a writing plea...

[tommygirl]

Dear Supernatural fanfic writers (especially those at fanfiction.net):

It's LOSE or LOSING...not LOOSE or LOOSING. Nothing ruins a story for me more than reading, "Sam couldn't loose Dean." What does that mean? Is Dean too tight? That's really dirty for a gen fic, people. Good god.

It's not that hard to catch. Seriously. If Sam or Dean is worried about the other brother not being around anymore, please use the word LOSE from now on and spare me the injury of a rusty spoon to my eyes. If you don't think you can catch it on your own, I beg you to get a beta who does realize that adding an extra "o" changes the entire word!

Thank you!

Tommygirl

Comments

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

My dear, if you're (note the appropriate apostrophe) fishing in those waters, you're going to end up making this rant a 173-part series. And still it falls on deaf ears.

[nam-jai.livejournal.com]

deirdre_c is right that it's a losing battle on FFN, but who cares, because your rant is entirely worth it just for this:

That's really dirty for a gen fic, people.

Hee hee hee hee! Off-color spelling jokes make me happy, I guess.

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

If this post keeps just one writer of any fandom from making that error, then the rant was worth it.

I can't believe how many people make this mistake. About a month ago I was reading an article on the Internet concerning prize contests and taxes. In the article the writer used 'loose' instead of 'lose'. So much for her credibility.

[girlmostlikely.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA!!! Spelling and word nazi's of the world, rejoice.

[azarsuerte.livejournal.com]

The one I always love is Angle. Usually used in the context of "Angles watching over me." *headdesk* Yes, because angles are so overprotective of those darn acute angels, y'know. :-P

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

Perhaps he had him on a leash. Not my fandom, but I'm sure those fics are out there, they always are.

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

Hence the reason I'm terrified of digging through those fics. Did you find anythng good?

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

SOme stuff is good. I usually rec it over at polyfandomrecs - that's right, I suffer through the crap to find the gems. Hee.

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

You're a stronger woman than I.