Curious about the agnsty Fall of William by skyz. Sort of in mood for agnsty William/Spike fic.
I'd agree about main criteria being good grammar and spelling. Not perfect. But clear. One fic I read almost drove me nuts - the writer just could not handle using Buffy said or she said. So instead she would use: the blonde, the slayer, the girl, or the red head, or the blond vampire. I started substituting he and she and the character names for the writer after a while. The reason for grammar is clarity. As one of my writing teachers informed me ages ago - grammar provides the reader with a road map or guide posts so they can follow your story.
Since I'm not perfect - particularly when I don't get the chance to fully proof-read, I tend to forgive a lot. So nit-picky things like it's and its or typos, don't bug me. It's more glaring errors like passed as opposed to past or using "the blonde" as opposed to Buffy said, that annoys me.
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Where's Fall of William located?
Date: 2003-09-10 11:58 am (UTC)Sort of in mood for agnsty William/Spike fic.
I'd agree about main criteria being good grammar
and spelling. Not perfect. But clear. One fic I read almost drove me nuts - the writer just could not handle using Buffy said or she said. So instead she would use: the blonde, the slayer,
the girl, or the red head, or the blond vampire. I started substituting he and she and the character names for the writer after a while. The reason for grammar is clarity. As one of my writing teachers informed me ages ago - grammar provides the reader with a road map or guide posts so they can follow your story.
Since I'm not perfect - particularly when I don't get the chance to fully proof-read, I tend to forgive a lot. So nit-picky things like it's and its or typos, don't bug me. It's more glaring errors like passed as opposed to past or using "the blonde" as opposed to Buffy said, that annoys me.
Thanks for the suggestion.