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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I also check for POV and tense issues - as well as active and passive voice - direct and indirect discourse - grounding details and a host of other things; and that's not even touching the structural level.
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You know what, it amazes me how many people don't seem to do basic things like this in their writing.
I've read so much stuff from indie authors written in the passive voice, riddled with unneccesary adverbs and poor grammar that I want to tear my hair out.
There's some great ideas and stories floating about out there, but they're being badly, terribly and annoyingly ruined because writer's don't want to do the grunt work.
I know people like to ignore the grammar Nazis, but that type of thing really, truly and depressingly puts me off reading someone's work.