I'm 15, I live in London and I love writing. People get annoyed with me correcting their grammar. I can't help it - misplaced apostrophes burn my eyes. The National Curriculum tells me to worship adjectives and adverbs, but I believe in religious freedom and therefore avoid them where possible. As far as I’m concerned, if an object is small and blue, call it small and blue. A character should act like a real person or they’re not worth reading about – and that includes their speech. A character who speaks like they’ve prepared their words weeks in advance is definitely hiding something.
