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RachelOfRefuge t1_j9m40vh wrote

Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation is super important to me.

Secondly, writing that doesn't appear to have been done by a fourth grader.

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JingleHelen11 OP t1_j9m5olh wrote

> writing that doesn't appear to have been done by a fourth grader

Yeah that's kind of what I mean. Like, the books that I'm referencing weren't quite so bad that they felt like first drafts, but they were quite far from final drafts if that makes sense.

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Griffen_07 t1_j9mc1m7 wrote

I hate to say this but a lot of crap gets published. Look into mysteries, thrillers, and the pulp end of SFF. There is a lot of WTF in a lot of bestselling work.

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Beiez t1_j9o0emu wrote

Yeah those are the big ones. Everything else is mostly a matter of taste, but when the grammar or vocab are lacking… that‘s just inexcusable.

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