Hello, my name is Nick and I am sort of new to the writing world. I am only in high school, but writing stories is extremely fun to me. I have a lot of strengths and some weaknesses. Two weaknesses (which you might have already discovered) are spelling and vocabualry. It is hard for me to pull out the best words from my head. Anyways, I hope to get some good ideas and help from everyone and hopefully share my knowledge and interests with you all! Thank you! By the way, I just posted a new story idea in the plot creation section. Check it out!
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=) hey no worries, im in high school too and what on earth did they make a thesurus and spell check for if not to correct our only human mistakes? The stories are more important, and the reason they have this site is too help you with everything else.
That's very true. I live on dictionary websites when I write! And maybe we can share ideas and stuff since we are both younger writers on this forum!
Hi Nick! FYI...age matters not & technology is a writer's friend. Spellcheck. Thesaurus. Need I say more? Just write your story...leave the editing for later. Welcome to the forum. ~Bree
Thanks Bree! I just like doing the best I can the first time so the editing stage isn't as dreadful, which it always is anyways.
