Even though I haven't read many stories recently, I have browsed through stories and there are a few characteristics of a story that make me cringe. So just in case you do these, a heads up (and sorry D:). Keep in mind that this list is my personal opinion, and a quality I list here might be a quality someone else enjoys.

1) SNSD stereotypes. Or any stereotype. Like Jessica being an Ice Princess. What does that mean? Her father is the king of Antarctica? Or Tiffany being a "Mushroom". Mushroom? As in...the food? Or the American slang for ? Does that mean she's a drug addict? Or Yoona being a "deer". Does that mean she's Tarzan but grew up with a family of deer?

My point is that these common stereotypes are boring. Remember, you are borrowing these characters to use for a story about a world in an alternate universe (unless you write those stories that try to follow real life events as closely as possible. This doesn't mean a story where SNSD is a band, but they're all secret agents or something, because that isn't realistic, tbh. Sorry for all those who do this/read these stories D:); just because you use her name and face doesn't mean she has to have the exact same characteristics she has in our universe.

2) listing characteristics of characters. This, to me, tells me that you aren't confident in your ability to build characters inside your story, which is an important part of every story: getting to know the characters and what they are like. It's a bit like "show, not tell"; you can say "Tiffany is a generally happy person with a warm eyesmile that can melt anyone's heart", or you can describe the effect of her smile in the context of the story.

3) subscribers only. This, to me, says that you aren't confident in your ability as an author to draw subs in by the quality of your writing. I understand what this function is for: it forces people who follow a story but don't subscribe to actually subscribe. But what does that do? It increases an arbitrary number, a value that increases personal satisfaction and maybe self confidence.

But then there are people like me. I typically don't do a "judge a book by its cover" thing. I read the first few chapters, and if I still like it by then, I'll subscribe. Otherwise, if I find it not to my tastes, I'll move on. Now, I find myself subscribing to the stories and unsubbing to the ones I find unsatisfactory.

And another way to think of this: the people who would originally just read your stories but not sub increase the number of views your story has. And that's something, right? :D

4) "__is so attractive that even girls like her". It doesn't work this way. Most girls, or most people in general, I'm pretty sure, are straight. To say that many girls like this one girl isn't that accurate. Even saying that many GUYS like this one girl is inaccurate, since everyone had different tastes. If you want to portray someone as really good looking, you can show it by, for example, having the girl open her locker, finding a love letter or two, say "not again" and politely put it away or something. It makes story more interesting and it might even impress the reader that you aren't blatantly stating it.

5) When, in dialouge, the structure is like this:

Person1: *dialogue*

Person 2: *dialogue*

Trust me, there's nothing wrong with saying *dialogue*, Person1 said. I've given this a LOT of thought and went to read some stories and found out that us readers are barely phased by this repetition. Also, it gives your characters more of a voice when speaking, because the way you say "said" can reflect their reaction to a certain sentence. For example, "he boasted" represents confidence, "gasped" represents being out of breath (for whatever reason), etc.