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Grammar 101...
RokofAges75:
Great question, J-Lynn, and the answers you got are right. I'm the same way as ForeverFrick; if I see a story written in HUGE paragraphs with dialogue by multiple characters clumped together in the same paragraph, I just stop reading; that's a sign of bad writing to me, and it's not worth the extra effort it takes me to decipher what's happening in the story and who's saying what. More, shorter paragraphs are better than fewer, longer ones. When in doubt, just start a new paragraph.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 30, 2010, 05:36:34 PM ---Great question, J-Lynn, and the answers you got are right. I'm the same way as ForeverFrick; if I see a story written in HUGE paragraphs with dialogue by multiple characters clumped together in the same paragraph, I just stop reading; that's a sign of bad writing to me, and it's not worth the extra effort it takes me to decipher what's happening in the story and who's saying what. More, shorter paragraphs are better than fewer, longer ones. When in doubt, just start a new paragraph.
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Ditto, when I see a story posted like that, I immediately click out. It's not worth it to me, and like you, I see it as a bad of bad writing. I'm a fanfic snob LOL
TheDistantHeart:
I can't stand it when a chapter is just one big chunk without any paragraphs. Before I started posting fanfic on AC, I first read other fanfic, also to see how they made the paragraphs 'cause I wasn't sure.
I still got a feeling some of my paragraphs are too big, but on the other hand, I don't want to separate them into two paragraphs 'cause I feel like it should stick together as one. So, I just end up in an eenie meeney miney mo situation and in the end, it will still stick together as one paragraph anyway lol!
But a story with no paragraphs is a no-no. I don't even bother reading the first line.
At a Dutch BSB forum where I'm a member of, they post fanfics too. Some are in Dutch, others in English. But they don't insert paragraphs at all. And they wonder why I don't read them lol.
Carter-Orange:
If I see it all clumped together, I click out of the story too. It's too much work to try and understand when it's all jumbled together.
yorkielover88:
ok so what if it is... like all one person talking. like someones point of view but they are not saying what someone else said. Like... im trying to describe this.... like all you are hearing is the persons thought. perhaps like you are reading a journal entry. Make sense? How would that be written?
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