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oar (oar) wrote in otf_wank,
@ 2007-07-15 16:28:00

Grammar wank ahoy
Snagged off stupid_free

ilovefreaks has a bone to pick with the

writers_guild community:

To the grammer Nazis
I am sorry that you have no life and that all you do is blog and materbate. (Which makes for a very sticky keyboard)

Grammar nitpicking? On a writers' community? OH THE INDIGNITY.

The community members are less than amused, so she retorts with piercing rhetoric like "I do have good work it's just when people get so stuck on the grammar that they can't see anything else what does that make them. I have a right to bitch I'm an American!"

Also with a side of Nazi wank

In addition to that, courtesy of the sharp folks on stupid_free, we have an example of the eye-poppingly wonderful prose of

ilovefreak that's been so cruelly maligned by the denizens of

writers_guild:

READ IT. READ IT AND WEEP (WITH HAPPINESS).

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	omega 2007-07-15 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	You bring funny. There's even the_faery_queen. Long time, no splooge! (Reply to this)(Thread)

cat_mcdougall
2007-07-15 09:04 pm UTC (link)

You know what I love about her?

totally. she even said that. i can't relate to the story, i was too busy looking at the grammar.

i can understand if the story was REALLY bad grammar/spelling. if everything was misspelt and no capitals or fullstops at all. but i had those, and i spellchecked it. she couldn't get beyond the not perfect grammar at all. and was so rude about it when i told her that most peole post rough stories.

She holds grudges for such a long time. *sniffles* She still doesn't like me!

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squib, 2007-07-16 04:22 am UTC

	prettypinkkitty 2007-07-15 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	With happiness? I have no happiness from reading that. I want my money back. (Reply to this)

	snacky 2007-07-15 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	This was a very well-written comment. :-D (Reply to this)

	demonbean 2007-07-15 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	The word is anti-Semitic No, the word refers to people who are anti-Semitic (well, really, anti-nonaryan). The word itself is not anti-Semitic, unless it has somehow acquired a soul and opinions. In which case I will concede that I am wrong. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kernelm 2007-07-16 04:18 am UTC (link)
	I think the comment was just to correct the spelling... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

demonbean, 2007-07-16 04:57 am UTC

	jetamors 2007-07-15 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Law and Oder SVU In the criminal justice system, olfactory based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these fetid felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Stench Victims Unit. These are their stories.... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	khym_chanur 2007-07-15 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Hee! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2007-07-16 12:14 am UTC (link)
	I declare Win! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	damnedfallacy 2007-07-16 01:19 am UTC (link)
	So much love. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sheep 2007-07-16 09:07 am UTC (link)
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0SzuW5gMs I think they need to go back to basics... (Reply to this)(Parent)

seiberwing
2007-07-15 09:50 pm UTC (link)

arrowintwolakes owns my heart, at least in that post.

Although all that bitching about people getting stuck on the grammar reminds me of the time the teacher put up a sentence to show an example of something-or-other and I commented that it was a run-on sentence. The teacher said that it was from a Famous Writer and I told him 'yeah, but it's still a run-on'.

It's actually not fan-fiction one of my dream jobs is to write for Law and order. However if you want something else I'll get something else.

*cackles* Oh hell no. ...although now I want to find some good SVU fics.

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rachel_pi
2007-07-15 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Oh, man, that is...that is special writing right there. Yikes.

Also, wasn't there already an SVU episode where some psychopathic girl tried to seduce Eliot while he was questioning her?

I love this argument. I'm confused, does she not want her beta to pick out any grammatical errors or misspelled words? Because any time I ask someone to edit something for me, I'm assuming they'll catch the little things I missed because I've read the same paragraph 500 times.

Also, I laughed out loud at this thread.

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	seiberwing 2007-07-15 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	reads ...okay, did that chick just try to seduce Munch? Cause that's definitely getting into a creepy area. The writing's horrific, but the dialogue sounds in-character enough. I'm wondering if she ripped off part of an episode for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rachel_pi, 2007-07-15 10:30 pm UTC

seiberwing, 2007-07-15 10:34 pm UTC

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seiberwing, 2007-07-16 11:24 am UTC

skewed_tartan, 2007-07-15 10:54 pm UTC

felinephoenix, 2007-07-16 04:29 am UTC

luthe, 2007-07-16 05:49 am UTC

risha, 2007-07-16 02:38 pm UTC

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seiberwing, 2007-07-16 07:35 pm UTC

issendai
2007-07-15 11:48 pm UTC (link)

I'd ask what she did to the poor commas and periods, but in this case, I don't think she did anything to them. They saw what she did to the colons and up and left on their own.

Exactly they focus more on the grammer then they do on whether or not the story is good.

Sweetheart, if they focus on the grammar, you have your answer: The story's not good.

Also, I believe no one should be held accountable for their bad grammer. Who has a say in what their grandmother does? As long as they're not huffing glue behind the 7-11 with Grammer and Gramper, they're innocent. Though the court would be more kindly disposed toward them if they used good grammar when testifying in the court case against their bad grammer.

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vito_excalibur, 2007-07-16 04:04 am UTC

coyotegirl, 2007-07-17 04:12 am UTC

	tangentialone 2007-07-16 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Only Americans are allowed to bitch on the internet, y'know. It's one of our less-advertised rights. (Reply to this)(Thread)

damn' straight -

spacelogic, 2007-07-16 01:14 am UTC

Re: damn' straight -

visp, 2007-07-16 07:10 am UTC

Re: damn' straight -

spacelogic, 2007-07-16 05:03 pm UTC

Re: damn' straight -

visp, 2007-07-17 07:07 am UTC

	khym_chanur 2007-07-16 02:14 am UTC (link)
	Materbate: rebates for mothers? (Reply to this)

rachelmap
2007-07-16 02:21 am UTC (link)

This community was created for writers of all kinds who might like to talk about the mechanics of writing and its pitfalls and rewards.

"Who might like to...?" So I guess it's OK if ilovefreaks and the_faery_queen would rather talk about what assholes people who insist on good mechanics are. :-D Maybe they could form their own special community for that, and the patron saint could be, I don't know... Anne Rice?

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	honorh 2007-07-16 07:02 am UTC (link)
	"Waaah! I posted my story on a community for writing concrit, and they're all telling me my spelling and grammar sucks instead of swooning over my creative soul! Waaaah!" That pretty much sum her up? (Reply to this)

	esclaramonde 2007-07-16 11:59 am UTC (link)
	Hey you let the dog out. (Reply to this)

	out_bottle 2007-07-16 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	I read it and wept, all right. Good excuse for the Munch icon, though. (Reply to this)

	catslash 2007-07-16 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Aaaand ilovefreaks has bahleeted her journal. (Reply to this)(Thread)

seiberwing, 2007-07-16 11:22 pm UTC

catslash, 2007-07-16 11:29 pm UTC

	seiberwing 2007-07-17 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	http://community.livejournal.com/writers_guild/589455.html She's baaaaaaaack... (Reply to this)

	out_bottle 2007-07-18 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Annnnd she apologizes. http://community.livejournal.com/writers_guild/591000.html She seems to have gained a fangirl in fatchickengirl (Reply to this)(Thread)

queencallipygos, 2007-07-18 03:58 pm UTC

	ashes 2007-07-21 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	I love it! Grammar and sensitive writer wank is the best. But I have to say of ilovefreaks "writing:" What did the English ever do to you, to get that kind of butchering? Also, I love this exchange. (Reply to this)

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