IN THE WATTPAD TERMS AND CONDITIONS IT SPECIFICALLY STATES YOU CANNOT CREATE AN ACCOUNT UNLESS YOU ARE 13 YEARS OR OVER.
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So for some reason, there is an appropriate reason for people over the age of twelve to not know how to use capital letters, full stops and correctly write dialogue. Unless your education varied from mine, you should have learned by around seven or eight how to write in full sentences, using capital letters and full stops. Writing in dialogue I was taught by the time I was ten and even if for some reason you were never taught how to write dialogue, pick up a book and work it out for yourself, I sure it isn't that hard.
Disclaimer: I do understand that some people have dyslexia etc. (I have many family members and many friends who also have it) but for all the absolute crap writing I have read on Wattpad, I'd be surprised if even one of them was dyslexic. If you have it, by the way, I am happy to edit your writing for you free of charge.
So, after wanting to throw my iPad at the wall so many times, here is a basic lesson in English that for some odd reason, people seemed to have missed out in their education.
Full stops:
When you write a sentence, to finish the sentence you end with a full stop.
Commas:
If it's not the end of your sentence, but when you read your sentence aloud and you take a pause, place a comma (,) where you take the pause.
Capital letters:
At the beginning of any sentence, the first letter of the first word must be uppercase. Capital letters are also used in names of people ex. Emma and place names ex. London.
Dialogue:
When writing dialogue, there are a few ways people write them depending on the author. I personally write dialogue with (") speech marks, but British authors use the (') apostrophe key as speech marks.
1) The first thing to remember about writing dialogue is that every time another person speaks, you must press the return key and go down one line.
For example:
"Oh - that - that's nothing to do with the Chamber of Secrets," said Percy at once.
"How do you know?" said Ron, his eyebrows raised.
2) The second thing to remember about writing dialogue is to always put a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark in front of the closing speech mark.
For example:
"Oh - that - that's nothing to do with the Chamber of Secrets," said Percy at once.
"How do you know?" said Ron, his eyebrows raised.
3) The third thing to remember about writing dialogue is to specifically mention who says what, otherwise the reader will get confused, not knowing who is speaking.
For example:
"Oh - that - that's nothing to do with the Chamber of Secrets," said Percy at once.
