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opuscon789


I like to write a lot supernatural and Rainbow Dash stories so expect me to do that

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Pinkie Pie was thinking that she had the best friends that care about her but she learns the truth and wishes that she would die. Her wish happens to come true because of the work of Discord. Now flouting as a ghost she tries to make herself come back to life. Find out what she does in the story. Please Review it helps.

Chapters (8)
Comments ( 55 )

uh

holy fuck is this short

will read soon

This is fucking horrible, please go jump off a building into a pit of asps please :twilightsmile:

it love! it good story make, more plzzz

Inb4 TWE.

The spelling is vaguely readable.
The grammar is bad.
The punctuation seems to have died.
The chapters are too short.

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is tru fact autor, pls more maek

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omg love and tolerate bronie :pinkiegasp:

Verdict: Trollfic

1534796 You forgot to mention that a story is supposed to be more than eight chapters of near constant dialogue.

I was linked to this piece of fiction by a good friend of mine. When I came here I expected a good read from the description I was given. When I began reading the first chapter, this fic revealed that it would be beyond my expectations. And by that. I mean the expectations of how bad it would be. The chapters are too short with only one reaching over 600 words not only that, the content within them is just a series of talking, which in itself is poorly written may I add. Not only this the overall quality of the fiction is appalling with constant spelling and grammatical errors repeated throughout it.

Here's some tips:

1. Learn the difference between " where, were, and we're"

2. Actually take some into writing the fic rather than just spewing out nonsensical rubbish

3. Drown yourself in a Vat of acid if you continue to write this way, as that would be the only way in which the world would be cleansed of such an illiterate like yourself

1534791

it wonder; i try harder but not so good like this

huh. I was hungry until I read this. I have now lost my appetite, and would instead like to vomit.

thank you sir, as i can likely save some money and lose some weight via this story. instead of lunch, I'll read a chapter here. rock on.

omfg he got dead?? after the nuclear bomb

thAT'S i didn't. know that was going happen omg!

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yeah u gota get betr stop makeng luna get drunk all time!!!!1 be goode like him

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Forgive me, I didn't read the entire thing.

1534828
>this story
>biggest problem is dialogue-based narrative

lol

lrn2dostoevsky

edit: wow you're kind of a dick

Yip

1534862 wat r u takin aboot lun y arent u in space zomg!!!!!!

1534863 You basically don't have to. Their writing style leaves basically no room for anything BUT dialogue.

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I would feel bad for not realizing this, but having not even bothered to read the entirety of the first paragraph, any vague effort to think about writing style was out of the question.

Well... at least the cover art is nice!

This was written by a 10 year old right? It's got that funny metre to it where words are simply there and there's no real cohesion, or story for that matter and any plot is quickly thrown out the window.

Words are misspelled.
Ponies are acting out of character.
A lot of dialogue for the sake of dialogue.
Chapters under 1000 words.

Reading and critiquing this would only waste valuable seconds that could otherwise be used doing something else.

Why do people think writing chapters of less than a thousand words is a good idea?

Alternatively, why do people write things that are intentionally meant to gather down-votes and both personal and professional scorn for their creators?

Why do some people do bad things?

I'm not going to down-thumb and leave. I'm not going to leave a pointless comment which doesn't help you.
I'm going to try and be as constructive as possible, although you may not appreciate it as I know some authors do. I just hope what I say can be taken on board.

Here goes...

1. Grammar: This is the boring part, feel free to just glance over this part, but when you start to write more seriously you will need to know this.

"Hello everypony," said Applejack.
This is one of your most common mistakes, always use the comma at the end of the line. Also, in Equestria, 'body' (everybody and anybody) become 'pony' ( everypony and anypony). This is just a general rule adopted into fanfiction from the canon show itself.

I won't go into commas a great deal here, I couldn't explain them well enough in a short paragraph so I'll give you some links which you may look at if you wish.

Commas link

Just as an unofficial rule of unofficial thumb, if you were to read this aloud, whenever you paused throw in a comma. It is better to have a story with one to many commas than too few. A sentence missing a comma could take on a whole new meaning, with one extra it just takes more time to understand.

