Pet Peeves

Now, I'm not too picky when it comes to reading stories on Fanfiction. I've learned to ignore the mistakes and try to continue through a story. I'm not talking about a few mistakes, I'm talking about the stories that have multiple errors, misspelling, bad grammar...stuff like that that happens frequently. When stories are like that, they become hard to read despite them possibly having a good idea.

Pet Peeve Number 1: Misspelling

Granted, not all word processors have spell check, but that's what dictionaries are for! If you're not sure about a word, look it up on dictionary.com.

Pet Peeve Number 2: Bad Grammar

English grammar is hard. I get it. Sometimes what is grammatically correct doesn't sound right and so you write it the wrong way. I know what that's like. That doesn't really bother me. It's stuff like "We was going that way," or "Them were heading to the store." Incorrectly using singular and plural pronouns, nouns, and verbs really gets my goat.

Pet Peeve Number 3: Punctuation

Sometimes our pinkies accidentally hit a period instead of a comma, or we forget to hit the shift key before hitting the quote key. But when it repeatedly happens or they don't even use periods and commas, it starts to get hard, and not to mention confusing, to read. Also, knowing when to use single and double quotations, and how to use apostrophes correctly.

Pet Peeve Number 4: The Chatting Language

Tlkin lke thees gets rlly annoying. 'Lol' is okay if you don't use it like 'lolololol' and after every sentence. I have when people use this because it just shows laziness. It gives off the impression that they don't care when they say "U was gonna see tht movie cuz it is awsm."

That's all I can think of right now, but for those who are also Fanfiction-ers, a few words of advice: if you're not sure something sounds right, Dictionary.com it. Or option B) get a beta. Yes, it can be kind of painful to find one who will take the time to read over your work, but it's worth it in the end. Don't like that idea? Then just go back yourself and reread it. Trust me, it works and it helps you become a better writer.

The whole moral of this rant is to REVIEW your WORK! It'll help get you more readers and reviewers while also upping your ability to write.