I got the dialogue correct and it was published, it was just a short story, I did reach out last month and asked if everything was ok . No reply
It's not likely I will seek help from editors here again. I'm new to this, im still learning. Along the way I have met other authors. They have been very helpful.
I probably should of asked this question before picking an editor as literotica suggested. That story was rejected 3 times, over dialogue. I got it right on my own and that definitely felt good.
It's a very common problem, to the point where Lit authors who make it past a couple stories published tend to either teach themselves to edit, or just happen to have a friend that's willing to edit for them.
Thank you
I'm not one of them, but some authors end up finding another Lit author and they trade editing of each others' work.
It is, and VERY irritating for those of us who tend to have lots of things that need correction. I tried the volunteer editor route. I found a couple who would, but they faded away. A few dozen wouldn't even answer a query about editing. I finally gave up on that and managed by struggling through it. The one thing I realized from that experience was more about the audience rather than volunteer editors. And that is no matter how many times I go through it, I will miss something and there will be AT LEAST one or two readers who spot that one tiny mistake. When they do, they ALWAYS take me to task for it, as in, 'You need to learn to edit!' FFS. Of course those types would bitch if you hung 'em with a new rope.
On my first or second story I published I had somebody absolutely excoriate me for using 'waste' when I meant 'waist.'
Yeah, I get whacked with that often too. And some readers get VERY irate about it because, as they put it, "it destroyed my enjoyment of the story". FFS. I suspect those are the same people who throw a coniption fit if their latte is 5 degrees off the temperature they ordered.
It's funny the guy I choose was so cordial, but then disappeared.
There's a certain kind of person that thinks being a grammar and spelling nazi is actually better than having a personality. I expect there's a strong coloration with having attended a Catholic elementary/primary school, but I can't prove it of course.
Yes, i agree, shoot just dealing with autocorrect oh my God.
<pedant-hat>
You're not wrong but I feel like you're only strengthening my case the English is real dumb sometimes.
As a professional editor/proofreader who spent ten years at Catholic schools, I strongly disagree. Not that I think you're wrong, per se, I just disagree.
