The English language is full of quite a few foul words, but few are as foul as one most nefarious nine-letter word: criticism. (Quick! Walk outside, turn around three times, and spit over your shoulder!)

Receiving criticism is one of the hardest parts of writing-harder, perhaps, than finishing that first draft. But before we get into it and what ( Read more... )

Before Track Changes or other electronic methods for indicating problems in an article or story came to be, there were proofreader's marks.
( Featuring material from the historical novel Frontier Wolf by Rosemary Sutcliff … )

With examples from The Mighty Boosh, Good Omens, and Fullmetal Alchemist.

This is a follow up to the Tips for Betas Part 1 that was posted to this community on the 20th of June ( Read more... )

With examples from bandom (Panic at the Disco), Bleach, Harry Potter, and The Boondock Saints.

Alright! Here's the deal. We're all here because we think that grammar is important. I'd be willing to bet about $5 a head that at some point each one of you has read a fic and cringed, or even closed it without finishing, because there was just ( Read more... )