Always, always, always, always, always proofread your stories. Even the greatest writers have typos and it's important that you make an effort to catch and correct these mistakes. Putting guy instead of gut, or aineomw instead of someone, or maybe just leaving out an apostrophe in a contraction can all add up to a sloppy looking story. And if your words are as badly done as the ones in the infamous Starkit's Prophesy, then some people might even have trouble deciphering what it is you were actually trying to say.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen a story with a good description and an on point storyline but couldn't make myself read it because of the mistakes. Now, one or two I can understand, but sometimes I'll be looking at the sentences and I'll think, "Did you even read this once? Did you even read this while you were writing it?!!?"

It's frustrating and here's an example, My Little Pony edition, to show why.

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Twilite Sparle troted through Ponyvillr, Spike in her back. "Alright, Spike. What else is on our todo liste?"

Spike condensed it, one flawed hand going down the parchemsn. "We need to grt sime more qills before we head over to Appleahcks too help her with her cleaning our some of the rotten apples she couldn't use in the hat best."

Twilight noded and turned her hooves in the description of the quill store, going throu the many thinfs she needed to get down.

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A lot of the mistakes can be puzzled out by using the surrounding words, like how 'description' was supposed to be 'direction'. However, when someone picks up a book they don't open it and think, 'Oh boy! I can't wait to struggle through sentences that make almost no sense!'. No, they expect a story with correct words and good spelling.

If they wouldn't accept sloppy spelling in a physical book, why should they accept it in a virtual one? Most people won't settle for something that's, excuse my language, half-assed. Put some effort in your work!

Half of the mistakes in that little story above could be easily caught and corrected, so before you publish a work, read over what you've written at least once and catch the most obvious errors.

So, to recap, never publish a story that was written quickly without reading over it at least once, and always proofread everything you write.