User blog:RealGlueboy/Creepypasta 101: The Importance of Grammar

'''First of the possible series of little creepypasta related or just writing lectures meant to help people and maybe entertain. I'll probably make a few and see if anyone cares.'''

Grammar is one of the most important aspects of writing a good story. I would say it is as important as an actually good story. To put it bluntly: There is absolutely no reason for anyone to take your story seriously if you as an author cannot put the time in to check it for mistakes. How is anyone supposed to be scared or creeped out if the author makes many spelling mistakes, awkward sentence choices, numerous tense swaps, and punctuation errors? It's alright if a few small mistakes slip in, that's only natural. The problem is when there are so many it distracts from the story itself.

There are many ways to fix these issues. Such as writing your story in Microsoft Word or Google Docs to utilize that spell check. Or even just putting your story through a free online grammar check sites. Then you can always get someone to help peer review (a topic for another lecture). Seriously, I have the Grammarly Chrome extension and that really helps me with my God-awful spelling.

You can write good stories, and you can write well. It takes effort though, but that effort will be seen in your work. Think about what you are writing, find ways to check your work, and keep improving. The moment you stop trying to improve is the moment you fail.

Any questions students? Just comment them below and Professor Glueboy will be there to help.