Oh wonderous editors of fine fiction!!

[odderotica]

Help me. I beseech!

I've submitted this twice now and have spell checked to the best of my poor, non-word processor having abilities. I've read over it, but find myself rather dyslexic when it comes to my own work.

I used yahoo mail's spell checker several times, and have cut & pasted it in chunks to a web based free spell checker (it has a word count limit) but it has still been rejected.

My GF's computer has MS Word and I may check it over there, but I don't really want her to see it yet, and doing it at work is not an option. Please help me, I will be ever so grateful.

I'm wondering if they don't like my use of "batgirl" for "bat girl"

here is a snipit

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The lights went out, and the backup batteries must have failed. He stopped rolling his joint, stood up and grabbed his piece. With a languid step he stumbled into the kitchen. Lazily he hit the switch to the back up fuel cells. It would take them 7 minutes to reach capacity, so he grabbed his flashlight and his gun and walked thoughtlessly into the living room.

Someone was in his apartment. It was a small two bedroom that reeked of marijuana. That was likely because he grew for some local hot shit dealer. Being that it was quite a crime he was committing, he didn't call the cops, or set of any alarm. A creaking board drew his attention. He truned around in a dazed fashion and pointed his weapon.


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Editted to say : ok six mispellings later! How do I miss this stuff? Feel feel to correct/insult my spellling or grammer!

 

[snooper]

Help me. I beseech! ... Feel feel to correct/insult my spellling or grammer!

Ok, mail it to me on charmbrights@hotmail.com and I'll see what I can do.

BTW "spelling" only has two occurences of the letter "l", and grammar has two "a"s and no "e".

 

[slaveangelgirl]

If you are still in need of assistance, please email the story to me at: slaveangelgirl@yahoo.com as i would be very happy to help.

If you do this, please include a little note that indicates if you want the story fixed or if you wanted it fixed with brief explanations of the gramatical and mechanical problems so you know for next time (I can make this pretty painless).

-a-

 

[snooper]

... If you do this, please include a little note that indicates if you want the story fixed or if you wanted it fixed with brief explanations of the gramatical and mechanical problems so you know for next time (I can make this pretty painless).

I find this very confusing. Do you mean that you would sometimes return a story with corrections, improvements and suggestions all implemented, but no indication of which was which, and why you think they are better?

All my edits are fully commented, because I can see no point in doing otherwise.

PS Some small apology to odderotica for partially hijacking this thread, but I think it is an important point.

 

[slaveangelgirl]

No worries.

It is my inclination to make the corrections, changes, suggestions and indicate why I have done so including which rules for grammar etc. However, in editing and proofreading for others, i have found that quite often, they want it fixed, just that, fixed without the explanations. If I am indeed performing a service, providing service in the manner requested is necessary regardless of of how I think it "should" be done.

-a-

 

[snooper]

... in editing and proofreading for others, i have found that quite often, they want it fixed, just that, fixed without the explanations. ...

I wouldn't waste my time doing it that way. The author concerned is obviously not interested in improving her/his writing, having found a mug to do that part of the work for her/him.

 

[odderotica]

No problems on the posible hijacking. My email progam doesn't seem to want me to send my story. I will try again tonight.

As for the commented corections, I want them. Why bother makeing mistakes if you can't learn form them.

 

[odderotica]

I need help again!

In the worst way! I've not even got a decent word spell check for a week and ive got a story i want to post.

I warn you, this is raw typeing right now.

Any masochistic takers!

 

[odderotica]

I've refined it a bit...

Ran it to a spell checker at work duringf a long few hours ducking boss and coworker, did a bit of charactor checking, and submitted it, im awaiting rejection now