(09-21-2015, 01:34 PM)Calliope Cloverbloom Wrote: IMO, not putting quotations around your dialogue is the same as not caring where you've written there, their, or they're, regardless of the context. What might be a microscopic time-saver or simple laziness on the part of a writer does a disservice to those who would read what was written. If they can't bother at least appearing to be making an effort in the technical side of their writing, can the reader simply assume out of nowhere that for some reason the writer will put a greater effort into their actual storytelling and character development? I don't think so.
This is your opinion and you're free to have it! but this strikes a little nerve with me so I'm going to share my own thought on it; that's a lot to assume about a person before you get to know them. Fyrilsunn's player (who does have an account here but he's not one to post in discussion threads generally, so whatever) is a very smart man with a rich imagination, and puts a lot of effort into storytelling and character development, but he makes little spelling errors like that, and it certainly doesn't mean he doesn't care. He tends to spell things phonetically, on the whole, which leads to things like the wrong their/there/they're, etc. Personally I attribute that to a visual impairment he had during his formative years when most kids are cementing the reading basics they'll carry with them forever or whatever, but that's neither here nor there, I guess.
I suppose it's also a matter of what players prioritize. Even though he spelled something wrong, I know what he meant, and there's still a longer post around that misspelled word that tell a lot about what's going on. We're both working towards improving, of course, but to him it's relatively small potatoes to the rest of the RP experience. Just because he doesn't catch all of his spelling mistakes doesn't mean he's not caring about what's going on with the story and his character. It could mean that's all he cares about to the point he doesn't care about the spelling. :p
This got long and personal, but the basic thing I wanted to express here is that there are definitely examples to the contrary of your assumption of people who write in a way that appears lazy- I personally know one. (as an aside, I feel like people interpret post length as being a direct indicator of rage levels- is that just me? 'cause I'm just long-winded and want to ensure I'm understood) I feel like it applies tangentially to the topic, at least...
edit: wow had a huge typo towards the beginning there that completely changed the meaning of what I was tryn'a say, hope nobody caught that
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