A question for writers

[davidwatts]

I have a question for any authors who may have ever written a story, had it posted, and suddenly found out that there was an typo, and sent a revised version in right away with the correction made following the guidelines in the FAQ section.

Is the posting time involved in getting the EDITED version up the same as the usual time getting a story posted initially? Does sending a "report problems with this story" message speed things up?

Thanks in advance.

 

[evanslily]

Never tried the 'report problems with this story' function, but I have submitted edited versions and yes, they take the same length of time to be processed as the original. But in the interim, the unedited version stays up. The good thing is that votes/comments/views are transferred over to the edited version when it's approved.

Typos. {sigh} Happens to us all, I'm afraid, no matter how many times you think you've read something over. How bad a typo was it?

 

[davidwatts]

Thanks evanslily.

Talk about "no matter how times you read something over"! This story was written over the course of more than two years. It was like I was afraid to let it go out into the real world, and I would constantly tinker with it. I guess I tinkered too much, because while the real problem is only one word, it's a very important word.

Thankfully, readers have not only been forgiving, they've been incredibly generous, but I do want to have the three little letters added for my own piece of mind.

 

[gauchecritic]

fa fa fa faa fa faa fa faa fa, I wish I could beeee like

 

[epiphany65]

Never tried the 'report problems with this story' function, but I have submitted edited versions and yes, they take the same length of time to be processed as the original. But in the interim, the unedited version stays up. The good thing is that votes/comments/views are transferred over to the edited version when it's approved.

Typos. {sigh} Happens to us all, I'm afraid, no matter how many times you think you've read something over. How bad a typo was it?

Yes, we all make typos and sometimes overlook them. Even famous, published authors make mistakes. But they have editors who are trained and paid to correct them. Still, no one is perfect. Here's a link to a list of errors, bloopers, etc. found in Stephen King novels. It might make some of you feel a little better the next time you see an error in your published story:

http://www.horrorking.com/mistakes1.html

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, we all make typos and sometimes overlook them. Even famous, published authors make mistakes. But they have editors who are trained and paid to correct them. Still, no one is perfect. Here's a link to a list of errors, bloopers, etc. found in Stephen King novels. It might make some of you feel a little better the next time you see an error in your published story:

http://www.horrorking.com/mistakes1.html

There's no such thing as perfect copy (of any significant length)--no matter how many have gone through it.

(Well, OK, never say never--but I've never seen nor heard of any.)

 

[jomar]

There's no such thing as perfect copy (of any significant length)--no matter how many have gone through it.

(Well, OK, never say never--but I've never seen nor heard of any.)

I check a lot of books out of the library. I do get annoyed at readers who feel compelled to circle/check/underline every typo.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

submission times, original or revised, in my [limited] experience are variable. some submissions have taken ten days to come up, my last came up in three.

if you follow the guidelines i don't see how you can go wrong.

don't sweat much if you've made typos in your story/ies. most readers - with the exception perhaps of the Loving Wives beauties - will forgive the occasional typo.

hope this helped.

 

[hmmnmm]

Had one that was supposed to be 'listened' but it appeared as 'listed' but then realized 'listed' worked just as well if not better than 'listened'. Wish they all happened that way.

 

[HappyLlama]

I never make typnos.


*does Happy Llama dance and wandres off*

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I never make typnos.


*does Happy Llama dance and wandres off*

taht was totally unesaccery.

 

[kendo1]

taht was totally unesaccery.

He's armless.

 

[michchick98]

I have a question for any authors who may have ever written a story, had it posted, and suddenly found out that there was an typo, and sent a revised version in right away with the correction made following the guidelines in the FAQ section.

Is the posting time involved in getting the EDITED version up the same as the usual time getting a story posted initially? Does sending a "report problems with this story" message speed things up?

Thanks in advance.

As others have said, the approval time for an edit may vary, but it's usually as long as it takes a first time submission.

I've found several typos in stories I've written and if a lot of people point them out, I submit an edited version. Most of the time I'll just leave it because by the time the edited version goes up, the story has less hits than it had when it first posted.

Unless you get a lot of grammar/spelling nazi's commenting, I wouldn't worry about it. Just about every book I read has at least one typo or grammar error. Even the professionals aren't perfect.

 

[davidwatts]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to offer assistance. As usual, I've found the AH to be very supportive to me.

My typos are fairly consistent, and I'm usually good for one goof per literotica page. Unfortunately, this problem wasn't minor to me, even though it involved only a couple of letters that got lost in my editing frenzy. Imagine trying to choose between "without Mackenzie" or "with no Mackenzie" for the longest time, and finding out that someone "with Mackenzie" was what appeared in print.


As michchick98 correctly pointed out, after the first couple of days, the hits thin out and only I will be left suffering. I also know that as others mentioned, typos abound in even professional work, but it still hurts when it involves something that seems so obvious now.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to stop by and offer help.

 

[cloudy]

You ought to stop by more often. I've missed you.

 

[davidwatts]

You ought to stop by more often. I've missed you.

Now that is more than enough incentive for me to try and dip my toe back in here more often, no matter how turbulent the waters may get sometimes

 

[TE999]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to offer assistance. As usual, I've found the AH to be very supportive to me.

My typos are fairly consistent, and I'm usually good for one goof per literotica page. Unfortunately, this problem wasn't minor to me, even though it involved only a couple of letters that got lost in my editing frenzy. Imagine trying to choose between "without Mackenzie" or "with no Mackenzie" for the longest time, and finding out that someone "with Mackenzie" was what appeared in print.


As michchick98 correctly pointed out, after the first couple of days, the hits thin out and only I will be left suffering. I also know that as others mentioned, typos abound in even professional work, but it still hurts when it involves something that seems so obvious now.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to stop by and offer help.

Hi David. Nice to meet you.

As hard as I try, I never catch all the typos...I've had editors miss them.

In my last story, I bobbled the use of 'its' and 'it's'. Sheesh. I have a BA in English Ed. which makes it even more embarassing.

 

[michchick98]

As michchick98 correctly pointed out, after the first couple of days, the hits thin out and only I will be left suffering. I also know that as others mentioned, typos abound in even professional work, but it still hurts when it involves something that seems so obvious now.

Yeah, but like you said, it only hurts you. To you it's a glaring error that you can never forgive yourself for. To the reader, he/she probably either didn't notice it or just read right over it and it didn't deter from the story.

Try reading a story where the author forgets what the character looks like. In one chapter the female lead is described as having blond hair....several chapters later, her hair color changed to auburn...and no, she didn't dye it, at least it wasn't evident in the story.

Now, as far as I'm concerned that would be something to get upset over, but a minor typo or grammar error can be excused. This, after all, is an amateur writing site and the people who write here (contrary to what a certain unnamed person may claim) make no money for their stories, neither do the editors who volunteer their services.

My biggest folly, that I didn't notice until days after the story had posted, I typed 'guck' for 'fuck' and 'hocky' for 'hockey'. Yeah, they were glaring errors to me and I resubmitted an edited version of that particular chapter, but no one ever commented on it.

When your characters take over your story, make sure they have good spelling and grammar skills.