This is a RANT.

Just in case you didn't figure that out based on the title.

There are many things that fanfiction authors do that quite frankly, just grate on my nerves like they're parmesan cheese blocks at the Olive Garden.

My first problem with authors:

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WRITE USING PROPER ENGLISH. Grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. C'mon people, we learned this in like third grade. I understand if you are not originally from an English-speaking country, in which case, this does not pertain to you. Although, if English is not your main language or you cannot speak it fluently, please write in whatever language you can use PROPERLY. If you feel the need to have your story also written in English, I suggest posting first in your language and then including a translated English version.

Back to the original rant now...If you are in fact, a native English-speaker, you should be able to quite easily write stories using proper grammar. Sentences like "He run into her face and she screamed around him ears" is NOT AN F-ING SENTENCE. It is jumbled up nonsense.

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT! It's not that difficult. "He/she/it is, they are, we are, you are"

SENTENCE STRUCTURE. If you use run-on sentences, I will send Taemin after you with an inflatable hammer, to beat some sense into you.

PUNCTUATION, PUNK! Commas DO NOT moonlight as periods. EVER. Also, capitalization is good when trying to inform the reader that you are, in fact, beginning a new sentence.

"QUOTATION MARKS!" I scream loudly. That is how one uses them correctly. Notice, PUNCTUATION is STILL IMPORTANT. Also, it is incorrect and irritating when authors choose to place quotes in the MIDDLE of the freaking paragraph. It is confusing and makes the reader question who's talking. Another thing, DON'T USE PRONOUNS FOR EVERYTHING. If you only use "he" and "she" for your ENTIRE story, nobody will understand who's doing what. So please, throw in a NAME here and there.

One more thing about quotation marks: DASHES ( - ) ARE NOT, I REPEAT, NOT, A SUBSTITUTION FOR QUOTATION MARKS.

SMILEY FACES IN STORIES. While smileys are cute and sometimes appropriate on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and texting, please DO NOT use them in serious writing. Firstly, because your English teachers will hate/fail you and secondly, because if you want people to take your writing seriously, using smiley faces will only hinder your progress toward that goal. There are plently of adjectives out there, USE THEM instead of smiley anime faces.

I really hate when I can't read a story with a really good plotline simply because the author can't be bothered to write with decent grammar. So all of you wannabe novelists, please, please, PLEASE, PROOFREAD YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU POST IT. If you're too lazy to do it, ask someone else. There are plenty of people who would be happy to help you fix your issues.

Thanks for reading my rant. I hope you've learned a few valuable things. Let me know if you too suffer from chronic grammar nazism.

Until next time,

~Sapphireyes~