2. Writing style:
This stuff is a little more important, read more carefully. Writing isn't a skill you just 'pick up' or that you are born with. Some are naturally better at it than others with practice, but no one is better simply by luck. The best way to become the best writer is to read ( I know it sounds dull and maybe even tedious) but if you look at how professionals do it, you will almost certainly pick up some skills.
Also, practice. That's an oblivious one. Practice, practice, practice. Imagine ever story as a block of marble, each time you chip away at it with a sentence it will look more like the beautiful model inside, but only with practice can you really make it the masterpiece. Take me for example, given a chisel and a block of marble I would be able to create a very snazzy-looking pile of dust. Practice and you will get better; punch writers block in the face; drink coffee; and practice.

3. Story content
Every person on this planet has a story to tell, but not everyone should tell it. Sometimes, the story is wierd, creepy and not everyones cup of tea. But if it's something you find interesting, I can (almost) guarantee that someone out there thinks it is interesting, too. The problem is finding the genre and knowing your audience, if you know what they want, and you know what is 'good', then that's half the battle. You may want to steer clear of areas that you don't normally write in (different genres for example) but if you try them, you will always learn something from that particular trade.

4. Looking at your story:
There is no quick-fix on any story. To improve this all I can say is to keep writing. You've written two stories so far, neither have had a good reception, but you've written more that others. You are improving because of them. If after 100 stories you've gotten no better, then be happy, you've wrote 100 stories! That's good going.
I'm not saying write 100 stories, however (that would be silly.) What you should do is keep posting. Every story which you consider to be better than the last should be posted. If it isn't, make it better, then post it. If you aren't better than the last time you've posted, then write something else. If that's better, post that.

This website expects nothing from you. It's readers and writers expect nothing from you. The only thing that is expected is that after each time you post, you get better.


That's me done. I didn't write LOADS. I didn't write a sentence. I could have ranted on for ages but that wouldn't have helped any of us. What little I have wrote, I hope it helps :pinkiesmile:.

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Nay, it's not good enough for that title. It's just bad.

Bad, bad, bad. Don't give the author that kind of escape route.

...Guess I'll review it, but first point:

Actually write a story, rather than a speedy set of paragraphs. This is something people are going to be enjoying, not a school assignment.

Ahem. Well.

Good story idea, but it was horribly executed, sorry to say.

While you didn't make the wall-of-text mistake a lot of authors make, there were a ton of grammatical errors, plus some small spelling errors. And punctuation.

On top of all of this, the plot was seriously rushed. I'd give an example, but all you need to do is read the first chapter.

I see some serious potential in this story to be great, but you really need to work on your writing skills.

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TWE strike successful!
Reload for the next one!

Sorry it was my best story on fanfiction and now I get anger comments. I am not a good speller and I just joined so I'm still work on my spelling and check stuff when I post them, thanks

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I'm working on that writing a longer story

TAB

1535280 As long as you are working to improve, that's ok with us. We'll work with you to improve and get your story out of our folders, so you can start writing great stories.

1535320 English isn't your native language right? Your using google translate to write right?

I'm working on that writing a long story?!

That is such a terrible insult to grammar, and I ain't even a grammar nazi, that just fucking pisses me off how fail that is. I, I don't even.

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Needless to say, that comment is likely longer then any of the chapters by a pretty massive longshot, even if you remove the quotes. Good job TWE.

This story is a good example.
A good example of a bad example (that makes sense, right?)

I think I'll bookmark this (I haven't read it) and shall read it when I feel like I can't write.
Maybe it will motivate me to do better than this, no?

Comment posted by opuscon789 deleted Nov 24th, 2019

1535429 If you got a proof reader, and thought of a better concept, you'd be fine. But this story... not good.

TAB

1535377 I'll admit, I'm much better at doing quick edits and pointing out obvious errors rather than actually doing a detailed search through a story to fix it. However, I can point you towards several groups that would kindly offer you their assistance.

Rookies on the Rise

Writer's assistance Group

School for New Writers

P.S. Don't hand out your e-mail so quickly :unsuresweetie:

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If you go on to my fanfiction page and look into the stories there then you will find 2 stories that I did with someone else. i think I had no spelling troubles then because he was checking

1535637
It seemed he best way to sum up what's been an awkward question for a while.

Seriously, trollfic authors? Why the heck do you do things like this? I would be willing to accept that sometimes someone is just really really inexperienced at writing stories using English, but when every TWE review could almost be boiled down to the same bullet points, I am forced to conclude that you do these bad things purposefully. Which leads to my problem: I do not understand why. This bothers me, because I do not like finding that my reasoning faculties are unable to match what by all rights should be a simple and straightforward question.

