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The following phrase is what is known as beating a dead horse, but I also would like to be able to respond to reviews. I feel that the ability to communicate well with the people who are reading your stories is a very valuable tool for an author, but author notes just aren't sufficient, particularly in instances where people continue to review your story after it's completed.

I don't necessarily care about the number of views/reviews... But I do like to have SOME form of feedback. I'd be a bit put-off if I had something like 10,000+ reviews and no ratings or reviews. Lol.

When you're reviewing something that has great potential, but clearly hasn't been spell checked... is it appropriate or acceptable to point out to the author that the errors make something difficult to read? If so, how does one go about pointing it out without being completely rude? I feel like it's rude to point out someone's mistake without being asked to check something for errors, but at the same time, I wonder if perhaps the author is simply unaware of the fact that they're making mistakes? [Apparently, rules such as the fact that the past tense of "thrust" is still "thrust" (not "thrusted") are, in fact, NOT common knowledge ] Thoughts? Opinions?