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I like it and want more! :c why does writing take so long D:
"'...as the Changelings,' said the doctor..." (period changed to a comma and "Said" became lower case)
"'...be truthful,' Celestia responded..." (period changed to a comma)
"'Yes,' was the answer..." (period changed to a comma and "Was" became lower case)
"'...even dream?' asked the doctor."
"'...insight into them,' Celestia said..." (period changed to a comma)
"'...out of his coma,' the alabaster..." (period changed to a comma and "The" became lower case)
"'...joyous news!' was all she managed..." ("Was" became lower case)
"'...your highness?' he asked after..." ("He" became lower case)
"'...cancel Night Court,' she said as she..." (period changed to a comma and "She" became lower case)
"'...be here for this,' she quipped back before..." (period changed to a comma and "She" became lower case)
"'Yes!' the doctor blurted..." ("The" became lower case)
"'...humans dream?' Luna asked." (missing punctuation)
"'...is having any,' Luna responded..." (period changed to a comma)
I'm tired of correcting all of the errors. They continue thought almost every chapter I've read so far, even the rewritten ones. You need an editor who knows dialogue grammar. That's where around 90% of your errors are. It's almost every other line of dialogue contains the wrong punctuation and/or an incorrect capital letter. Here's a little "scene" that I use to remind myself of the proper grammar for dialogue:
Can't remember where I picked it up (probably somewhere in elementary school, though I've most likely changed the names used over the years), but it helps.
Another major error is the use of shorthand for the ranks. Don't do that. Unless space is at a premium (think newspaper), the rank isn't the focus (think citation), or the character is reading a letter that contains the shorthand, spell out all ranks. If you want to have the person speak the short hand, like someone yelling out the letters L and T, spell it out phonetically as "El-Tee". Sure, it's annoying, but that's novel grammar for ya. Same thing goes for all numbers under one-hundred, spell 'em out (Example: "Charge #3!" should be "Charge number three!").