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Thank you someone that understands me

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I've only been here for 2 days and something that was bothering me
after Nonexistent was posted I worked really hard on this all of a sudden there is a group called The Trainwreck Explorers
They left horrible comments there. That was not nice. I worked hard and this is how you treat me.
there are also some people who don't think before they post. october is anti bullying month and this counts for online bullying.
You know who you are and next time I get comments on that I will block you and this is a warning

Also my bad spelling and my microsoft word messis me up

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I've only been here for 2 days and something that was bothering me

Your story was bothering me too, but you don't hear me complaining about it.

after Nonexistent was posted I worked really hard on this all of a sudden there is a group called The Trainwreck Explorers

I know them well. I'm not only a member, but a MOD of that group as well.

They left horrible comments there. That was not nice.

Criticism is harsh. Nobody likes to get it and yes it can sting but did you bother to read what the critics, myself included are actually saying or did you simply delete the comments and act like we're all a bunch of meanie pants?

No. I bet you didn't because if you did you'd see that behind the abuse and I will fully admit that I'm a complete bastard when it comes to reviewing bad stories, there is useful information that you can take to make your work better. In fact what was it that I told you on this one? Let's take a look shall we?

Words are misspelled.
Ponies are acting out of character.
A lot of dialogue for the sake of dialogue.
Chapters under 1000 words.

Right there, you have four issues with your story but based on how your story was structured and how poorly it was written I wasn't going to write a full review. That's just the way it is. If you don't like it, there's not much I can do about it. But if you fix those four issues, your next story may come out better and you'll get a better reception. It's up to you whether or not you want to do that.

I worked hard and this is how you treat me.

Hey, if I wrote something bad I'd want people to tell me that I wrote something bad. The last thing I would want is somebody telling me a did a good job and lying through their teeth about it. This ain't fanfiction.net. We're trying to have a slightly higher level of fanfics here.

there are also some people who don't think before they post.

Soooo, how's that my fault?

october is anti bullying month and this counts for online bullying.

My words are not bullying and stop being such a precious little snowflake. At no point was I abusive, called you a name or threatened you in any way, shape or form. So seriously if you consider this a form of bullying you've got some serious issues to work out.

You know who you are and next time I get comments on that I will block you and this is a warning

Go right ahead. I've had whiners block me before and it hasn't stopped me from thumbing down their stories or from commenting on them elsewhere. You're basically threatening to stick your fingers in your ears and shout "LALALALALALA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" over and over again. That's not going to make your stories any better and if anything it can work against you by filling your pages with false praise that you don't deserve.

I may be abrasive, but I'm fair and I'm honest. If you write something worth reading I will tell you so even if I don't like you or the story material. And if I like you but you write crap I will tell you that you're writing crap.

Also my bad spelling and my microsoft word messis me up

That's an excuse and you know it. Fimfiction has a wavy red line that shows up under any word that is misspelled as you're typing it. Or things like MS Word, OpenOffice and other word processing applications have basic spell check software built in. And if by some miracle your copy is broken then there are other means. There are people on this site that will help you with this. Search the groups, ask some people in the TWE, look around, there are solutions.

Now you can block me if you want, but that's not going to help you. If my words sting it's because they've got the ring of truth to them. I want you to improve. So show me that you can.

1535987 Kid, you're new, so I'll lay it on you easy. We in the Train Wreck Explorers are just trying to help you. We wanna see your stories become better, and we want to see you, as an author, become better. We aren't in this to bust your balls.
But another thing, and this is gonna be my one warning. We in the TWE don't like people who:

A) take criticism as "mean". Accept our help or refuse it. But if you refuse, we'll purposely be "mean" until you see that we're only trying to help. Tough love.

B) delete comments. We have very little sympathy for comment-deleters. It's the epitome of help refusal, and earns you much hate from the TWE. (I notice that you've deleted my review. I wouldn't do that again, or to another reviewer, if I were you.)

C) ban users. In some cases, writers have had the audacity to ban anyone who doesn't full-on praise their work. We call these people assholes, and they are slammed constantly by us.

D) call us "mean" or "bullies". This will only make us even angrier. If you think we're wrong, prove us wrong. Go ahead, make a story with more thumbs up than thumbs down, and you'll prove that you can make a good story.

So overall, we just want to help. Whether you accept the help or not is up to you.

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Perhaps he's right - TWE does label too many fics as 'trollfics'.

