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[donutsweeper]

I will never understand why people put in the effort to write long, wonderfully plotted, interesting stories yet can't bother to spend 5 minutes running it through a spell checker before posting it.

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[cat-77.livejournal.com]

I feel for you, I really do. So many of those are out there, waiting in the shadows for you to happen across unexpectedly. And they would be so much better if only they did not contain a mishmash of typos, misspellings, and oddly humorous yet no less likely off-putting homophones.

Spell check is your friend. Grammar check is your friend. Betas are your friend (and I am not talking about the fish). Seriously, spend the five minutes, or the day or so turnaround time, to have it checked properly and it will be so much better for it.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yes! THIS. And there is no excuse not to spell check, there are online versions and nearly every writing program has one.

I don't mind a few mistakes, even with betas and spell checkers something is going to slip through, but I don't understand when people don't at least try to make their writings the best they can.

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

I may have possibly thrown a hissy fit over this very thing with my partner recently. I may have also possibly refused to beta her work until such time she presented me with a spell- and grammar-checked copy. Maybe.

I have caught typos in my own fics that made it through beta months later, after something is posted, and still get embarrassed and go fix it, despite no one mentioning it.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've caught stuff too, especially if I'm looking at it in a different format (posted on AO3 instead of LJ or something)

*hee* I can understand wanting a spellchecked copy!!