 RuathaWehrling 2004-09-02 . chapter 1Alrighty, so this looks a little more like something I want to review. Let me give it a shot -- in MY traditional reviewing form. No, I don't use too many huge, complimentary words at the start, but I DO tell you what I liked and where your typos are! :) Here you go. It's all in order, as I read:
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1.) "Okay, now you're thinking the possibility of me ever having the nerve... " -- add "that" after "thinking", please.
2.) "eating all the rutabagas" -- Eh, no loss. I assume all the little kids are trying to kill you for slaying the rutabega-eating dragon, now, right? :)"
3.) "Cause really now, anything that eats rutabagas all the time can't be that tough. Now, I'd just like to say " -- You know, you say "now" a lot...
4.) "My cat cause I couldn't trust him " -- Ok, I left this alone the first time, but now I've got to comment! It's 'cause (with the '). Also, I wouldn't trust my cat alone, either!
5.) "capital of the rutabaga capital of the world." -- Kind of redundant.
6.) "Just in time too." -- Ok, incredibly picky: there should be a comma before "too". Personally, I try to ignore this rule a lot, but my friend RObert ALWAYS calls me on it, and he's right. So -- HA! -- I'm calling YOU on it now! (Share the love!)
7.) "It glided down for a snack and I issued an ultimatum, it's standard dragon slaying protocol" -- Can you either replace the comma with a dash or make it a new sentence? It's a bit confusing as is.
8.) "Again, standard protocol. The beast had to make known its intentions to fry me to a crisp." -- Haha!
9.) "With a flapping of wings and a thunderous sound as the dragon dropped back to the ground I suddenly found myself" -- Comma after "ground"?
10.) "And who says dogs are more loyal than cats." -- Question mark. And GO SILVER!
11.) " with the fanged furry one I had my chance" -- Comma after "one".
12.) "I swung me sword " -- "my". Typo!
13.) "way and . missed." -- Ugh. Fictionpress screwed up your formatting here. Go back into your word processor, turn of "autoformatting" and retype the "...". Then repost it and all should be well!
14.) "with my cats help" -- "cat's"
15.) "I haven't slayed any more dragons since then, they were declared endangered species. " -- Consider putting a "since" after the comma. It feels jumpy without it.
16.) "I need to find a way to get rid of ten bushels of rutabagas. " -- Hahaha! Excellent ending!
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:) Well, I hope you got an A in your speech class! I hope you're not going to get annoyed at me for all my comments, because I really did like it! It was just incredibly entertaining and light-hearted. You've really got a gift for gentle humor.
Thanks for the story!
Ruatha |
 mispel 2004-07-29 . chapter 1It’s very funny. “stepped of the carpet”, “trained whit that shield”, “in a heroic dragon slayer was and . missed”, and “to” instead of “too” in the next sentence. Just a few typos I noticed. The cat and the backpack stuff really made me laugh. |
 Vani WolfTurtle 2004-07-02 . chapter 1Make lots of rhutabaga pies and sell 'em. (A way to get rid of the rhutabagas)
I swear, I should be tearing right now, that was the best thing I've ever read. You should definitely publish. I'd pay money for this.
(To quote Donald O'Connor incorrectly "be a(n) author my son . . .err . . .daughter, but be a funny one." . . .err . . . well, that didn't work.
You're one of my favorite authors now. Yup. Great stuff. |
 Neo Triono 2004-04-21 . chapter 1Brilliant. I love your sense of hmour here, and the story is actually quite entertaining. Alas, those poor dragon slayers! Welfare isn't as noble as slaying...but they'll manage, I assume |