Best way to handle editing chapters?

[CandiedJasmine]

Would it be better to simply delete old chapters and submit new, edited ones, or simply edit directly onto ones if the changes are extreme enough?

I'm not aware of edited chapters being added back to the new postings page, but I'm thinking they aren't.

 

[KeithD]

Not knowing what actually has to be done by Laurel in such a transaction, I would think that if you have to redo your story, which should be avoided to begin with to give everyone a fair crack at getting their stories published, it would be better to edit (which is one transaction for Laurel) than to delete and resubmit (which is two transactions for Laurel). The best thing is to work at getting it write the first time and/or living with how it turned out so as not to be blotting the submissions process for everyone.

 

[CandiedJasmine]

Not knowing what actually has to be done by Laurel in such a transaction, I would think that if you have to redo your story, which should be avoided to begin with to give everyone a fair crack at getting their stories published, it would be better to edit (which is one transaction for Laurel) than to delete and resubmit (which is two transactions for Laurel). The best thing is to work at getting it write the first time and/or living with how it turned out so as not to be blotting the submissions process for everyone.

Understood, thank you for the quick reply! I'll just edit them then.

 

[Agiel]

Would it be better to simply delete old chapters and submit new, edited ones, or simply edit directly onto ones if the changes are extreme enough?

I’ve submitted an edit on the rare (twice?) occasion when I’ve realised, after submission, the way I’ve written the sentence/section isn’t correct and might confuse the reader. Once when I forgot to change the name of the main character and accidentally left it as the original for a few paragraphs. A reader pointed it out to me and I rectified it but then had to wait a couple of weeks before the edit was printed. But that was okay because it was my fault and no one should expect an edit to go through as quickly as an original.

But I’ve never sent in an edit for simple errors such as a misspelling which wouldn’t bother the reader. Why cause more work for Laurel when people are constantly complaining as to how long it’s taken to get their story printed?

I did once have a story deleted which I wrote several years ago. I’d never really been happy with it and wrote another, longer, version changing from first person to third limited. I don’t think it’s a big deal for Laurel to occasionally deal with a deletion or edit but, as I’ve already said, why make more work unless you consider it absolutely necessary.

 

[CandiedJasmine]

I’ve submitted an edit on the rare (twice?) occasion when I’ve realised, after submission, the way I’ve written the sentence/section isn’t correct and might confuse the reader. Once when I forgot to change the name of the main character and accidentally left it as the original for a few paragraphs. A reader pointed it out to me and I rectified it but then had to wait a couple of weeks before the edit was printed. But that was okay because it was my fault and no one should expect an edit to go through as quickly as an original.

But I’ve never sent in an edit for simple errors such as a misspelling which wouldn’t bother the reader. Why cause more work for Laurel when people are constantly complaining as to how long it’s taken to get their story printed?

I did once have a story deleted which I wrote several years ago. I’d never really been happy with it and wrote another, longer, version changing from first person to third limited. I don’t think it’s a big deal for Laurel to occasionally deal with a deletion or edit but, as I’ve already said, why make more work unless you consider it absolutely necessary.

Gotcha, I'll probably only resubmit/delete combo chapter one when I get to it then. This is less a few sentences and more like 50%+ rewrite of what I had before.

Thank you for your input!