Last night I was reading a CSI story, where the story did not state it was basically an AU. The author had Gil Grissom as a vampire, and that just rang so false with me, I closed it.
So was it the lack of warning or the premise itself that was the bigger problem?
Grammar isn't something I pay attention to too much unless it totally ruins the story's effect. Same with spelling. I'm more picky with bad writing, where the characters aren't reading true and there are huge issues with facts, etc.
I tend to think that if someone apparently can't be bothered to even spell-check their fic (and worse, if there are blatant errors in the summary) then the chances of it being worth the effort aren't all that good... ;)
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carisma_sensei
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Date: 2005-07-09 05:22 pm (UTC)So was it the lack of warning or the premise itself that was the bigger problem?
Grammar isn't something I pay attention to too much unless it totally ruins the story's effect. Same with spelling. I'm more picky with bad writing, where the characters aren't reading true and there are huge issues with facts, etc.
I tend to think that if someone apparently can't be bothered to even spell-check their fic (and worse, if there are blatant errors in the summary) then the chances of it being worth the effort aren't all that good... ;)