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Technically not procrastinating.

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After receiving a strange letter, Spike seeks out advice from his friends.

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5th story of weekly shorts.

Thanks to Agrol for creating such a fitting image.

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Comments ( 8 )

SUPER SECRET ALTERNATE ENDING DON'T TELL ANYONE

“So, you are trying to say that you wrote a letter to get me to come here without Twilight knowing... To light a firework?”

The doctor laughed. “Well, anypony can simplify things… But yes.”

"What's in it for me?"

"A bag full of gems."

"Bitchin'!"
:moustache:

Spike blew his emerald flames over the fire work that didn't work it just vaporized "I'm sorry if I wasted your time Mr. Spike A cantrelot voiced scream was heard all over equestrian SPIKE! you little terror I'm coming for you! :trollestia:

:raritywink: Spikey could you burn this for me? It's rather sensitive . . ."
:moustache: Sure. . .No need to send letters to Trenderhoof anyway . . .:raritystarry:???


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A few minor grammatical errors here and there, but I'm not going to nitpick right now.
I liked the humor and the plot. Well done! Have a :moustache:

6177008 I'm glad you liked it! But i welcome the help to improve my writing! Nitpick to your heart's content! :pinkiehappy:

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'Kay! Now let me see how much I can rip this story into little tiny pieces!:pinkiecrazy:

“Oh-oh…” Spike gulped. “Was that the door? I-I probably just heard wrong! That couldn’t have been the d-" *knock* *knock* "door, it’s the door… Yeah, cool," Spike sighed, walking out the kitchen and heading down the long hallway leading to the stairs.

Minor issues with quotation marks here. And one of them (the last red one) ended up being, well, backwards. I'm pretty sure that's more of technical issue though... I think... Actually, I have no clue how or why it would end up that way. Oh well...

“Um… No?”

Sometimes it's okay to have a capital letter after using "...", but in this case I believe the "no" should be in lowercase. I could be wrong though.

“Then complain to the Princess,“ Spike growled in a low voice in response, slamming the door shut to the unassuming pony’s face and making his long walk back to the kitchen… Returning to a pan now on fire. “Aaah! How long did I take!?”

Same capitalization thing as before, and also the wording seems a bit off. Maybe it could be reworded to something like this:

“Then complain to the Princess,“ Spike growled in a low voice in response, slamming the door shut to the unassuming pony’s face and making his long walk back to the kitchen. He returned to find that the pan was on fire. “Aaah! How long did I take!?”

But it's only a suggestion.

“I wonder what it says…” he wondered out loud. “Maybe I should just read it.” Poking the edge of the envelope with his claw, he ripped it open in a flash. “I’m sure Twilight won’t mind, I mean, it’s MY mail… hopefully.”

I believe that this would be a better way of putting it.

"Dear Mr. dragon, I would love to meet you later today if it isn’t any trouble, perhaps talking a bit, if it isn’t any trouble, oh wait, I already wrote that, oh dear, why am I still writing this and If you want to meet, please find me at the center of town at seven this evening.
From the"

I don't believe the quotation marks are necessary. Also, would Time Turner capitalize the word dragon? Grammatically he should, but he clearly has no regard for the Equish language.
Also, how did you do those strikethroughs? I must know!

“I… Me… Letter…” he wheezed out of breath, falling down on his face when he got to them. “Hi,” he greeted them with his face down on the ground.

Capitalization and ellipses.
Also, although the ellipses work here, I think you're using a bit too many in the story overall. See if some of them could be substituted for standard punctuation.

"Why did this feel like a cheap, lazy way to skip asking advice to Rainbow?"

Priceless lampshading! :rainbowlaugh:
Oh, yeah, gotta be nitpicky. I think it would be better said like this:

"Why did this feel like a cheap, lazy way to skip asking Rainbow for advice?"

But there's more than one right answer.

“Good! Now next,” she said, taking out a piece of chalk from seemingly out of nowhere and putting it on the floor and then stepping on it. “You have to crush them!”

:twilightoops::rainbowhuh::facehoof::rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh:
Another excellent if not terrifying pun! Though I must admit, the cutting made the most impact!
Anyway, "Now next" just seems awkward to me. I think just "Next" or "Then" or "Finally" will suffice.

“Oh, hey girls! And Spike too!”

It's good that you used a different font to distinguish Fluttershy's whispering, but it took my another two lines to realize it was whisper and not a shout. Maybe you could skip the bolding? Color it yellow? I dunno...

“Well,” Spike said, taking a deep breath. “IgotaletterfromafillywhomighthaveacrushonmeandI’mlookingforsomeponywhocangivemesomeadviceonhowtotalktoherwithoutmessingitup!” he finished, taking a deep breath. “Think you can help?”

Nothing wrong here, just congratulating you on the creative usage of spacing. :yay: Have a :moustache:!

“Huh… What is something I said?”

Dey ellipses! Where have all the commas gone? What happened to standard punctuation?
:trixieshiftright:
Yeah... that doesn't roll off the tongue. As I said before, the ellipses are far too many, but it actually works in this line. I just wanted to comment about the closing line.


ANYWAY...
Congratulations! If you managed to get through that wall of text then you have eyes and nerves of steel! Overall, aside from those... things... I found very little consistent errors. Applebloom's accent did look a little strange while I was reading it, but there's many variations to the accent I can't call it wrong.
Despite my slightly excessive nitpicking, I found this REALLY enjoyable!:pinkiehappy: Good luck with all your future endeavors!

Oh, and have a final :moustache:!

6178171 Thank you so much! I appreciate the help. I will certainly stop using ellipses that way. I guess it was just me getting used to do it this way because of my old phone which automatically capitalized every letter after its usage.

I will make sure to stop using them like this, OR as often from now on. :ajsmug:

Also, I apologize if the way I write certain things, since I'm still getting used to writing English (as it isn't my first language) and I'm getting better with it, but as you've showed me, I got a ways to go. :facehoof:

As for the quotation marks? Microsoft Word actually makes them that way depending on how you type certain things, which I guess I didn't fix. I am surprised you noticed though, since in my mine both sides have the exact shape. Must be the fonts? :rainbowhuh:

As for the strike trough? You MIGHT be joking, but in case you aren't, there is an option here with the story editor as well as comments. It's literally an S striked through like this S. :raritystarry:

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English isn't your first language? :pinkiegasp: Wow, I never guessed! Seriously, your English is better than most people who have English as their first language. Trust me, I've lived in America all my life.

Yeah, probably the fonts.

There's a S...
Wow... I've been using this site for TWO MONTHS and it's only now that I'm seeing this. :facehoof: This is an embarrassment on so many levels...
Thanks for pointing it out! :scootangel:

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