![]() First and foremost, I have no need to sugarcoat what I say, for I am only being honest. Mollycoddling will get you nowhere, after all. I am ashamed to see how many of you fanbrats have English as your mother tongue (or even as your only language) and completely obliterate it, while people who have English as a second (or third or fourth, etc) language type nearly to perfection! I am aware that not everyone has strong linguistic capabilities, but that is not an excuse for raping English; there are beta readers here if you are too fucktarded to pay attention to the spell-and-grammar-check on Microsoft word or the spell-check this site provides. Now, I won't just criticize your lack of syntax and brain cells. I will also express my dissatisfaction with how you portray either the canon characters or your own original ones. OOC (out of character) is perfectly fine when you want to use humour to spice up your fic --to an extent. Having canon characters hump everyone and everything, their personality changed to fit your shitfic's "plot," or having them bashed/unconsentingly schtupped/die because you hate their guts are a few examples for why you should break that keyboard of yours against your bratty face. Not only are those examples unamusing, they show how shallow of a person you are. By the way...those characters you created made my Suedar go off rather loudly. Either fix them up or scrap them before they turn out to be as shallow as you. I don't care if you hate me; you're a nobody anyways. I don't care if I made you cry. Grow a pair. If you're a girl...grow up. I certainly don't care if you BAWleet everything and leave forever because of what I said. Good riddance; one fanbrat down, many more to go. Community Etiquette by FFN: ~Spell check all stories and poetry. There is no excuse for not performing this duty. If you do not have a word processor that has the spell checking feature, use a search engine such as Google.ca to find one. ~Proofread all entries for grammar and other aspects of writing before submission. 'Hot off the press' content is often riddled with errors. No one is perfect but it is the duty of the writer to perform to the best of his/her ability. ~Respect the reviewers. Not all reviews will strictly praise the work. If someone rightfully criticizes a portion of the writing, take it as a compliment that the reviewer has opted to spend his/her valuable time to help improve your writing. ~Use proper textual formatting. For example: using only capital letters in the story title, summary, or content is not only incorrect but also a disregard for the language itself. Intolerable Excuses: ~I'm only 13!: ...And? That means you're old enough to know the basics of English and then some. If anything, I should be emphasizing that you're 13 for the aforementioned reason. ~This is my first fic!: Again...and? Yes, everyone starts somewhere. However, that doesn't mean you should start your "writing career" here with utter trash. Make a good impression, you mindless maggot. ~English isn't my first language!: Refer to the beginning of this profile; either GET A BETA or DON'T WRITE. ~I'm bad at spelling!: I'm bad at giving a fuck. Once more, just so that it sticks into your head...GET A BETA or DON'T WRITE. Save us all the trouble of desperately staggering around our houses to find some fucking eye-bleach because you're bad at something easily fixable. Your Potential Shitty Comebacks You're just jealous!: Yes, you're right; I'm jealous of the fact that no matter how many times I smash my forehead against my keyboard, I'll never be able to crack out the same amount shit you have. Fucking Christ. Go die!: Gladly. But I'll wait a few more decades, thanks. Burn in Hell!: Now you're just getting lame. That place doesn't even exist, so don't start with that. You have no life!: Do I really need to point out the various flaws of this garbage? *Sigh* Fine, I will. You have no idea who I am and you never will, meaning your chances of being right on this statement are slim to none. Second, what does my telling you you're a shitty writer have to do with my real life? How does it show what isn't going on in my life? If anything, the fact that I'm complaining shows I'm educated (so I at least have school life) and that I know what I'm talking about. It doesn't take long to pinpoint your flaws, and I certainly don't spend a hefty amount of time flaming "every fic [I] see" (explained below). Understand now, fantard? You flame everyone in sight!: No, you stupid bitch, I don't. I flame those that deserve it so that the weak leave and the strong (the people who actually take what I say seriously and to heart to improve) stay. So, shut the fuck up. You swear too much!: Problem? Fuck off, then. Offending people is what I do. If I must curse, I'll curse. Ebert's Law: When you ask somebody to try their own hand at something before criticizing your efforts, you have violated Ebert's Law and lost the argument. Roger Ebert is not a filmmaker, but he knows what he likes and doesn't, and has every right to say so. Similarly, people don't need to be chefs to recognize a good restaurant, or musicians to appreciate a symphony (of course, I do write...on this site, FP, ZH, and offline). Ron White: You can't fix stupid! (Oh, how right you are! I just enjoy toying with them.) George Orwell: Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent (this is targeted at you weeaboos specifically. I actually take JSL and will degrade you for butchering my second language when I see it). |