Quote Originally Posted by Aesop
Well see here's the thing. I used the same grammer and spell check you did and here's how I justified my words. Tell me if you agree or not.

Night-lite - If you go to the local store and go to buy a night-light most of the packages are spelled night-lite. Something the reader will identify with.

Got your -If I change it to you're the sentence reads:Got you're night-lite on and your covers pulled up? But that means it would be Got you are night-lite on and your covers pulled up? That doesn't make any sense.

Goooood - This was done on purpose. Ghost is talking to an audience and has decided to drawl this word out for effect.

Bullseye - Yep, the program wanted me to change it, but I looked it up in three different web dictionaries and they had it like I did.

No way you can - It's a kid talking. Again the program told me to change it, but I ignored that in favor of how kids actually talk.

Matress is mispelled. - Yep.

All in all the house - When you push the change button in word the sentence reads: All in the entire house was the best place in the town of Greensville for the kids to have fun. Again that doesn't make sense. What I should have done was add a comma after the second all. I did miss that when I proofed. If you add the comma word likes it.

And as long as their parents could remember - Yes it's a fragment, but in my opinion it's a needed fragment with the awkward first sentence. That sentence would probably change in a revision because the first sentence in that paragraph is just bad.

I'm not knocking word here because I use it myself all the time, but sometimes it picks up things that don't need to be corrected. What do you think?

You have a fine point there --but I am talking about writing and not geting crucified on your reviews---also if you ever hope to have your work professionally published. I have had a few manuscripts sent back to me with all kind of highlighted errors----as far as Nightlite vs nightlight --just because a manufactor misspells it does not make it right ---

and when you are talking in a slang --or the way children talk it is better to do the story from a third person prespective and use " marks" in which case you are using a direct quote from a ethnic or slang prespective.

There are many styles and ways to write ---I am just showing you one--

As a published author ---I used to try to justify the way I wrote ---as this is the way people really talk ---and it is ---but it is not what most people want to read .

even with spell check and grammar check ---some errors get thru ---a good proof reader helps----

the story contest entry I did for the first contest --it was a hurried work ---and I did not put a whole lot of time or thought into it---I posted it on the story side to try to draw new members to the forum to look at the other contest entries---it got terrible reviews---a few from people I had run ins with when I first took over the forum---those I discounted---but before I posted it even in the story contest ---I had my friend --who is also my publisher --proof read it ---You do know he purchased the story ----after I finished it ---so I can laugh at those reviews all the way to the bank.

what I am saying is --I am just giving you some constructive criticism---you can take it or leave it ---

If you are confident in the way you write --great ---but I still use the spell check and then a proof reader before anything of mine is posted or published