I suggest running this through a spellchecker and proofreading.

We're deleting comments now, are we? Real mature, pal. I don't know what your definition of bullying is, but what I, and others have written wasn't bullying. I didn't like the story, and I explained why, going as far as writing an extensive review pointing out the various flaws in it. Never did I actually attack you. That would've been bullying. So, I want you to take a good, hard look at the review I wrote, which I so graciously saved since I got the feeling you were going to delete it, and tell me when I 'bullied' you.

Oh, dear. Oh, my. Um… wow. That's all I gotta say. Wow. This… thing is definitely bottom-of-the-barrel material. OOC ponies, atrociously short chapters, and punctuation and grammar errors as far as the eye can see. This one is definitely a doozy. It's gonna hurt, but I'm gonna see if I can't fix anything in this. Let's not waste any time and dive right on into this.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of the story, let's focus on the mechanical stuff for a second. I'm talking spelling, grammar, punctuation, stuff like that. Put simply and bluntly, it's terrible. Not the worst I've seen, but still terrible. Since the first chapter is shorter than a gnat's mating stick, let's go through real quick and correct every, single thing you did wrong. Keep in mind that I'm not rewriting the story, no, that'll be for later. I'm just gonna focus on the mechanical aspect of this. Without further ado, let's begin.

Capitalization & spelling will be corrected in red.

Punctuation errors will be corrected in green.

Things that I would suggest adding or changing to help with sentence flow will be marked with purple.

Pinkie Pie is known for making cupcakes. All around town, everypony tries to get a taste of those sweet cupcakes. Every once in a while, she will do an experiment, like tryinga new recipe. Her friends like her cooking, but don't like to play with her. This is the story when she learns the truth.

One summer evening on a sunny day in Ponyville, Pinkie Pie was making cupcakes, but with a new recipe. This time, it was a cupcake with frosting in the middle. Once she was done, she took the first bite, and boy, it was tasty.

"Hmm. Just add some frosting and sprinkles and it will taste great," she said.

After an hour, she made the perfect cupcake. She wanted a friend to try it.

"Hey, Twilight," she said.

Twilight went inside the library and locked the door.

"Why did she lock the door?" asked Pinkie.

Pinkie walked to the door and put her ear on it. She heard Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack.

"Pinkie Pie's pretty weird, don't ya think?" asked Rainbow.

"I agree, but we're keeping this a secret from her, right?" asked Applejack.

"Yes, we are totally keeping it a secret," said Twilight.

"I don't think it a good idea to talk about her behind her back," said Fluttershy.

"Too late! I heard everything!" yelled Pinkie.

"Oh, no. What do we do?" asked Rainbow.

"I'll talk to her," said Twilight.

Twilight walked outside to talk to Pinkie.

"Pinkie, sometimes we need some time to talk in private," said Twilight.

"You guys hate me," Pinkie said angrily.

"Please, we're sorry," said Twilight.

"If you guys hate me then I wish that I was died."

Pinkie left without looking behind her. Later that night, Pinkie was having flashbacks of the times she had with her friends. She cried herself to sleep. Then there was a voice calling her.

"Pinkie Pie," said the voice.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" she said.

"You don't want to be alive anymore, do you?" the voice asked.

"Yes, since no one likes me I don't want to live anymore," she said.

"I can make it come true," the voice said.

All of a sudden, there was a magic surrounding her. It was covering her and lights flashed all around her.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" she yelled.

Okay, for the most part, I get the feeling that you at least have a basic understanding of the English language as far as writing goes. I won't go completely rage out over the general writing because I get the feeling that you're either young or English isn't your first language. However, there are still numerous things wrong with this entire story, so let's do the play-by-play:

First up, punctuation. I don't know how well you understand the use of a comma, but there a numerous points in this chapter alone where you're missing one that's needed. Not only that, but there are also many places where you don't add periods, mainly after dialogues. You have this:

"Okay, I'll see you later," Twilight said

When you should have this:

"Okay, I'll see you later," Twilight said.

Always, always, always put in a period if you're at the end of a sentence. Unless of course if it's a question, an exclamation, etc.

Now, I'm no English teacher, so I'm not gonna try to explain when and how you should use them in case I'm telling you all of the wrong things, but I can point you to an online resource to help you. This seems like a good place to start for learning basic comma usage.

