by Sunstar » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:50 pm
- Motto: "All hail Lord Starscream"
- Weapon: Null-Ray Rifle
find someone, first of all, to aid you with grammar and whatnot. I still struggle with it, but there are often people willing to help, if you are willing to learn. I used to be horrid in both aspects, now I am just crappy but not terrifying.
As for your concept, here are my thoughts.
As a person who writes a lot of fan fiction, I have a lot of OC's myself. What I do is I ignore what other people generally thing (outside the spell checks/grammar checks and write whatever the hell I want to. As far as I am concerned writing should be about what you want to read.
Truth be told, there will be people who will find it offensive. I find slash offensive, but I don't go reading slash fics - nor do I write them. But people who write these likely write for themselves, and for those who share the same mindset.
If you really want to write out this concept, go for it. Dig in, work at it. Take only constructive criticism and ignore the destructive. People who offer destructive crit, as far as I am concerned, are not worth bothering with.
As for improving your spelling, I always run a spell checker, I also google words, google word meaning, use online dictionaries or thesaurus. I pay attention to what the spell checker suggests and attempt to correct it in future.
Grammar is trickier. There are all manner of rules, but I have a few people who have been willing to explain the whys of their edit suggestions - and I have learned much from these wonderful patient people.
Fun thing: I went back to a fan fic I wrote in high school. It was an Airwolf fic... it truely is an embarrassing read. I am still not perfect - but I am much improved.
So write your story, find someone you can trust to aid you in your editing.
Good Luck!
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