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Daring finds herself in the Equestria jungle, with a creature that she has never dealt with before. She is out looking for a legendary stone that used to belong to the only king in equestrian history. but the stone is in the kings tomb, which has never been seen by anypony since his death.

I don't know what to write besides this, so you'll just have to read it to find out the rest.

Rated teen for small use of language

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 3 )

I saw the length of everything here and decided to wander on in. Your writing has a lot of flaws. There are many spelling mistakes of the variety that pass through spell checks--this leads me to believe that you didn't reread through your own writing. Similarly you make a great deal of grammar mistakes. These are basic elements of English that you are lacking. Beyond this you also make a lot of consistency mistakes, for instance your title calls her "Daring Do", and in the first paragraph you call her "Daring Doo". There are also a lot of word choice errors, and you especially seemed to have problems getting the right definite article.

As far as style goes, you are similarly woefully inadequate. Most of the time you resort to basic laundry lists of actions punctuated by narration thrown in in the most tell-y of ways. The #1 suggest I can give you about crafting an engaging story is the maxim "Show, don't Tell". Instead of telling me:

Night in the Equestrian Jungle comes quickly

(This is also in the present tense, and you're writing a past tense story. A big no-no.)

You can show me that the night is approaching by having Daring observe her surroundings:

Daring noticed the jungle darkening around her. A quick trip above the canopy confirmed her suspicions: night was falling quickly. She needed fire. She needed it badly. She chastised herself for losing track of time in the dense underbrush, and quickly moved to prepare her campsite.

(An example of the concept)

The best piece of advice I can give you, though, is read. Read well written things. Read them and ask yourself why they work. Another source of reference you can use is the Writing Guide that the site provides. It can be found under the FAQ menu option next to your favorites.

Hope this helps, cheers.

For the most part I'm going to have to agree with 2951561 on everything he said. Yes, reading is a great way to become a better writer and the Writing Guide will help. But if you can do it I would find someone to help you edit as you write, not just this story but whenever you do it, like a teacher or even a friend who has had some success.

Your paragraphs themselves were full of errors and you use diction that doesn't really fit.
For example this paragraph...

Almost immediately following her rise to the upper forest, Daring was challenged with the massive amount of the vines, branches and leaves. But the plant life here seemed to be aware of her presence. The vines would grow out in her path. While the branches would seem to always grab her hooves, or latch onto her wings. All followed by the leaves getting themselves lost in her wing, mouth or eyes.

could go something like this.

Immediately following her rise to the upper canopy of the forest, Daring was challenged by a massive wall/number(whatever you want) of vines, branches and leaves. It was as if the plant life here was aware of her presence. The vines seemed to grow out into her path. While the branches always caught her hooves, or latched onto her wings. Even the leaves were latching themselves to her wings, mouth and eyes.

Now, by no means am I the person to ask how best to wright this. But none of the 'conceptual' content was changed and the paragraph is now easier to understand with fewer grammatical errors and it flows better with a more colorful use of diction (diction - word choice).

For the story itself, I will say that I like the concept and the pictures I think your trying to paint. So, I believe you've got good ideas, and with writing improvement you could put out some really good stuff.

The only other things I can think to say would be that you might have the story progress a little slower (but that could just as easily be me) and that I really hope you continue writing and improving your skills.

Hope this helps.
Let me know if you have any questions.

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2960693 Thank you for the comment, At first I was mad and thought that you were really cock, and decided not to read the comments, but I really do take that back. I see how bad I am at grammar. Thanks for the help, and I will be working on proof reading.

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