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Writing Pet Peeves...What are yours?

Here's one of mine : (that I just recently realized was one of mine) I was reading a fiction (on a different board) when suddenly the author stopped writing it. I can understand her reason for not...

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Anyway, I really don't like vague or short story summaries. Would it kill some people to write a few lines? Hell, sometimes I'd even like a sentence. image Don't make me waste my time reading...

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brokebacklance wrote: Sorry! I have a fever, I must have misunderstood. It sounds like a lack of confidence to me (if done by authors). Nothing to be sorry for honey!!! It's all in good fun Also, have...

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insomniachollie wrote: brokebacklance wrote: Sorry! I have a fever, I must have misunderstood. It sounds like a lack of confidence to me (if done by authors). Nothing to be sorry for honey!!! It's all...

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glowbug narking tony wrote: Maybe it's the wannabe-screenwriter in me but I look at summaries kind of like movie trailers...you want to give just enough information to make your audience curious, but...

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Does NF have a "writing tips" section? It might help a lot of people. It does somewhere, can't remember where

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Found it! NF Writing Tutorial

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glowbug narking tony wrote: Okay am I missing something here because in my brief experience with NF I've never sensed any sense of competition or ill-will between any of the writers. Quite the...

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So I have everyone's cell number right?

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band nerd wrote: Nicole dressed for the party wearing a baby blue baby doll dress with matching pumps, a denium jacket that said "Candy" on the back in pink rinestones (A/N just like your Heather!!!...

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And they get tons of reviews.

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People in present day actually write like that? I remember a ton of those back in 2000 but as of recently I haven't seen a thing like that.

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brokebacklance wrote: People in present day actually write like that? I remember a ton of those back in 2000 but as of recently I haven't seen a thing like that. Haha ya I agree. There are a still a...

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joeylance2000 wrote: And they get tons of reviews. That they do sadly.

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Outside of a few shorts, I'm not really a writer, but I am an avid reader so I'm going to add my .02 cents in.... First, bad grammar and spelling. Their/there/they're are not the same word, do not use...

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Cunt in this fandom really squicks me. But it doesn't bother me when its used in other fandoms (I read HP and House fic too) which I find really odd Another thing that kind of annoys me is when people...

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^^ That one's awkward though, because sometimes that update where nothing seems to happen actually turns out to hold some key to the later drama and you just don't know it. Though that bugs me when I...

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Everyone has pretty much wrote all of my peeve's, with the exception of one. I don't write, but I am an avid reader in the fanfic world, and this doesn't involve the writing process but I absolutely...

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^ That's why if I have characters cast in my head that I wait until after the entire story is finished before I post them. I want people to be able to have their own ideas of the characters.

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chubbypotato wrote: Everyone has pretty much wrote all of my peeve's, with the exception of one. I don't write, but I am an avid reader in the fanfic world, and this doesn't involve the writing...

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CryinYourRiver31 wrote: #2...This is a little hard to explain but, it turns me off when the non-dialogue sections of the story are written in the same way as people speak in casual conversation. For...

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