all of us, some of y'all, and most of them. ¿comprende?

What Not to Write {fanfiction tips}

all of us, some of y'all, and most of them. ¿comprende? —

To be honest this title confuses me and I chose it. You just have to admit that it sounds pretty clever though. Mainly this is just about the usage of the words 'all', 'most', and 'some'. I don't really know how to explain this but I'll do it the best way possible. A lot of times the usage of these words are confused and wrong. All three words can be associated with quantity.

 

Let's get this straight. All means absolutely everything.

RIGHT: All of the Beast members are Korean.

WRONG: All Beast members were born in the '90's line (1990's).

As all Beauties know, not all members of Beast were born in the '90's line. It makes the statement false and used incorrectly.

 

Some is a word used to describe a part of unspecified group of something. There isn't necessarily a wrong way to use this but it all depends on context. Here's how you use it: Some of you guys are immature. Don't confuse it with its homophone sum! Sum is used when you add in math not when you refer to groups of people or things.

 

Most means that you are including the general public (group) that you are using in your work.

RIGHT: Most K-Pop idols are Korean.

Which in truth is true! Just because they take part in K-Pop doesn't make them all Korean. Members of miss A are Chinese.

WRONG: Most K-Pop idols are fluent in English.

Untrue. I have to say that a good sum of them know the basics of English like 2PM's Junsu. For example, members of Beast aren't completely fluent in English. A part of me doesn't even think that they know the basics.

 


This was a request but I'm not sure if I put this in the right direction that was suggested. Sorry if this was a major fail for you guys. Watch out because readers look for just as much quality as quantity in your writing! By that I mean people want well written chapters that are more than two meager paragraphs. You know what's awesome? I was mentioned in asianfanficsfail.tumblr but it was a positive post of my tutorial. Take a look at the tumblr. It's funny.

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ChrysalisFalling
#1
Thanks so much for making this, it really helps a lot! >w<
Kai_Xui_Min
#2
i read it all but i don't get the tags bit :(
KidFromPluto #3
Chapter 6: Hmmmm good idea author-nim
KidFromPluto #4
Chapter 2: Woa... this is helpfull, i always have authors block and how i overcome it is by talking to someone tbh, and i am always scared that my fanfic isnt that nice and it's boring that's why i have few subscribers but idk why but you post makes me feel like , idk >< whats wrong with me!?
taenganger309
#5
Do you know how much you help me with this? You inspire me to write better!! Thank you so much!
milkeuti
#6
woah, this was super helpful, thank you!
Changdeol #7
Chapter 4: I wouldn't necessarily say using apostrophes for dialogues is wrong, many books published in the UK prefer this format...