Writing Pet Peeves
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_Blixa
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Re: Writing Pet Peeves
This is really, really, really picky, but I hate seeing "altar" misspelled "alter."
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_Everybody Wang Chung
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Re: Writing Pet Peeves
Call me strange, but I can't stand "penis" misspelled as "penus". I guess that's why I was partial to Seattle Ghost Writer's stories.
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_Quasimodo
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Re: Writing Pet Peeves
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Call me strange, but I can't stand "penis" misspelled as "penus". I guess that's why I was partial to Seattle Ghost Writer's stories.
Sort of like writing duck instead of dick. :)
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_just me
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Re: Writing Pet Peeves
*Calling the characters "blue/green/hazel eyed" or "taller/shorter" or "older/younger." Like the author is trying to avoid using the characters proper names. I don't mind if a descriptive word is used now and again, but when it is repeatedly done in place of the name it drives me insane! It is distracting rather then helpful.
*I'm not sure how to describe my next one. When writing a dialogue I hate when it is not made clear who it is doing the speaking. I hate when they purposefully don't say who is talking and then have the opposite person in the dialogue get written about immediately following the sentence.
Example: This statement is NOT said by Adam, rather it is said by Eve. It annoys the crap out of me!
"What are you doing today?" Adam was following her with his eyes.
*Anything that would easily be caught by spellcheck.
*I'm not sure how to describe my next one. When writing a dialogue I hate when it is not made clear who it is doing the speaking. I hate when they purposefully don't say who is talking and then have the opposite person in the dialogue get written about immediately following the sentence.
Example: This statement is NOT said by Adam, rather it is said by Eve. It annoys the crap out of me!
"What are you doing today?" Adam was following her with his eyes.
*Anything that would easily be caught by spellcheck.
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_Corpsegrinder
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Re: Writing Pet Peeves
"What are you doing today?" Adam was following her with his eyes.
I would've written, Adam was undressing her with his eyes.
Oh wait, Adam & Eve...never mind.