oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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I have been reviewing my stories written in the last five years, originally because I wanted to convert some to .txt files for my e-reader, but also looking for plot bunnies.
I found that I didn't have a complete list of the final posted versions. Once I had corrected that and produced a complete .txt library I started looking through the whole lot.
I had edited some of the stories before mainly for major errors such as name confusion, sending the characters to the wrong place, or mentioning a DVD in a story set in the 1960s.
But I hadn't done a detailed review of my older stories for years.
I found typos in many stories. There weren't many in each. The usual editing problem was spacing of lines, not typos.
But how far do I go with editing old work? My trigger for that question was finding ONE missing letter in a complete story. The posted version had 'the' when it should have been 'they'. It doesn't seem worthwhile to submit an edited story, potentially introducing more spacing errors, just for one missing letter that no one has noticed.
What would be the point at which you consider an edit is justified? Ten typos? Ten other errors such as spacing or paragraphing? Or a plot mistake?
I found that I didn't have a complete list of the final posted versions. Once I had corrected that and produced a complete .txt library I started looking through the whole lot.
I had edited some of the stories before mainly for major errors such as name confusion, sending the characters to the wrong place, or mentioning a DVD in a story set in the 1960s.
But I hadn't done a detailed review of my older stories for years.
I found typos in many stories. There weren't many in each. The usual editing problem was spacing of lines, not typos.
But how far do I go with editing old work? My trigger for that question was finding ONE missing letter in a complete story. The posted version had 'the' when it should have been 'they'. It doesn't seem worthwhile to submit an edited story, potentially introducing more spacing errors, just for one missing letter that no one has noticed.
What would be the point at which you consider an edit is justified? Ten typos? Ten other errors such as spacing or paragraphing? Or a plot mistake?