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cornerofmadnessSo my university announced today we're reviving our football program (lost in the 50s) and marching band. They're banking on this adding a lot of students and it probably will.
So for my fannish 50 of the week, it's talk about what we 'owe' those reading our stuff. In many ways I think there is just a bare min for this. I'm sticking with fiction as I know very little about creating art. Are we owed characterization? Canon compliance? Plot? eh, you know what not so much. AUs can be fun. While I prefer good characterization there is a place for OOC-ness.
No for me the bare min is how about we spellcheck our stories? I'm not talking the correctly spelled word but the wrong word kind of stuff. I'm talking about the so badly spelled words a simple spellcheck could catch. that said I know a) not everyone has a beta (I haven't in years really) b) English is not everyone's first language and I do not know what spellcheck is like on their computers. c) i wish some fanfic didn't resemble my students' papers, no attempt to spellcheck anything.
Ah well I'm too tired for this.
So for my fannish 50 of the week, it's talk about what we 'owe' those reading our stuff. In many ways I think there is just a bare min for this. I'm sticking with fiction as I know very little about creating art. Are we owed characterization? Canon compliance? Plot? eh, you know what not so much. AUs can be fun. While I prefer good characterization there is a place for OOC-ness.
No for me the bare min is how about we spellcheck our stories? I'm not talking the correctly spelled word but the wrong word kind of stuff. I'm talking about the so badly spelled words a simple spellcheck could catch. that said I know a) not everyone has a beta (I haven't in years really) b) English is not everyone's first language and I do not know what spellcheck is like on their computers. c) i wish some fanfic didn't resemble my students' papers, no attempt to spellcheck anything.
Ah well I'm too tired for this.
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