[@The Grey Dust] Thanks for the review! I wrote Latum Alterum.

You and Dark Wind had similar issues with my story, the general lack of deeper meaning or a connection to the main character that could create such a meaning. In truth, I felt the same. For some reason, it just didn't occur to me to narrate the story from Theo's emotions—something which I almost always do. It felt more like a true "3rd person" story, with the narrator revealing hardly anything through description about the main character's emotions other than what happens concretely. Unfortunately, I submitted the entry knowing this all too well which is a sin on my part.

The story was trying to pump water out of an already-dry well for me. My most recent writer's block had been pretty bad honestly, but I think without the stress from school, forcing myself to write the story (despite the flaws), and reading books more is helping to pull me out.

Thanks again for taking the time to review! Hopefully you'll see some improvement from me in the future.