Why Good Grammar Matters

Today, I read a post with some tips from one of my favorite authors Wendy Higgins, author of the Sweet Trilogy—swoon (I mean soon) to be Quartet once Kaidan's POV book, Sweet Temptation , comes out—and See Me . The top 2 tips had to do with editing, which is no big surprise. It is really hard to get published (traditionally) if your grammar is messy. Even through self-publishing, readers won't trust you if they find a bunch of errors in your sample chapters, and the rest of the book.

I definitely know the importance of good grammar. My grandma, the grammarian, took great care to teach me that lesson at a young age. Also, I'm a high school student whose grades are dependent on writing intelligent and well-written papers. On top of that, I am also currently editing my friend Sierra's book, The Fifth Queen  (based on The Nutcracker), and two of my own.

Online, I always use Grammarly to double check everything I do. Even if you don't use their software, the Grammarly Cards are hilarious. Below is a slightly inappropriate example. Grammarly did a study where they studied the correlation between number of grammar errors and earnings for writing freelancers on Elance. Below is a pretty infographic, detailing the results. click the image to open in a new window