I Suppose It Would Be Rude
Feb. 26th, 2010 03:45 pmThere's an author out there who pretty much flat-out says she doesn't care about grammar. She announces it as an incentive for other writers to post on her site - no grammar sticklers to "deal with" because writing "should be fun". Fair enough, I suppose. The problem is that she's a competent storyteller whose stories WOULD BE SO, SO, SO MUCH BETTER IF EDITED. Like, a lot a lot. She's big into Random capitalization, for one thing, and for another, her motto of "grammar doesn't matter as long as we're having fun" is painfully evident in all the bungling of your/you're, excruciating apostrophe abuse, etc.
I am sorely tempted to jot her off an email offering my services to nitpick the massive amount of fail she's got going on. She's produced many stories very quickly, primarily because she's yoinked well known fandom plots and re-written them. (This bugs as well, as does the fact she's set these all in one universe ... and there's no way her main character would be alive during the whole five-year arc with what she puts him through. For real. Please note: this hasn't stopped me from reading, nor has the fact she's given him something obviously because she has some personal demons with it. This character doesn't really fit the Asperger's bill.)
I won't. I'm aware that it's a disastrous idea, but I so wish to teach her that writing properly is also fun. Considering I probably will come off as abrasive rather than helpful, she'd probably end up crying or something. I don't want to be a bully.
I am sorely tempted to jot her off an email offering my services to nitpick the massive amount of fail she's got going on. She's produced many stories very quickly, primarily because she's yoinked well known fandom plots and re-written them. (This bugs as well, as does the fact she's set these all in one universe ... and there's no way her main character would be alive during the whole five-year arc with what she puts him through. For real. Please note: this hasn't stopped me from reading, nor has the fact she's given him something obviously because she has some personal demons with it. This character doesn't really fit the Asperger's bill.)
I won't. I'm aware that it's a disastrous idea, but I so wish to teach her that writing properly is also fun. Considering I probably will come off as abrasive rather than helpful, she'd probably end up crying or something. I don't want to be a bully.