I was recently asked "Why don't you separate Dialogue?" and I answered him personally in a message but I wanted to make this Author's Note to kind of share my answer. So here is my response.
Why I don't separate Dialogue?
Why does it matter so much? I get that it's grammatically incorrect, but English was not my best subject, I don't care if something is grammatically correct, I worry more about spelling than grammar unless the grammar is absolutely atrocious. Also only 2 people have advised me to write that way, and it's honestly difficult for me to "writing correctly and better." If there is a CORRECT choice then what's the point in trying to write at all? It's not like I'm writing a novel that will win a pullitzer.
This site is all about fans writing the way they want. I've read absolutely wonderful stories that have several spelling errors and grammar errors, but that doesnt mean the plot is any worse because of it and Vice Versa. I've read stories with horrible plots, but thank goodness they spelled almost everything correctly and kept grammar errors to a minimum.
I don't think there should be a right way to write a fan fiction story. As long as you get your vision out there in the world for people to see and give support, then the world might be better. I started writing, horribly, but writing a couple years before my ex-girlfriend and I got together, I only decided to publish on this site after my ex-girlfriend dumped me because I needed a way to cope and people gave support to my stories. Not as much support as the more popular stories, but support nonetheless and it made me feel better. So I didn't care how I wrote my stories because when I finished a chapter and then another and another and eventually the entire story, I felt better. So I will not apologize for how I write and I will not take advice because I like the way I write, whether it's grammatically correct or not, because in my mind, there is no perfect way to write, all that matters in the end is the plot and how it makes you feel.
I Honestly felt i needed to not only share this with you all mainly so I dont get asked, time and time again, why I don't write grammatically correct. I will have the next chapter up before I go to work on monday. I go into work at 4:30pm(Eastern Standard Time) so expect it no later than 4:30pm. If it's not up by 4:30 then I didn't finish it and it won't be up till after I get out of work.
I will try to continue posting a chapter a day, but Tuesday is my day off, as is thursday and friday. Friday will be tough for me to update because my Dad is going into Surgery for an outpatient procedure on his knee. Until then keep reading and reviewing. Also concerning the numbers at the end of each chapter, that's how many words are in the chapter.
Also, if my chapters seemed rushed, it's because I'm doing all my writing on this website. I'm not writing it somewhere else, submitting it to this site, reviewing it and then posting it, writing it all on this site. I feel that may be the reason I rush the chapters a little, because i do feel a slight pressure as if I have a specific deadline. I dont rush because of excitement, more out of stress and I don't understand why, so I'll try to slow 'er down.
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Just Kidding, 669.