Why proofreading matters in OD

So, I got the script and the proposal done for my submission for the competition.

It’s due in on the 15th so I decided to get it sent away ASAP. This meant printing it out.

I have a printer but it’s running out of ink. Which is fine, if I’m printing something for class, but obviously not for this.

Thankfully a friend agreed to print it out for me on the condition that I pay the costs. Was just over £1 so that wasn’t an issue.

After he did so, I decided to read through everything. I started with the script. Typo, but I can get away with it. No, wait, it’s referenced by the end of that page. Never mind.

There were already a couple of things that I wanted to change round, but they weren’t massively important.

Spotted another typo. No problem. Forgot a transition. I could cope with that.

Read one line. Blinked. Read it again. Shook my head. It can’t be. Read it a third time. Shit. That’s kind of a big mistake.

Finished reading the script and finished my drink. This’ll need to be redone. Problem is, printing it again. I couldn’t exactly ask the same friend.

Thankfully, another friend is going to help me. I’ll get the changes done on Sunday, get it printed and posted on Monday.

And I will proofread it before printing this time.

I have to go now, but I leave you with this. My Doctor reading a bit from The Pandorica Opens:

Will