A while back, a very good author; with a few really great story lines in the works said he was giving it up because of people chopping him down based on spelling errors. What many of them don't realize is that he is functionally blind, and only has limited vision in only one eye. That said, the fact that he had the balls to post a story at all should be astonishing to the grammar snobs who spend their time on a free website, reading stories freely offered by authors who decide to write simply for the joy it brings them.
If a couple spelling errors are enough to make you vote a story a 1, do yourself a favor, and go find a community that charges you money to view its content, and pays it's authors a royalty. Because THEN, and ONLY THEN, do you have the right to expect the best. This is free content, brought to you by people with lives that they take a small part of, and devote it to writing something THEY take pride in. If you're only here to destroy the pride of someone who can do something you can't, then pardon my language here but, GET THE FUCK OUT!
Nobody, and nothing, can be as cruel or vindictive as a "critic" that can't do for themselves what they expect others to do for them. And I have seen too many authors who were doing excellent work on great stories bullied off of this site by so douche bags who expect perfection out of their free content, when they themselves either don't post stories of their own, or can't create a story that captures the imagination of the readers like the ones they tear down can. All due respect but fuck you very much, for taking those authors away from the fans who were enjoying their work.
And DBuck, if you're reading this, I hope that seeing you post a chapter to Soul Mates the other day means we can expect to see more coming from you again.
Sincerely;
Your fan. Wrath's Child