Writer's Block: Time traveler

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Hmm...maybe the Classical Athens of about 400 BC (no, that's not a decade, but still...), possibly the gritty, harsh life of the Dark Ages--of the British Isles, of course--or the Tudor period, though that's got its dangers, or maybe the Regency, just so that I can see if those historical romance writers (why must they always write in that period??) are right or not. I think, from a 21st century perspective, that it'd be really "cool" to live there, but I think that as much as I "wish" I could visit, I don't think I'd enjoy living there. I like my rights and freedoms, thank you very much. And I'd go alone. Some of those times were very dangerous, especially when it came to those doctors. *shudders*

The curse of the English language--Homonyms

Maybe this is YMMV.
I was reading a (really) good fic about GWTW and the first chapter was great. So I was all happy, wondering how the author would resolve the problem (it was a really good AU fic, too).

And then I hit the second chapter. And it's full of--not precisely misspellings, but they've inserted the wrong word. It sounds the same, but it means totally different meanings, and it's not just one mistake--almost every sentence has one. The characterization has gone all weird--it suddenly seems wooden. And while that isn't really a big, evil mistake, it sort of sends the message that you don't care too much about your work, and so on. And so, I'm sorry, dear author, but I will not be reading the rest of your fic and commenting. It just sounds like you wrote it all in a rush and didn't bother to polish it. Spell check will not get rid those mistakes!

Now, the irony would be if I misspelled something here.