Y proffreeding are god 4u
Here’s a small pet peeve of mine, and if you know me you’ve probably heard me complain about this before, too. That’s because I think this is one of the most important things anyone working on creating creative works should know.
When you’re writing anything intended for a larger audience, proofread it. Typos, bad grammar and SMS language all looks very unprofessional. If you write in a language that’s not your native tongue, you look lazy. If you write in a language that is your native tongue, it just looks very, very embarrassing.
Write something riddled with typos, and you’ll lose readers. I’m not making that up — here’s an example of it actually happening.
If you write a script for a big publishing house, chances are your text will pass through professional proofreaders before ever being published — at the very least, it will pass through an editor who will weed out the worst typos. But if you make webcomics, you don’t have that luxury.
Proofread your comic. Learn the language you’re writing in, and look over the text before you publish it to make sure it doesn’t have any typos or terrible grammar. If you don’t have the proofreading skills needed for taking such an action, get a friend to proofread it for you. It doesn’t take that much time, and it makes your comic look a lot more professional.
And don’t stop at proofreading the comic. If you have a blog right below your webcomic, proofread it. If you have a discussion board on your website and you’re active there yourself, proofread your posts. It makes you look a lot more professional, I promise.
And yes, I am fully aware that according to Muphry’s Law, this post is probably full of typos.
