I've been wondering this for awhile. I have a morning ritual (at least when I have time) to search my local fanfic posting hangouts and read new updates and stories. A lot of the time, I come across newer authors and I become interested in reading what they've written.
Heres where it gets snobby.
I will refuse to read it if there are any of the following things within the first few paragraphs or page views:
I know I should probably be giving the stories the benefit of the doubt, but after awhile, the little things start to rub me the wrong way.
Am I alone?
Heres where it gets snobby.
I will refuse to read it if there are any of the following things within the first few paragraphs or page views:
- Simple grammar/spelling mistakes.
"Ill" instead of "I'll," "your" instead of "you're", etc. It screams to me that they either didn't have a beta and/or didn't care to run a spellcheck on their work, turning me off to spending my time reading it. - Stargate vocabulary spelled incorrectly.
"Gould" instead of "Goa'uld" is my biggest beef. I won't read the story if this is mispelled. Snob Factor +10 - Character (especially main) names spelled incorrectly.
"Oneal" vs. "O'niell" vs. "Oneel" tan my hide. Snob Factor +20
I know I should probably be giving the stories the benefit of the doubt, but after awhile, the little things start to rub me the wrong way.
Am I alone?
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