I was guilty of that occassionally when I first started. *sheepish*
hehe I'm guilty of much worse. *g* When I started writing, I had all these lofty ideas and then discovered that I made all the worst mistakes! Everything I hated about bad!fic ended up in my story. *g* It's not as easy to avoid all these pitfalls as it appears. *g*
It's the ones where it seems like the people don't even have a 3rd grade reading/writing ability that I can't get past. And if they're archived on a site, not just their LJ, and you go look and see that they have like 10 other stories... Did no one ever say "You might need a beta?" or something? Ugh.
I know. In one of my previous fandoms, there was actually a huge backlash against using betas or even worrying about spelling or grammar at all because it was seen as inhibiting the creative process or something. *g*
And I'm totally with you on the linking to chapters in LJ. I only have 1 series really going right now and each new chapter has a link to the ones before it. I haven't gone back to do the "Next Chapter" thing, but that's a good reminder. Thanks! :-)
I might not have thought of it as a writer either, but as a reader, it sure makes things easier. *g*
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Date: 2007-01-13 10:51 am (UTC)hehe I'm guilty of much worse. *g* When I started writing, I had all these lofty ideas and then discovered that I made all the worst mistakes! Everything I hated about bad!fic ended up in my story. *g* It's not as easy to avoid all these pitfalls as it appears. *g*
It's the ones where it seems like the people don't even have a 3rd grade reading/writing ability that I can't get past. And if they're archived on a site, not just their LJ, and you go look and see that they have like 10 other stories... Did no one ever say "You might need a beta?" or something? Ugh.
I know. In one of my previous fandoms, there was actually a huge backlash against using betas or even worrying about spelling or grammar at all because it was seen as inhibiting the creative process or something. *g*
And I'm totally with you on the linking to chapters in LJ. I only have 1 series really going right now and each new chapter has a link to the ones before it. I haven't gone back to do the "Next Chapter" thing, but that's a good reminder. Thanks! :-)
I might not have thought of it as a writer either, but as a reader, it sure makes things easier. *g*