(feels odd to write in my own section, but there's no other way to respond to the statement below)
Thanks, skp, for your well-reasoned and polite review. I'm sorry that you found the resolution of the prisoner storyline ineffective. I had based it on a friend-of-a-friend's experience of almost getting to meet the man who killed her husband, only to have him drop dead of a heart attack hours before the meeting. The incredible randomness of the event was what I was hoping to convey in the dialogue-free scene in the Oval. Evidently, it didn't work as well as I'd hoped. :(
As someone who just does this for fun and has no writerly aspirations whatsoever, it's very moving when someone takes the time to make a case against a story with such clarity and civility. Thank you very much, and I'm so sorry to have disappointed you.

You know, I like most of your wingfic, but this one really didn't work for me. I think it was the ending, mostly. You had all this tension building up and then *poof* it just fizzled like an unspent match. Not so much the Donna plotline--it was a pretty good guess that it would be benign--but the prisoner thing. The way you dispatched the entire matter in a single sentence was just too contrived, and it took the feet right out from under the really interesting question of should Charlie, and should he have to, attend the execution, as well as the whole leg thing. It was awkward and abrupt, and it knocked me off kilter for the whole rest of the fic. Even before that, though, I wasn't crazy about this story for reasons I can't really put my finger on, which I know is utterly unhelpful. I think the pacing was just generally off from the beginning--the whole abortion mistake thing was good, and rather Joshlike, but I honestly would have been happier with Donna actually telling him what was wrong. You'd think she would, and that plotline just sort of served as a distraction later on. There was also some unresolved foreshadowing with Josh's health--I was waiting for him to have heart trouble or something, with the way he was thinking in the first part.
All of which is not to say I didn't like the story, because I did. I just think you've written better, and I wanted to offer some reader insight into perhaps why.

Absolutely outstanding...thanks for writing.

Loved this story. It was very well written and I can actually imagine sorkin writing an episode with these storylines.

3/4?
This is really well written with an interesting plot and moving characters, I hope you write more soon!

Oh Marguerite,
You write such lovely wonderful stories, this one is just brilliant. The emotions this story evokes are just overwhelming.
Donna, in this last chapter was heartbreaking. I wait for Chapter 4 on pins and needles but I hate to see this fantastic story end all the same - will there be follow-up?
Thank you again,
Maggie

Wow, this looks it will be a very good story. You captured the characters beautifully. I like your writing style because its easily understood but not boring. The story seems too complicated to finish in two more chapters so I'm looking forward to reading more.

Oh, quite plotful, my dear. This is a very engaging and well written drama ... I really love the dialog. It rings true with the quick wit of the show but without over-doing it, like so many fics do.

Wow, this is a great story. All of your fanfic is brilliant. Nice job! :-)

Uh, oh! [worries] I'm enjoying this story so far! I pray it ends happily. More please! :D

Very nice. You've got me hooked. I'm looking forward to reading more.