and lo and behold there is your thread with a response just waiting for your attention. You open it and more than likely respond and all is good with the world. Did you really lose any time or sleep over it or at least enough to add it to the gazillion other trivial fixes which might have more import? Just thinking out loud, perhaps as Sol might when sorting through all the chaos. Take care. Vern

Ridiculous -- why delete a thread such as this; no one has to open it, read it, or be concerned about it's existence.

Good pic, LOL. However as the saying goes, you put a fork in it when it's done. That still seems a bit rare, but folks have different cooking preferences. We'll see if the diner wants more heat. Their choice. Take care. Vern

Yes, you can give/receive powerful big-picture regular reviews, but there is nothing to prevent that same powerful big picture review and more with an in-line review. IMO, the only reason to choose a regular review would be that at least five things to improve can't be found as ostensibly could be the case in a very short piece whether poem, essay, very short story, etc. Still, the reviewer has the option to choose the one they are most comfortable with. Take care. Vern

It seems to me that most of what you've presented could (and actually appears to be) written in narrative rather than internal thoughts. Two pages of internal thoughts seems quite a bit at one sitting, but if it maintains your readers' interest without distraction then who's to say it won't work -- other than me of course since I've already stated it reads more as narrative anyway, so why not make it such or at least recast it into more manageable bits. Lastly, if you're questioning the effectiveness, then that is a good signal it could be modified. Good luck. Take care. Vern

LOL. Hope the link works. Take care. Vern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXWy-HQefc

You can't "buy" MS Office anymore, it must be leased at roughly 80 - 100 bucks per year depending upon version. We bought a new computer last year and Word was installed. Of course we thought it was a purchase like Word 2007 was, but a couple weeks ago a notice started popping up each time it was opened saying it was time to renew the subscription. It turned out to be a big hassle to do so because I didn't know we had an account with MS so set up a new one to pay the subscription and of course they couldn't figure that out and the notice kept popping up even after I had renewed the subscription. Had to call the MS Store and went through a bunch of stuff that didn't work and then was put on hold for more technical support for 45 minutes before I hung up. Called back again a week later and explained the situation to the girl who handled it this time and she finally got it straightened out and gave us an extra month for the trouble. No problems since. Hope it will be simpler next year. I gave them a piece of my mind on their survey for the first attempt. I was more gracious the second time around, lol. That's all I can tell you. Good luck. Take care. Vern

I don't think it's site specific any more; it's happening on Facebook and other internet sites, but not on Word yet. It's as though someone suddenly placed a magnifying glass over the screen and I haven't made any adjustments to the screen zoom or anything else. Just weird. Take care. Vern

Hmmm, your best bet would be to leave all that planning to the bride and her family where it traditionally belongs. Or maybe you can gather material for a new horror or perhaps political intrigue story to keep you busy while you're in the dog house for interfering with the wedding plans, Just saying, lol. Take care. Vern

By Josh you made it. Welcome. Take care. Vern

This one would seem more suitable imo. If you're saying he prayed Psalm 140, there is no need to go on to quote it. Ones familiar with it would know what it said and those who aren't probably really don't care or at least can dismiss it in a novel. The one above seems more like preaching than part of a novel. As a non-practicing Baptist, if I wrote about someone saying or reading The Lord's Prayer, I certainly would not write the thing out nor expect to read it from another author. If anyone who cares really wants to know the text of Psalm 140 or The Lord's prayer, I'm pretty sure they could find it in about 2 seconds on the internet. Quoting more than a few words at most is simply stuffing the story with unnecessary words. But to each their own, it is ultimately your decision. Take care. Vern