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Biggest pet peeves?
honey:
--- Quote from: mare on April 05, 2007, 05:06:05 PM ---LOL I know! I always secretly want to write it the way I want it to go at that point and in my head I usually do.
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you should do it one of these times... maybe they'll take the hint and learn how to write a little better in the process. haha. It's not being Tajna (is that her name?) if you make it way better right? -lol
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: honey on April 05, 2007, 06:01:12 PM ---you should do it one of these times... maybe they'll take the hint and learn how to write a little better in the process. haha. It's not being Tajna (is that her name?) if you make it way better right? -lol
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And change the characters the title, and fix around the basic plot, no.
starbeamz:
I just read through this whole thread and all of you pretty much nailed every pet peeve I've ever had. I have to admit, though, that I am guilty of being one of those feedback-hungry writers, but I'm trying to quit! I swear, I am!! For me, it's one of those stupid self-esteem things that sort of carries over from my offline self (though most people don't see it, so maybe it's not that bad), but, yeah, I'm pretty much over the whole I need reviews so that I can feel better about myself bit. Sorry about that, though!
I guess the only ones that I haven't seen yet are certain dialogue styles that annoy me, and the lack of knowledge about the fact that Orlando is in the middle of the state of Florida. So, if Nick lives in Orlando in your story, he can't have the ocean in his backyard (unless it's manmade!). Sorry..that always bugged me. But, the dialogue things that bother me are when Baylee (who is nearly in kindergarten!) speaks baby talk and when people (usually in romances) call each other these sickeningly sappy nicknames. Okay, seriously, I don't mean to come off as really nitpicky and mean, but Baylee is almost 5, and I haven't met a kid over 3 who talks baby talk. So it annoys me to no end when Baylee does that in some stories. Also, while I think the guys might call their girlfriends/wives/significant others "baby," I really don't think they'd go around calling those women "sugarplum," "baby doll," or whatever. Honestly, I get tired of reading that chapter after chapter after chapter. It's too much for me to handle LOL I'm not sappy, though I write romance!
Bah...I probably made everyone's pet peeve list now with that tirade, so I'm sorry. It's kinda been bugging me for a while with some stories, so I figured I'd just say it. If I just blatantly offended anyone, I'm SO SORRY! I still love all the lovely writers here!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on April 05, 2007, 06:05:51 PM ---And change the characters the title, and fix around the basic plot, no.
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That's how I get a lot of story ideas! I'll read a story that has a good idea behind it, but it's either not good or just not what I expected it was going to be like, so I take the basic idea and try to write the story I had envisioned when I read the summary.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: starbeamz2 on April 05, 2007, 09:30:23 PM ---But, the dialogue things that bother me are when Baylee (who is nearly in kindergarten!) speaks baby talk and when people (usually in romances) call each other these sickeningly sappy nicknames. Okay, seriously, I don't mean to come off as really nitpicky and mean, but Baylee is almost 5, and I haven't met a kid over 3 who talks baby talk. So it annoys me to no end when Baylee does that in some stories.
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Good one!! I haven't read that many stories with Baylee in them prominently yet, but along the same lines, I see that a lot with Aaron too - people write him as if he's still a naive little boy. If he's actually supposed to be 7 or 8 in the story, fine, then it's okay for him to act like a child. But I see so many where he's a teenager, and he speaks and acts like he's in first grade. Maybe that's why I usually don't like to read about Aaron.
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