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[sg_lab2]

Ever come across a fanfic you really wanted to get your hands on to fix its grammar, spelling, not to mention bad characterization? I came across a couple of those recently. The premise was good, but the rest not so good.

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[vickysg1.livejournal.com]

Yup! It happened a few times when I was reading a fic in French. I hate grammar/spelling errors. I mean, a few are ok, because you and your beta can miss one or two while re-reading it. But too many? No! I've said it once for an fic in English because though it's not my first language, I can see mistakes.
But god, sometimes with fics in French... Once I even wanted to change everything in the fic 'cos I so thought the author never watched Atlantis! (it was a Pretender/Atlantis crossover)

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

Oh I hate it when a writer doesn't seem to have seen the show. Sometimes bad characterization is worse to me than some grammar and spelling mistakes.

[mizz-magenta.livejournal.com]

Yes, they would be the two large fics (one was 78 pages) that I printed out last week.

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

[blowersgate.livejournal.com]

Now I don't feel so bad that I haven't read it, lol. Really it was THAT bad?

[mizz-magenta.livejournal.com]

The storyline, at least what I've read so far, is good but I always find it hard to get into a fic when there's mistakes bc I end up beta'ing it in my head.

At first I did wonder if the site had been hacked and that had caused all the errors, bc as someone who has written fic I now I have to proof read it at least twice before I post it, and then I'll usually read it again once posted to make sure I haven't missed any obvious spelling mistakes, etc.

I always think it's a shame when a good story gets wasted, all bc of a lack of a beta.

[blowersgate.livejournal.com]

Happened to me a lot. There's a couple I'm really not glad that I've read but bc I'm nice so I won't say who wrote them, lol :P