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⌈ Secret Post #2664 ⌋

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Comments

Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

[(Anonymous)]

Given your post starts with a spelling error, and replies to other comments continue with the theme... I'd probably skip the fic altogether. Assuming you make the same kinds of mistakes in your fic, they really leap out and sour the whole experience for me.

The thing is, you say you may not want to know how many mistakes you make, and then follow up by saying you don't want to produce sub-par work. The two aren't compatible. They're just not. If you're feeling ambitious and want to produce something of decent quality, then you need to a) find out what mistakes you're making and b) keep an eye out for those mistakes in future. Are there common grammatical errors you keep making? Learn the correct form (and why that's the correct form, rather than relying solely on your beta to fix it for you) and make a consistent effort in the future to watch out for and fix those kinds of errors.

Don't count how many mistakes there are per line, as you seem to be doing. Instead, focus on what types of mistakes you're making, and start working on whatever's most common.

It's a process, and you shouldn't expect immediate improvements. But if you work at it, it will become more natural for you to use the correct forms of things, and then the number of errors you make on your initial drafts will drop, and then you'll have less work to do while editing for spelling and grammar, and then everyone will be happy, yes?

If it makes you feel better, practicing editing on your fic will bleed over into other types of writing as well. It never hurts to improve your spelling and grammar, and fic is at least a fun and pressure-free way of doing so.

Re: How do you react to mistakes in fic?

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for your input! I don't use English anywhere beside fandom activity, but I do have some problems in my native language too. It could definitely use some work. Thank you for the tips; they sound very practical. The question is do I want to put in an effort even if it saves my time in the future, which, I know, is very lazy of me.