Name: Sandi

Age: Whatever I wish it to be.

Occupation: IB Student, Reviewer/Editor

Currently Doing: ... writing a fanfic.. studying for tests

Likes: Editing/writing stories (not so much essays), running, sleeping, reading, computers, etc.

Dislikes: Snobby people, super short anything clothes, grammar errors in published books, hp computers, etc.

Usual writings topics: I tend to write about characters I make up myself, regardless of the names they may share with other present anime/manga characters. My favorite character that I have "designed" thus far is Amu Seishima.

I have also recreated Sakura from Naruto because I was honestly pissed off at her character role in the manga. I think this will be a pretty long, multi-chaptered fanfic, especially if my brain refuses to crank out more words per chapter.

Note: I am pretty much, what people call a grammar freak. Think of the kind of person that buys this awesome fictional book, but finds 3 grammar mistakes in it and is pissed off ~ this actually happened to me.. but it's a good plot though.

My Pet Peeves (pertaining to grammar). ~ All writers should follow these rules, if you don't, you are disrespecting literature!! (grammar-wise, anyway). I've added these guidelines for people not as grammar oriented. I will not, I repeat, will not ever read a story with severe grammar errors. One sentence and I am done.

Basic Dialogue rules:

1) "Sandi's such a grammar freak!" - as basic as it gets, with a question, period, or exclamation mark.

2) "Sandi's such a grammar freak," - please add the comma, you are totally making me (and all other fellow grammar freaks) happy..

3) She replied, "Sandi's such a grammar freak," took a glance at the girl and added, "But .." ~ Please, please remember the comma. I'm iffy on the capital when you continue the dialogue, but I'll check on that if anyone cares (the most important part is the comma).

Basic Tense rules:

1) Do not, I repeat, do not ever switch tenses suddenly anywhere in your story (some exceptions though), unless the you are trying to act like you know nothing about grammar. Example of what I mean if you're (remember to use the right you're!) confused..

What not to do: She walked past him, hurt from from his words alone. He walks toward her, trying to console her.

~ Total no-no. I never want to see this in anyone's writing. Problem, if unable to see it: Uses past tense in the first sentence with "walked", then switches to "walks" in the next sentence which is present tense. Not only does it sound funny, it shows that you know nothing about grammar.

Basic POV rules:

1) Do not switch POV's in the same paragraph. It throws off the whole story and angers me a lot. If you choose third person (he, she, they), stick with it. If you choose first person (I, we), stick to that. And lastly, if you do omniscient (which is not used that often), stick with that. Do you know how much it pains me to see a story start out as third person and then switch to first person in the middle of the paragraph? You can guarantee I will never read a story with that kind of error. If I'm in a good mood, I'll type out a "critic review", but otherwise, bye-bye story, unless the author wants to fix their grammar.

Yes, I am aware there are a ton more rules, but I am not about to type them all out (sorry to anyone that actually cares). Just remember as writers, it is your jobs to follows the laws of literature and respect its (please be able to differentiate possessive from the contraction) grammar rules. I created these as some helpful guidelines to writers, as I do see many of these errors in people's works.

Extra note: There is something called spellcheck, USE IT. Please try to retain some knowledge of spelling although it's not as important as grammar.

Final note: Please do not ever let laziness prevent correct grammar in your stories. I am tired of seeing ignorance to the English language through poor grammar. I'm also tired of seeing bad Japanese word usage, but I'll let that slide for now. There are betas available, online grammar sites, so many sources to help you. I am even free to help you.

~The road to true happiness is something the world may never know~