Male, 21, Biology major with a minor in Chemistry.

I go through phases where I read FF to kill time, boredom, and escape from things that are actually important like homework.
I would attempt to write something, but I am rather terrible when it comes to actually creating a coherent plot. I may attempt a oneshot at some point just to give a demonstration of my proofreading skills so that I can sign up to be a beta and correct at least one of the issues that I find most aggravating.

The most important things to me are, in no particular order (although I guess the order they pop into my head counts for something):

1. Spelling/grammar - Probably the simplest thing and yet the easiest to ignore or get horribly, horribly wrong. I can't enjoy a story if reading it makes my brain bleed. At least hit spellcheck, it's not that hard.
2. Finish what you start - It's all well and good to have a long story (hell, I tend to like them better than short ones), but please don't follow the source material and come to a conclusion at some point (I am looking at you Naruto and Bleach).
3. Update regularly - I know this can be a hard thing to ask, shit happens that you can't always plan for, but you need to have a new chapter come out before everyone forgets what happened in the last one.
4. Don't bite off more than you can chew - Have you ever gotten into a story only to find it abandoned for months because the author decided it was time to focus on one of the other 20 stories they currently have going on? It sucks. I know that you may have a bunch of great ideas and really want to roll with them, but it's better to put out a few great ideas one at a time than a hundred bad ones because you don't take the time to focus on any one in particular.