User blog:Binkatong/Paragraph Formatting Correction Service

Okay so, I have this pet peeve. Pretty much, it's when people write like this (excuse the cruddy writing):

Ben walked into Mr. Smoothie. "Hi Ben!" Gwen shouted, waving. "Hi Gwen!" he said back, sitting down at the table. "About time you showed up," Kevin said. "We've been waiting here for an hour." "So, remind me what we're doing again?" Ben asked. "I just got an alert on my Plumber's badge," Gwen explained. "But apparently I didn't get it," Kevin added. Ben looked puzzled. "I didn't get an alert either." "But why would someone send Gwen a distress call but not   us?" Kevin wondered out loud. "I mean, it's not like anyone knows her." Gwen glared at him. "...that would send a distress call and we don't know too," he corrected himself.

See how hard that is to follow? When you're writing dialogue, there's something you're supposed to do to break it up, that being hit the enter key whenever someone new starts talking. It's a bit of a pain at first, but soon you'll get used to it and have trouble writing everyone in one big ugly block of text, like me. Here's how the above piece should look:

Ben walked into Mr. Smoothie. "Hi Ben!" Gwen shouted, waving. "Hi Gwen!" he said back, sitting down at the table. "About time you showed up," Kevin said. "We've been waiting here for an hour." "So, remind me what we're doing again?" Ben asked. "I just got an alert on my Plumber's badge," Gwen explained. "But apparently I didn't get it," Kevin added. Ben looked puzzled. "I didn't get an alert either." "But why would someone send Gwen a distress call but not us?" Kevin wondered out loud. "I mean, it's not like anyone knows her." Gwen glared at him. "...who would send a distress call and we don't know too," he corrected himself. Isn't that easier? Trust me, it's well worth the extra twenty or so key presses. It's just so much more pleasant to look at. If you need more examples, take a look at any novel ever. Or M.E.G.A, that show's doing it right.

Anway, you're probably wondering about the "service" part. For a long time I've been wanting to just break into people's pages who don't do this and do it for them, and save what could possibly be a fantastic series from being unreadable. I don't want people to come ask me if I can edit their series to do this, I'm asking you for permission to do this. So please let me, it bugs me so much. *twitch*

Series I can do this to:

 * None so far.