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What's Up With The Lack Of Quality in Story Blogs? [Rant?]

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What's Up With The Lack Of Quality in Story Blogs?

So, you may or may not know me, most likely you don't, but I'm a story writer. I'm definetely not that up there in the ranks but I try, but enough about me, as the title suggests this is a quasi-rant. 
So I've been reading  stories on PMC and most of them were extremely mediocre, leaning towards bad. I'm not going to name any examples but, oh god! I mean, oh god! The spelling and grammar is horrendous, it's not so original and the pacing is kind of awkward ( For those who read my story, yes I know mine takes a while to build up.) and there are little to no descriptions. The only excuse they have is "First time writing a story, be gentle!" etc. 
Well , I'm pretty sure there's no difference in writing in PMC or in English class . If you wrote a story in English class then it's not your first time writing a story. This website is PG13, even if there are thirteen year olds making stories , they should at least have quality in them! 

Damn it, I guess my expectations are too high. But don't get me wrong, I LOVE some stories on PMC, it's just a shame that there are not more of them...
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06/06/2014 5:14 am
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JupiWolf
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Your pictures make you look like a pro.
I have to also disagree, you have alot to learn.

Reasons people dont type well on pmc:
minecraft is home to a majority of 1st through 6th grader (kids),
For Example, my cousins play minecraft with me all the time,
they are in 1st grade and yet do not type at all.

:3 Diamond~
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06/01/2014 7:11 pm
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MissWriter
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Typos I found:

*definitely
For those who read*my story, (not "ready" my story)
class. (extra space before period.)
at least (space missing between "at" and "least)



I think that you are right in that the quality of writing tends to fall below basic standards of spelling, grammar, story, and so forth. 

But honestly? Of course it's going to be "bad" because of a number of factors outside the writer's control.


As a general average, most writers don't get published until they are in their forties. But the age group for this game is 11-20. I think that telling people to "just write better" isn't  going to make everyone wake up and suddenly write better because they ARE writing their best.

It's not fair to assume they are stupid either, because the age group of this game means that they ARE in school learning how to write. Also, English class and creative writing ARE very different things and the latter is almost never taught in school. Most people here probably haven't seriously gone out to write something for marks, or else, it didn't involve getting any feedback that they could use to learn from it. It doesn't matter if it's your hundredth story or your first if you still have no idea what you're doing.

This is a minecraft site which allows blogs and stories, not an English class. Saying that they are the same is like saying that a youtube video about cats and a television show are the same thing. They aren't. 

Also, it's hard to make minecraft fan-fiction not ... suck. It's a game that is really boring to explain to others in text because it's so interactively visual. And it's not going to be overly original because it's already "borrowing" all of its world from something someone else made. It's hard to make a good story unique and still follow the minecraft world rules.

Again, if you really are concerned about writing quality, then a more realistic solution is to make PMC a place where bad writing gets ignored, average writing gets feedback from others to improve it, and people start posting actual tips about writing better and spelling correctly. 

If we make this an environment where people have no excuses and we don't encourage horrible work to end up into the pop reel, there will be no reason for people to just post something for attention because they won't get it and there will be opportunities for people to learn how to write better so that next time they post something great.
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06/02/2014 12:46 pm
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icyscorpion
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Ah, thank you for spotting the errors in the text, they have just been corrected. I can see why you think I'm coming in too harsh and everything , however I really do think they can control how bad it is. I'm not expecting them to be J.R.R Tolkien but I can tell when they're not trying, and in most cases they really don't.
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06/02/2014 9:05 pm
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MissWriter
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I think that you can assume all you like, but but you can never know someone's intentions. I see a lot of people who don't try out of a sense of helplessness--they know they'll get something wrong anyway because they're not good at grammar, so what does it matter either way? Why waste the effort and still have people make the same comments? 

At least, that's one line of thinking.

I don't condone those who don't care enough to try, but at the same time, no amount of anything will convince them if they really just do not care.  Because of that, these kinds of grammar debate posts only attract people who are looking to validate their beliefs on the topic and it doesn't ever really reach the people who actually should be reading them.
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06/01/2014 6:41 pm
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Ashfur4ever
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see, i would NOT post this if ahoice. This will get mahate comments and i worrie. I kin of u see storys like that, try to help! ooffer to edit or somthing, and NEVER tell thenm you think it suckes! =3= i dont like this post. Just saying
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06/02/2014 12:48 pm
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icyscorpion
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I can't expect bouquets and chocolates from everybody on this website, I do expect hate comments and such however , I can handle that.
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06/02/2014 1:39 pm
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Ashfur4ever
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I’m sorry, I just hate it when people are harsh on other people. You were pointing out errors, not being mean, really. It just might have come across as mean from some people. I do agree with you on some parts of this however.
P.s IM SORRY ABOUT MY GRAMMER IN THE PREVEOUS POST!!! I was typing so fast...=^=
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06/01/2014 4:41 pm
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hotguysixpack
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IZAAAAYAAAA KUNNNNN
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06/01/2014 4:29 pm
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Happs
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Increase font size to something like 10pt. Good blog but maybe write more(my only suggestions)
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06/02/2014 12:52 pm
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icyscorpion
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Thanks for the tips, I shall put it into good use.
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