Second thing is your characterization. It's virtually non-existant. Every single member of the Mane 6 feels, talks, and acts the same, and considering how diverse and different they are in the show, that has to be an accomplishment of some kind. Seriously, I've seen trees with more character than these ponies. That, and they have the depth of a kitten's piss puddle. For starters, you need to get an understanding of how these characters act, and how they speak. We'll focus on how they act later, but for now, let's focus on their speech. I don't know if you know this, but Applejack, and just about every other Southern-speaking pony in the show has a very special way to spell their words. For example, instead of having Applejacks' dialogue written like this:

"I'm going to the kitchen to get a few mugs of cider. You guys want any?"

You'd write it like this:

"Ah'm goin' to the kitchen t' get a few mug o' cider. Ya'll want any?"

It's weird as hell at first, I know, but it's something you'll get used to naturally. It's just a matter of understanding how these characters speak, which is pretty easy if you watch the show a few times. I'd advise reading a few fics around here just to get a feel of how each of the Mane 6 is written. Trust me, it'll do wonders for your writing.

Okay, now that that's all out of the way, we can focus on the real problem with this story. It moves too damn fast! This issue goes hand in hand with your incredibly short chapters. I understand that pacing can be a tricky thing for writers, especially new ones, to get down, but even you have to admit that you can flesh out this story far, far more than you have. Just think about it: in under 400 words, we go from Pinkie making cupcakes, to Pinkie trying to find a friend to eat her cupcakes, to Pinkie finding out her friends don't like her (we'll get into that later), to Pinkie wishing she was dead. Again, we go over all of this in under 400 words! I hate to tell you, but that ain't gonna fly in these parts, and here's why.

You spend absolutely no time setting up why Pinkie's friends don't want to play with her. If there's no background or reason for us to follow, then this sort of thing just comes across as rushed, lazy, and generally unappealing. Not only that, but Pinkie's reaction just doesn't seem 'Pinkie' enough for me. She's far too rational during this. Not really happy, just logical. And she gets angry way too quickly. I mean, wishing she was dead? The last time she thought her friends didn't like her, she went batsh:yay:t crazy and threw a party with a bunch of inanimate objects. Now, that was Pinkie Pie. This… this is just an angsty teenage drama.

To add onto it, Twilight and the others don't come across as the type who'd pull crap like this, especially not Applejack of all ponies. In fact, let's focus on the characters for a minute. Why do they suddenly hate Pinkie? What happened in the past that made them hate Pinkie? Did they hate her from day one? Who hated her first, and how the hell did she convince the others to hate Pinkie? These are the question you need to answer from the very beginning of your story. In fact, describing the slow degradation of their friendship with Pinkie could be a story all its own, but now I'm getting off track. The point is, if you want us to buy what's going on, you had better give us an explanation for it damn quick, otherwise you'll be fighting an uphill battle trying to get people to read your stories.

Again, I advise reading some of the better fics on this site just to get a feel of how they describe things and set up the conflict. They make us feel for the characters, which is exactly what keeps us reading. As it stands now, I don't care about what's happening to anyone in this story. Considering these are the main characters we're talking about, that's a very, very bad thing.

I consider rewriting this thing, and that's not something I always suggest. I see potential in a premise like this, but the execution is about as graceful as an elephant riding a kayak down a rockslide. If you do choose to rewrite it, keep this question in mind:

What happened that made Twilight and the others hate Pinkie?

If you put enough background and effort into answering this, then you might have the potential of creating a compelling story. If you need the extra help, there are plenty of people who'd be willing to proofread your work and give you any honest critiques and suggestions to improve. But keep in mind, they're only suggestions. It all comes down to you to decide how good this story is. You are the writer after all. Put some effort into your work to make it something being proud of.

Goodbye, and best of luck to you.

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~FoughtDragon01–TWE's 'Not-so-nice' Nice Guy

I'm going to school but I think a lot of comments just come in during the day so I will be back bye 5:00 pm central time

1534927Go eat some pizza; time well spent

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Hmmm, you know I haven't had good pizza in a while. Thanks for reminding me.

(*wanders off to find the number for Sabastiano's*)

1538293 We await your return. For the sake of my blood pressure, just accept our help. I don't want to be pissed off on my birthday, even if I'm just gonna drink and party my frustrations away later.

1536286This is the 3rd comment deleter I've dealt with this week. I might just have to back every one of my reviews up on notepad. Ugh.

1538571 I'm just here to help. (Oh, and to trick people into my garage)

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lolololeoeoeleololol y so srs

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