Post by Liam Smith on Mar 29, 2010 15:33:48 GMT -5
OHHAI THAR.
I'm Prongs, and I've been a member of Deep Shadows...a long time.
As you well know now, this is a roleplay site.
...That was dumb.
You KNOW this is a roleplay site, but in the course of my lengthy, legitimate awesome lifetime, some people express terrible, terrible grammar.
Shanna looked over to tom "hey wuts up" she said batting her eyelashes "u should come 2 my place after skool"
This grinds my gears.
So here, I'm just gonna post some little things to help you along with posting, making the 300 word quotia (which isn't that bad, really; I've seen sites with 900 word quotias), and overall, being nearly as awesome as me.
So grab your Quick-Quotes-Quill, 'cause here we go...
ADJECTIVES!
Lack of adjectives are the reasons that babies cry. Everyone needs more adjectives.
Think of how incredibly long your sentence could be by adding adjectives!
The fox jumped over the log.
Now, with adjectives (and just in general, lengthening things up) ...
The swift brown fox jumped an incredible distance over the slippery, mossy, brown log from the tree which his only son was born under in order to reach his goal of saving his family from the dreaded One Eyed Toad.
"I can do this!"
...See? Magical.
Say you have a fantastic idea for a post with your character Shanna talking to Tom, whom she has the hots for:
Shanna sat in her classroom, waiting for the bell to ring so she could ask Tom to the prom. She was nervous.
But unfortunatley, that doesn't make 300 words alltogether. So, with a magic spell, we add...MORE WORDS!
Shanna fidgeted in her seat, sneaking glances from Ms. O'Brian's chalkboard on the important lesson on Algorithms to look at Tom, her heart pounding in her chest. She had known the boy all her life and was prepared to sacrifice embarrasment to ask him to prom. She had dreamed of this; dancing on air, feeling like a princess, Tom's hands around her waist as the danced the night away...
See? More words!
COMMAS!
Commas save lives. They really do.
For example,
"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"
Please, please use proper grammar. I'm not asking you to be the next J.K. Rowling, but please, please, please do not be the next Stephanie Meyer.
ITALICS!
Often a lifesaver in posts, really. Think of it as emphasis.
For example, this sentence can be taken different ways, depending on what is emphasized:
"I didn't steal his red book!"
"I didn't steal his red book!"
"I didn't steal his red book!"
I also use italics for thoughts:
Shanna got in her dress, placing the tiara on her head as she looked in the mirror.
Tom was right. I look beautiful.
*sniff* And this, my friends, is how Shanna realized that beauty lives within you.
Too bad an axe murder shows up at prom and kills everyone there.
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