On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Trom wrote:
Well heres part 5 of The Game, I know its a long time coming but what
can I say. This is only a first draft so C+C welcome, flames can go on
the back burner. Thanks to Donny and a bunch of other people for
inspiring me.
Trom
Glad to see you continuing this.
Chapter 5 Creative Distractions
"Not bad if I do say so myself." she murmured as her eye looked
for anything that could be wrong with her creations. Finding them to
I do say so myself<,>" she murmured *punctuation*
"All's fair in love and war," She smiled a wicked mad scientist
smile, and using her teleporter sent for of her constructs to intercept
and war," <she> smiled a *if you're using the comma, no need for
capitalization*
her teleporter sent <four> of her *spelling*
one of the Empresses of Jurai. Next the undercover position of
towel-girl, in one of the most renown and brutal tournaments in the
the most <reknown> and brutal *spelling*
Tenchi Masaki's voice thundered through out the thrown-room. "I appoint
you the tittle of Duchess, and the holdings of sectors
out the <throne-room>. *spelling*
The Empress Ayeka then proclaims, "For you nightly pleasures and
the strengthening of your line." She clapped her hands, and the most
handsomest, most masculine male, she had ever imagine appeared and
gathered her up in his arms...........]
The many 'she' pronouns in the above paragraph.
"For <your> nightly pleasures *spelling*
BEEP! BEEP!
Yutaka jumped awake from her slumber as a incoming message was
received. Again she cursed her luck.
slumber as <an> incoming *spelling*
The air crackled with power, both ancient and evil. A huge
demon, at least 12 meters tall, and just as wide, bellowed in furry,
bellowed in <fury>, *spelling*
opening his maw, he unleash a stream of fire so intense that the rock
he <unleashed> a stream *past tense*
their use would be maddening to any lesser being. A sphere of ultimate
blacked formed between his hands and was sent toward it's target. The
of ultimate <black> formed *no need for past tense*
toward <its> target *no apostrophe needed in possessive case of
pronouns like it, his, her*
"Well that was disappointing," The figure commented as the
smoke cleared, which caused the demon to gasp in disbelief, his most
disappointing," <the> figure *again no need for capitalization*
"Who do I call upon today?" She murmured to herself. The
problem with being centuries old, is that you quickly grow bored with
upon today?" <she> murmured *Don't need capital*
the usual play toys. Calling forth a scroll from it's position on the
wall, Morrigan scanned her �little black book' for a likely subject of
scroll from <its> position *possessive pronoun again*
It was amusing to watch the antics of the other women, when she tried to
get an image of Ranma with the exception of a view brief images, as she
expected could not.
The sentence doesn't make sense. Try breaking it up.
What was it's name? She couldn't rightly remember it of hand, but it
didn't matter.
was <its> name *possessive pronoun*
An Old woman working in her garden, decided that she had been out in
the sun long enough.
An <old> woman working *is that a random capitalization?*
it. That would teach it's creator to make it's image in the Guise of a
very famous martial artist. Who would likely be receiving most
unpleasant welcomes should he come up these people.
teach <its> creator to make <its> image in *possessive pronoun*
should he come up <on> these people. *missing a word*
manage to complete it's scan before Nuku-Nuku pounced on it. Getting a
good look at what she had caught, caused her to draw back in surprise.
complete <its> scan
"Ranma?" The little machined looked like an exact duplicate of
Ranma Saotome, albeit a one meter high Ranma anyway. She knew it
wasn't Saotome due to it's scent. Although it did have a scent that she
did recognize.
"Skuld-chan made little Ranma robots?" She inquired to her
companion. Mercury, who was scanning the creature, quickly agreed with
robots?" <she> inquired no need for captitals*
"It does look like one of Skuld's designs." Mercury mussed, When
was Skuld get over this little game of hers. You thing being centuries
Skuld's designs<,>" Mercury <mused><.> When was was Skuld <going>
to get over this *puctuation, spelling and missing a word*
<You'd> <think> being centuries *spelling*
old, would get her over such childish behavior. Of course Goddess,
matured a lot less slower than most. Mercury giggled at that thought.
Of course, <Goddesses> matured *plural form*
before coming up with an idea. "Nuku-Nuku? Would you hold it still
while I accessed it's memory banks?"
I accessed <its> memory *pronoun*
"This is a pretty good design." Mercury muttered as she
connected with the bot. Calling forth her visor, she got the
good design<,>" Mercury muttered
information strait to it, using virtual reality to enter the machine's
memory cells. While in there she noticed that it had link to it's
information <straight> to it *spelling*
that it had <a> link to <its> *missing a word and pronoun*
"Hmp!" Mercury grumped, then she sighed. "Skuld always was the
possessive type. And melodramatic as well. "Come on Nuku-Nuku, I think
I know how to find Ranma now."
as well. <snip the extrat quotation*
Some common mistakes I noticed:
it's means it is.
its is the same as hers and his for pronoun usage.
"Hello!" she exclaimed.
"Hello," she said.
Those are some examples of dialogue that are correct.
Waiting for more from you! ^_^