Curious

[lady_karelia]

So, there seems to be a new trend in the newbies' writing styles... Don't ask!

I figured I'd ask here what gets you or puts you off a fic...

[Poll #1307086]

Comments

[veradee.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I overlook some typos and punctuation errors, but if it gets so bad that I start thinking that even I could do a better job, I hit the back button.

All in all, I'm most interested in "good" characterisation, though. I like to see how a character behaves and why he does so. I want to understand him and see him develop. For me that goes hand in hand with the characters not being OOC, but I realised a long time ago that what I regard as OOC other readers / writers don't regard in the same way and vice versa.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

While in a so-so fic punctuation bothers me no end, if the characterisation and/or plot is good, I will ignore the punctuation, yes.

As with ooc, I totally understand this. And it goes hand in hand with personal preference, yes? I hear you on that one. But if a fic is full of very obvious errors, such as using a comma before each adverb, continuously misspelling canon words in obvious ways, and the narrative is full of personal comments (as in "like I pointed out in chapter 3 in this fic"), it kind of loses its appeal. *snrk*