Old Woman Yells at Cloud
Okay, I haven't really been in fandom space for awhile so I have a genuine question:
Are newer fic writers, in newer fandoms, incorrectly writing dialogue *on purpose* as a way to fuck the man, or is it simply a case where they were never taught how to do it and they take their lead from other fics in the fandom, which also don't do it correctly?
Like if it's a movement, I can get behind that. It's a little weird, because I don't know why a fic would have perfect grammar everywhere but choose dialogue as the hill to die on, but I am a bitter Millennial who doesn't understand kids these days.
If it's a lack of knowledge, please let me teach you lmfao. Truly, I want everyone to be the best writer they can be. And, especially if you have hopes of becoming a published author one day, you will need to learn how to write dialogue correctly for an agent to even look at your work past the first line of dialogue.
Disclaimer: I FULLY believe Prescriptive Grammar/"Proper" Grammar is class warfare, but punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence. As a writer, you want your readers to understand exactly what you meant.
