They believe in polished writing on a game site. Silly?
I'm notorious for changing tenses and narrative perspectives. People I play under usually don't mind, as they never complain, or those that do I leave the game of. If there's really confusion, I try really hard, but otherwise, I think it's just an eyesore. Everyone understands. It's a game, and not professional edited or administrated one. It's not like I want to publish the threads as a verbatim novel.
So I couldn't give two shoes about all this literary voice and tense. People who do, they sit at other tables. It's their prerogative. It's ALSO mine. I don't mix with those people. If it bothers them, they or I leave. In any case we parts ways, unless I have five times the allotted time to edit and triple check my posts. I don't even grammar check. It's for relaxation, not being polished. I DO use RPoL to learn how to write, but grammar and narrative structure can be taught, the actually interesting parts can't be simply taught, these things have nuance. The plot, the themes and devices to illustrate these issues, are why people write and tell stories. Stories and all art needs imperfection. By definition.
Every author has their quirk, this is mine, and many other peoples'. Also, again, this isn't a novel writing site. Hell! My writing circle gets to that shoe last! AFTER everything else is discussed, it's not even the cherry on top. It's basically inconsequential to writers unless they do their own editing (which yes, many $ strapped people have to). I pay or trade editing. That's not my thing. It's an annoyance. I worry about the conventions of story-telling, not the crunch. Word choice is much more important than grammar. People don't SPEAK with perfect grammar. It's just simply fallacious to claim they, or you do. So sue me, or just choose other company. *shrugs*
It's the same issue (to me) as people worrying about colored speech. I like it. You can always turn it off. You can always edit my posts if you care that much. I'm here to cut loose. I worry about engagement, choice and consequence, not crystal clarity. If it's unclear, just ask a question you silly gnat. It's not a big deal. If it is, we'll never agree. Best to be transparent, than placate and ruin fun and waste time.
But yeah, people also get onto me about things I stress over that are little nitpicks. It's subjective. We all have peeves and all have passions. I'm with Marilyn Manson. I don't like pet peeves. I had a few pets, a cat and few lizards. My cat's name was Percy, or Gooda when he was being cute. I don't have time for pet peeves. Peeves aren't pets.
This message was last edited by the user at 13:21, Tue 27 Feb 2018.