While it may be endearing that you "write from the heart" if you want to be a successful (i.e. published) writer then you do need some tools of the trade. First and foremost of those tools is a good grasp of grammar. If you're uncertain about adjectives, adverbs, and such, then you are lacking the tools.
You may know what hypens, commas, and semi-colons are but if you don't use them correctly, then you are still ignorant.
It boggles my mind that any would-be writer would first ask for clarification what adverbs and adjectives are and even more than the writer would then insist that they don't need the knowledge.
And yes, some people do read books to play golf and some who don't, actually take lessons.
ETA: Let me clarify my post at the outset: I see nothing at all wrong with a writer asking what specific grammar terms mean. I see nothing wrong with a writer having poor spelling skills. That's not what annoys me here. It's all about attitude and gratitude and the ability to accept a critique. Read on, if you dare.
Sorry, FashionQueen, but johnnysannie is absolutely correct here, and your attitude stinks.
Rather than everybody having a book inside them, I find that an awful lot of people
think that they have a book inside them, and believe that they have an entitlement to a publishing contract just because they feel like they are creative people. They don't want to take the time it takes to learn the
craft of writing. Craft includes not only things like characterization and beautiful prose, but command of the basics of the language in which you are writing. That includes knowing and understanding technical terms that relate to writing.
You don't know what an adjective is; you said adjectives are "doing words." No, they're not. "Doing words" are
verbs. Adjectives are
descriptive words which clarify a noun by revealing its specific traits. You said you know what "protagionsts" and "antagionsts" are. No, you do not. If you did, you'd have realized by now that the words are
protagonist and
antagonist. Look hard at those words and you will see key differences between
protagonist and
protagionst that give you clues to what a
protagonist is (and why
progagionst is not a word at all.)
You frustrate me because your sense of entitlement is clear. I have a very low tolerance for people who feel entitled to success without working for it first. Why are you clearly a person with entitlement issues? Because two posters took the time to answer your questions without preaching at you, and you blew them off and clearly didn't pay a lick of attention to what they taught you. You still think that adjectives are verbs, and that you spell "protagionst" thusly, even after two folks took the time to gently and helpfully inform you.
Other posters here may think I'm being harsh with you, but I think your attitude in response to feedback deserves a bit of harshness. Another big part of being a serious writer is being able to take criticism and apply it toward improving your craft. I suppose you can consider me your first harsh critic.
Finally, I don't know what a GCSE is but I do know one thing: The U.S.A. has one of the worst public education systems in the world. Our ability to educate our children is abysmal. I never went to college. I am purely a product of the U.S. public school system. I was told what an adjective is many, many times by my public-school teachers since the age of six. I never stopped learning parts of grammar until I left school in the twelfth grade. If children are being taught grammar and basic sentence structure through twelfth grade in the crummy old U.S., then they are being taught the same
and more elsewhere, including in your country. If you slept through your grammar lessons, you have no one to blame but yourself. Fortunately there's still time to learn.
Everybody does not have a book inside them, but those who feel they do can write one (or more) if they take the time to set aside ego and humble themselves enough to learn. You won't get far with the attitude that you're beyond reproach and don't need any help--even when you ask for it--because you're an arteest who writes from her heart. On the other hand, if you are willing to seriously work at your writing skills and develop your craft, you can't possibly be in a better place to learn than A.W.