(04-06-2018, 08:55 PM)The Engineer Said: Oh, guilty as charged. I've absolutely made those errors and I'm working to clean them up. I think it's kind of hard to hit on grammar errors though, like the you're, your etc...because if you're treating it as a promo that is being listened to, how could somebody possibly suss out which variant of a contraction somebody's using?

They absolutely can, and have. I just don't want to be the one giving these finer details out of how to hit on those things since clearly 99%-100% of the current roster doesn't know how to do it. I promise though, when done right, it's entertaining as hell and hits very hard. Even I was shocked the first time I saw it done right, not in a cheap ooc-ish manner.

Quote:Hell I would love to run into somebody who tries to go all written word grammar Nazi on one of my pieces because I think it would be easy to call out how insane that is. I mean, can you imagine Hulk Hogan being all like "Lemme tell ya somethin' brother, you need to remember your past and present participles when you're telling me I huff farts, BROTHER...." LOL. I'm exaggerating of course, but I think you get the drift.

lol I totally get it, and I'd love to see it too because I bet it would be a very entertaining read from both sides if things really got that down and dirty because remember I'm talking about masters of the art and not people who will come off as idiots reaching too hard for straws. This is what I'm talking about missing! lol

Quote:Plus, I realize it's not your personal point of view, but I'm much less of a purist when it comes to grammar and image tags and stuff like that. I see the entire hobby more for what it aspires to be (a televised event) than what it actually is (a writing competition). So, when I'm reading a piece, I'm way more apt to let grammar stuff go if I come away thinking, "Damn, that would be a killer shoot or an amazing scene if it were filmed".

I can appreciate that too but I've always been guilty of thinking of an RP as a whole as a presentation. People who can get away with a brilliantly written piece that's creative as hell, plus has amazing formatting, easy on the eyes coloring, zero errors, pictures and graphics/layout that increase the appeal, and heck even a song or video(s) added in if it/they actually fit the theme of the piece of work, have always been the ones I fall in love with and try to have homosexual sex with. Or course the substance and quality of what's being told through the writing weighs in above all else but I do love an amazing "presentation" as a whole.