Young Writers Society

Hello, deary! I can see that many people have already said their piece on here. (Hehe. Like I wasn't expecting that.) However, I still want to comment on this.

I've seen many stories on YWS that were posted with very poor grammar. Sure, more often than not, you can tell what they mean, but it still makes it harder on the reader. Bad grammar takes away from the clarity of the story. People miss the point of the story because they're too busy re-reading sloppily arranged sentences.

As for spelling, I really feel like there's no excuse for more than one or two spelling mistakes in a piece. All it takes is a few moments to run something through Word, or the built-in spell check on YWS, to find those.

Shar Shar, grammar is an important part of literature. It completes your writing. Ignoring it isn't really an option.

Moreover, on here, people are going to assume you don't know what your grammar mistakes are unless you say otherwise. Personally, I think if you know there are mistakes you should take the time and courtesy to polish it with a re-read and spell check. I myself am no grammar nazi, and I certainly need some help with sentence structure, but I'm not going to leave it un-checked just because I'm no expert.

That's just what I think.

EDIT:

Well, eh... time for coffee. Getting Wiggy mixed up with Joe is - I think I'm in dire need of rest, LOL!

What my built in Firefox spell check caught:

Ok
dont
abunch
grammer
Grammer
grammer
writting
poeple

Come now.

"I dont need abunch of comments telling me my grammer sucks."

Apparently, you do.

Well, I see all of you have noticed that somebody's ranted. That much is true, but seriously, do you have to put salt in the wound?

Pusha- Grammer checking her complaint about people being nitpicky about grammer? That's just wrong.

I've got an idea, how about instead of getting mad at her for being mad, how about go and critique something to help out.

Don't antagonize those who feel antagonized, it's not nice.

And Shaw- rant's usually go like this. Posting to tell people you're upset usually makes people feel like they have the need to do exactly what you say you hate. It's this weird human nature thing.

Just keeping the peace,
-JC

Well, I'll just say this. Your gettimg mad over nothing. You posted your work and we did what we do: critique.

That is the point of this site. If you had said you wanted a critique on your content over your technical skill you would have most likely got what you wanted.

Of course, by now I'm sure you'll never return. Hope you do decide to continue on YWS.

I'm going to lock this topic.

A lot of people have just jumped on the poster. JCobsesed at least has some sense.

To the original poster: you'll find posting rants never helps. If you're having trouble with something, contact one of the Moderators and they should be able to help.