2nd draft

[ForcedNudist]

I've posted some edited chapters of my story. They've sat around for a month, pending. The FAQ says to expect around a week. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

 

[BeechLeaf]

No, but edits now take a very long time to be processed. One month is routine. It's often considerably longer.

 

[StillStunned]

I've posted some edited chapters of my story. They've sat around for a month, pending. The FAQ says to expect around a week. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

You'd be better off letting go of the "2nd draft" mindset. We're encouraged to make the stories we submit the best we can. Editing stories creates loads of work for the site, for no extra benefit. It gets handled, but with a very low priority.

Lit's publication process isn't for posting drafts. When you submit a story, it's supposed to be pretty much final, and not need any edits.

 

[ForcedNudist]

You'd be better off letting go of the "2nd draft" mindset. We're encouraged to make the stories we submit the best we can. Editing stories creates loads of work for the site, for no extra benefit. It gets handled, but with a very low priority.

Lit's publication process isn't for posting drafts. When you submit a story, it's supposed to be pretty much final, and not need any edits.

Thanks. Literally my first time creative writing, so...
I'm aiming for polished work in the future

 

[StillStunned]

Thanks. Literally my first time creative writing, so...
I'm aiming for polished work in the future

You've come to the right place to practise.

 

[Britva415]

You'd be better off letting go of the "2nd draft" mindset

Or, completing all drafts before publishing a final.

Re-drafting is absolutely encouraged, but

 

[Mastered_again]

You've come to the right place to practise.

Especially spelling

 

[StillStunned]

Especially spelling

?? Mine?

 

[Mastered_again]

?? Mine?

Must have been AI.

 

[StillStunned]

I think I've lost the thread of this thread.

 

[Writer61]

I've posted some edited chapters of my story. They've sat around for a month, pending. The FAQ says to expect around a week. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

The FAQ is a joke.

The only edit I have ever submitted took 10 weeks to be rejected (for reasons that other stories were allowed).

 

[ClintonBrooks]

You've come to the right place to practise.

Especially spelling

?? Mine?

Must have been AI.

Try being a little less quick to judge @Mastered_again and check out this information here: https://www.dictionary.com/articles/practice-vs-practise

 

[DTales]

I would absolutely not update stories unless I had to, as it always takes ages to go through. There's some mistakes in the Beach contest story I wrote that I need to resolve. I need to go through that with a fine comb before I re-submit it.

 

[Britva415]

The FAQ is a joke.

It's probably >20 years old. Maybe back then it was accurate. I wasn't around so idk

 

[Writer61]

A few days ago, a commenter reminded me that a story had multiple grammatical errors, which I had promised to fix, but had not. He was right on both counts, so I submitted an edited version today. While checking the rest of the series and the one before it, I found more mistakes, but only one was bad enough to justify resubmission.

My only defence is that they were early in my publishing career and that I have become a better editor since then.

The reality is that Lit is not a place to publish drafts. Readers aren't editors. Sloppy writing is more likely to receive a 1* than a helpful comment.

 

[BeechLeaf]

Despite that, however well you proof-read, whatever techniques you use (read aloud and all that), it remains true that the best way to find mistakes is to publish it, then read that version.

 

[Writer61]

it remains true that the best way to find mistakes is to publish it, then read that version

It might be more successful, but it is never the best.