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Find an editor. Conversely read this. thoroughly
Create a new paragraph whenever a character speaks, or thinks.
Try not to make paragraphs too big etcetera etcetera
Use some pronouns, or substitute "Twilight" for "the girl" or "the mage" it gets tiring reading the same word repeatedly.
1) Uh, the dialogue needs to be separated properly. every time someone new starts talking (or thinking), then you need to start a new paragraph.
Example: Twilight awoke in her bed, it was about 8 o'clock in the morning and light was pouring in through the window. "What a bizarre dream... and I wonder why it was so hot" (need a comma after hot) Twilight mumbled to herself. There was still some sweat lingering on her dark skin which she wiped with her pajama sleeve. "I guess I was just using too heavy of a blanket for summer-" (comma, not a dash thing. a dash is used for when the interruption takes the reader to another paragraph. otherwise, the dialogue just ends with a comma like normally)Twilight's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she noticed a strange tightness at the front of her pajamas. Twilight quickly peered under her sheets only to see a 9" erection pitching a tent at the front of her pants. "GAH!" she cried out.
"Twilight!" (i would suggest using a ?! combo, to show that he is yelling a question.) yelled Spike from the kitchen.
Twilight could hear him dashing up the stairs, and by instinct she covered up her groin area with as much blanket as she could to hide her new attachment.
"Are you okay?!" shouted Spike as he burst through the door.
"O-Oh yeah, I just, uh, conked my noggin on the headboard when I woke up and it surprised me is all." (comma needed, not a period) responded Twilight.
"Is that it? Man you nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Sorry, by the way what are you doing up so early?" Twilight asked.
"Oh well I just thought I would make you some breakfast, seeing as it's your birthday and all."
Twilight went a little wide eyed at this comment, in all the excitement she had completely forgotten that it was her birthday. "Aww, that's so sweet of you, just let me get changed and use the bathroom and I'll be right down."
"Well I was just going to give you breakfast in bed" Spike said with a big smile.
"No! I mean, I uh, don't want to get the bed messy is all so I'll just eat at the table."
"Well fine, just come down soon so it doesn't get cold." (comma, not period) said Spike just before he returned to the kitchen.
2) There could stand to be some more description and inner dialogue. you know, so that the paragraphs aren't just a few sentences all the time. Every once and a while, or when it's just back and forth dialogue, with no inner thoughts, is fine, but having it done all the time is just bad writing.
Example: Twilight didn't waste a moment, she grabbed a change of clothes and hurried into the bathroom. She made sure the door was locked and the blinds were closed before finally dropping her pants to inspect herself. Twilight sighed in dejection. Her erection hadn't gone down at all. In fact, it was still going strong, even after almost getting exposed. 'Oh man oh man what happened? What am I going to do?!' she thought to herself, (period, not comma) 'okay,' she thought to herself, 'I just need to analyze the situation.' She hesitantly reached down and touched her penis. The first thing she noticed about her new appendage was that it was above averagely long. she also noted that it was a good inch and a half, to two inches thick, if she had to guess. It was surprisingly sensitive, and sent a chill up her spine as soon as her hand made contact with it. To sum it up, It was long, thick, dark, and intimidating. in fact, Twilight even heard it roar! Well, that actually came from a bobcat that was being transported to Fluttershy's house at that moment, but that's beside the point.
Note: the red is what I added for the example. the brown is the original writing, and the purple is notes.
3) When you switch locations in the story, like the small part with celestias mail, you should use something to show that you'r switching locations. it's also used for time lapses, switching view points to another character, etc.
Example: Princess Celestia was very confused about why her star pupil would send her two uncooked eggs, a piece of bread, and a glass of milk but she was far too busy to question it.
instead of this, i'd suggest something along these lines.
"Sorry it's not much. When I started we only had three eggs, and I tried to cook two of them with my fire breath and well..." Spike trailed off at the end of his sentence.
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Back in Canterlot, Celestia sits at her desk in her room, puzzling over why her most faithful student had just sent her two uncooked eggs, a piece of bread, and a glass of milk. She gives the situation some thought, before ultimately dismisses it as twilight being twilight, and returning to the mountainous pile of paperwork in front of her.
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"Oh uh, it's fine don't worry about it" responded Twilight.
4) Also, i'd suggest using italics and the single tic marks ('example') when someone has thoughts inside their head.
Example: Strange sensations were dancing through Twilight's head. Even considering that it was a dream it felt strange, felt being the keyword. Perhaps this was the first time Twilight had ever been self-aware while dreaming. Twilight gazed around at her surroundings, the whole area was dark blue and purple with spots of white above her, giving the appearance of a painted night sky. 'So this is what the inside of my head look's like,' she thought to herself, ' (highlighted red because you used a comma when a period would have been more appropriate) it's (not capitalized) much warmer than I thought it would be.' Not only was it warm, it was getting warmer, so warm in fact that a sweat began to form at Twilight's brow. At that point a ball of light began to form at Twilight's crotch, a very hot ball of light. 'What is this!? I-I can't...!'
I'm not saying the story was bad! I'm actually very interested to see where all this will go. But all of this will help so that it isn't all scrunched together like it is. It'll also help with the flow of the story, making it easier for people to keep track of whats going on and where the story is. i'd even be willing to be an editor, but i'm not sure how one goes about that, or if you even have one already.
As a fan of da Futa-Twi...I'm intrigued...but you may wanna clean this up, dood.
Thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it. I'll make some edits to the formatting and various other things when I get the chance.
3090168 actually it is gramatically correct to use the characters name whenever you refer to them except for descriptions. There's even a name for when you do what you said on this site. It's called lavender unicorn syndrome.
3091420 if you use it excessively yes, but I like to have three different variations on a character and just cycle through them. The character's name is always the first when rolling the cycle over, or changing character.
3091227 JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST.... it's the Tyrant Overlord, dood... when did you become a brony...your evilness, dood?
3091025 I appreciate the offer to be an editor for me, but I think for now I would like to just edit for myself. Mostly because I want to get experience with this sort of thing on my own, so the most I will ask is that you keep giving me advice like you just did. That way, pretty soon I won't even need an editor! Thanks again.
3092161 welp, if you need advice or have questions about how to write, i'm just a message away.
this looks ALOT cleaner, dood... Good job.
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Thanks!
Lol, Spike needs to die.
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heh just wondering...
y'know, i can't figure out if Twilight in this story is a girl or a mare
maybe use less human terms and more of ponies' terms?
oh yeah. you should check your spelling from time to time.
found this and it made me crack up :
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Try checking the tags, it clearly says 'Human'
>> Mynameisamystery
Whoops, fixed the typo. Thanks for pointing that out.
Also, I thought I made it pretty clear that this is a humanverse...
3124012
yeah.. but humans can't cast magic?
>>Mynameisamystery
you've never heard of horned humanizations or winged humanizations?
3127183
eh... to be honest...
NAW
3127210
Well that's the case with this story.
3127338
Oh-kay.....
meh... srry for super late reply
too engrossed in another fimfiction
3127503
No worries man
3127506
meh...
this story seems legit enough
GO FOR IT!!!!
and you better write it well, or else.....
3127506
you betcha
and as i said...
oh yeah...
you might want to check on some of your spelling and grammar a bit
a few are off and made me confused
though some of them might have been fixed... hmmm...
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Well if you see anything that you think needs fixing just point it out, I don't really have time right now to re-read the entire fic to find all the tiny mistakes I made.
3127606
Aight well do
to think that i am better at spotting grammar mistakes than you...
but anyways...
cathc ya later
got serious stuff gonna do now
won't be online for a LONG WHILE
well maybe not that long
Wonderful! You really are a great writer!
As for the grammar issues, since you're using author's license to imitate Applejack's accent instead of using proper spelling, "ah" can be capitalized or not depending on your preference. However, using the apostrophe in the word "going" instead of the G is a letter replacement, it should be "watch where yer goin'," just like you have been doing it.
3144428
Okay, thanks a bunch for the help.
3144433
My pleasure!
Capitalize Ah, and it should be, "Watch where yer goin'." It's because apostrophe is substituting for the "g" and thus is part of the word. If it was a quote inside of a quote, like this, Rarity said, "AJ said, 'Twi said that I was tasting her lip balm,'" then it is like what you described.
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well now I'm just getting mixed messages
Good story these are the story's that make fimfiction so good. So great job keep up the good work. :D
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And these are the comments that make me want to keep writing, thank you!
No problem, keep up the good work you got talent.
I expect to see some JoJo references after reading this chapter.
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You are? I didn't mean to confuse you. If I did, I would just say why pink isn't a color.
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there was already one in the first chaper
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well Daiosharune had already said that capitalizing 'ah' was optional, but then you said that it had to capitalized so now I have two conflicting responses
"*Giggle* Thanks AJ."
*Giggle*
No, dude.
"Thanks AJ," Twilight giggled.
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Well Ah is a substitution word for I, so to me it makes sense to. I also have seen a whole bunch of other fics doing it that way.
3144428 what's a authors license, and why is it needed to imitate the accent? Also, ah is lowercase. Not sure where you would get the idea it's uper but it is supposed to be lower. I've spoke that same accent my whole life so it's just common knowledge. As for the last bit you are correct.
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I think by author's license Daiosharune is referring to my ability as the person writing the story, to make changes story's world and everything in it as I see fit. For instance, if a character drops a ball, logic and gravity would indicate that it would fall to the floor, but maybe I don't want that. As the author I get to decide what the ball does at that point, maybe it falls, maybe it explodes, maybe it does nothing, I get the final say and no one but me gets to change that. In terms of 'ah,' what Daiosharune means is that since 'ah' isn't a real word I should get to decide if it is capitalized or not. I hope that helped.
3158157
Anytime an author breaks the standard conventions of spelling, grammar, or other rules/laws (such as physics) to spice up a story, it's commonly referred to as using "author's license". As for the "ah", I didn't say it should be capitalised, I said that the author should use whichever version they feel is most appropriate, since using "ah" instead of "I" is not covered by actual spelling or grammar rules, (as far as I know. Someone let me know if I'm wrong, please!)
P.S. that should be "what's an author's license".
3158754 Just one problem, Pinkie pie makes her own physics and logic. As for ah, think of it in the sense as a norm. It's something you really don't think about. It's just always lowercase.
3162243 thank you for the explanation. As for the wording, it's just how I would normally say it. Or think it would be said. Makes sense to me.
woohoo! go twijack! even if it is most likely purely physical!
I have one criticism. It's spelt minute, not minuet. Please fix it, it really bugs me.
Wait, what? I wasn't expecting that.
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...meh.
gonna have to throw this out... REALLY?
3197828
Whoops my bad, thanks for pointing that out