Okay, I know this is going to go unread, but for those who care, I want to post this. These are my tips on how to get people to read your story, or stick to reading it. And a few of my greatest pet peeves...

1) Make sure your title is spelled right and is using correct punctuation. If you can't even make the title spelled right, people probably won't want to read the story.

2) Same with the summary. I see a lot of this: (Example, not real) sasuke and hinata are in a band and tehy are gonna go agenst each other wll they find luv or hate read and find out Things wrong: No captilization, typos, spelling, no punctuation, txt tk. This is a big turn off, and I've seriously seen something like that. Sometimes the summaries are awesome, but it didn't have good grammar, so I didn't want to read it, fearing that it'd be the same.

3) When describing things in your story, you shouldn't put it all in one big paragraph. People usually don't read it and skip over it. My tip is, whenever you see where it could be a break, make a new paragraph.

Example, unrevised:

The room was a shocking white, with barely anything in it. It was so clean that if you were to run a finger across it, your digit would actually get cleaner. The window was small and barred, and showed a lovely view of the brick building next to this one. She stared through it, straining to look down, and saw trash cans from the valley. With a sigh, she kept observing the dressers were painted the same shocking white, and you could tell the painter was very careful. The material was made of metal or something else, because the grooves of wood weren't there. Crisp bed sheets covered the bed. The pillow was white, but the bedspread itself was actually gray. Absolutely NO scope for imagination, as Anne would've said, she thought, refering to one of her favorite books, Anne of Green Gables.

So, who actually read that? Cookie it you did, but anyways, here it is, revised.

The room was a shocking white, with barely anything in it. It was so clean that if you were to run a finger across it, your digit would actually get cleaner.

The window was small and barred, and showed a lovely view of the brick building next to this one. She stared through it, straining to look down, and saw trash cans from the valley. With a sigh, she kept observing the room.

The dressers were painted the same shocking white, and you could tell the painter was very careful. The material was made of metal or something else, because the grooves of wood weren't there.

Crisp bed sheets covered the bed. The pillow was white, but the bedspread itself was actually gray. Absolutely NO scope for imagination, as Anne would've said, she thought, refering to one of her favorite books, Anne of Green Gables.

Now, it's still boring, but it's alot easier to read now. And it makes your story seem longer. :D

4) When using quotations, be careful. A lot of people either clump it in a paragraph, or don't capitalize anything. Or they put a space inbetween the word and the quotation mark.

Example of all: " i don't think I'll go, " she said, sighing. " my father said that i need to clean my room, and you know how messy it is!" They both laughed. " yeah, last time i went, it was a disaster!" The other sighed. " not helping."

5) Re-read for typos. I myself am a huge victim. You never know when one can pop up. Don't be impatient!

6) Don't rush the story! And I am GUILTY. Yep, but I get excited. Once again, even if you get excited, you should slow it down or the story will be bad, but don't slow it down to the point where it's so boring that no one will read anymore.

7) If there are OOC (Out of character) people in there, make sure that you warn them in the summary. They WILL complain. Trust me. TT3TT

8) Don't put too many Author's Notes in there, it slows down the story. And also, if you do put an Author's Note in the beginning/end, don't make it too long unless you don't care if they don't read. ^.^' If you absolutly HAVE to put in a note, just use the number system. Put a number next to where you would normally put a note (ex. (3)) and at the bottom, you can write the number and write what you HAD to write. (ex. 3) Onee-chan means sister)

9) Make sure you like the story enough to continue. Nothing downs a reader like a big DISCONTINUED on the story. If you know you probably won't continue it, don't even put it up.

10) Make sure that the idea hasn't been used. If the idea has been used and you find it very close to your own story, work it out with the other author and avoid getting flagged.

11) Don't be afraid to put your own essence into the story! As long as it fits.

12) When you don't know how to spell something, just put the sign, and people will understand. (I seriously don't know how to spell this: ex: ...essence (sp?))

13) If your character is singing, don't put the lyrics, unless you want to, or if each has a meaning. Most people will skip over it.

14) Re-write a chapter or two if you don't like it. It helps most of the time.

15) Put the pairings, if any, in the summary so that people can find your story. I was reading someone's favorites and found a great SasuHina, but when I went to look for it, I couldn't find it, and I remembered it didn't have the pairing on it, so it was harder to search for. Still looking for it actually...

Well, that's all I can think of at the moment, and I'll add stuff over time. BYE!