I Have a Pet Named Peeved

Time 2 met ur maker

This chapter of the rant is dedicated to CleverCynic, just because she sort of inspired me to write a rant of my own. She's a good author, and she's just as honest and up front as I am. She's one of those what you see is what you get kind of deals. Anyway....

To continue with this rant, as you can see by the name, I have two issues to expound on with you readers.

Text talk within novels.

Spelling.

And something just to think about: Big Words!

Now, text talk, text short hand, abbreviations, whatever it is you want to call it DO NOT belong in a novel, a poem, or an article. If you're using Wattpad as a diary, then whatever but tell people that's what it is.

 If you are writing a novel, poem, or article to publish and actually have others consider you a real writer, using text short hand IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

 Some of the more well known authors, such as Vee_ano, and others that I don't have the room to mention, did NOT get there using text talk in place of real words. I've read some earlier works of Amyscene, and yes they had many mistakes, but using text short hand was not one of them.

But enough with that, the point is when I read something like this:

"I told u Joel i ddn't want 2 go, it waz so annoying"

I almost wish that texting was never thought of. I remember when I first started texting, and I would write like this...then I realized that it was creeping into my notes then it found it's way in my essays that were supposed to be turned in. Essays that were meant to be formal. So I changed that real quick.

 The sentence should be written out in proper English like so: "I told you Joel, I didn't want to go. It was so annoying."

Now, this I might be exaggerating a tiny bit, but there have been a few instances where I've seen this text talk. If I see this, I always have the urge to write sarcastic comments and talk about an author's ignorance.

Now, if you're writing, and it involves a conversation that was through text, then sure go ahead. If this kind of talk was in a diary perhaps then cool, keep writing. But if you're writing and it's in neither of those two formats, TEXT SHORT HAND SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT AT ALL!

A novel, a poem, or an article is meant to be formal. They are not meant to sound like you're talking to your best friends with your own special language. Those formats are meant for everyone. If it helps, pretend your teacher is going to read it or something!

Now spelling. Call me a nerd, a dork or other such names, I could give a flying flip about it. I love proper spelling and I'm such a stickler for it. Microsoft Word, Wattpad or whatever program you use to write usually has a Spell Check of some sort. Please use said tool. It won't kill you, seriously, it won't.

If I don't know how to spell a word, I don't use it or I go and try to look up the correct spelling. Ya'll should try the same. It'd help, seriously.

And for those you that don't know this, there's something called the "Dictionary" or, if you know the meaning of your word there's even something called a "Thesaurus" that might help you out too.

Call me rude, call me mean, call me bitch all you want, but I know that there are several writers that share my frustration on spelling. A true, ambitious writer, one that cared about the quality of their works wouldn't be too lazy to do this. They would among the figurative "books" looking for words and their meanings to improve their own works.

 When I'm reading a novel, I sure as hell don't want to be mentally correcting your spelling as I'm reading. Not only does it detract from your writing, it reflects horribly on you as an author.

 I don't even think this requires an example because if you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you are really showing your lack of knowledge of the English language.

My favorite thing...Big Words! Now, I love finding out new words and how to use them and in which context TO use them. Big words are a beautiful thing, they truly are because not only can you be considered among the elite writers for knowing what the hell you're saying, you can rant and rave all you want and a less informed person will have no flipping clue what you're talking about.

 I do this all the time. The angrier I am, the more complex my words become. It's a habit. *evil grin*

 Big words make you sound intelligent, it makes you sound like you actually care about what you learn in an English class room and it's also the mark of an avid reader.

 To really throw myself under the bus, some of my favorite novels and authors include A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. He is a truly gifted writer. I can not praise him enough for his use of symbolism, "big words" and other literary devices. He is a literary genius in my opinion. Another favorite writer includes playwright Shakespeare. The man certainly puts modern teenagers and some authors to shame. His grasp of the English language holds no bounds.

If you hate either of those people or their works, then you DEFINITELY hate spelling and you DEFINITELY do not have the best grasp of the English language and you DEFINITELY do no like big words.

Please do not take up being an author as a professional career if you can't spell, refuse to learn how to spell, or hate looking up big words. I am being completely, 100% honest, you will not make it far as an author without learning to do so.

That is all for now. This chapter I'm passionate about, so it's more sarcastic, it's bitchy and completely and 100% honest. I refuse to apologize if I offended someone because I'm stating my own opinions. This is not me shoving my opinion down your throat. Remember, YOU decided to click on my rant and also decided to continue reading even after my warnings. You'll have no one to blame but yourself on that one.

Until next time :)