editing submitted work

[silverwhisper]

apologies, folksm i'm sure this comes up a lot. i've submitted a piece and somehow missed a typo that a friend just mentioned.

i am aware that there's a way to submit a revision. could one of you more experienced souls point me in the right way?

ed

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

apologies, folksm i'm sure this comes up a lot. i've submitted a piece and somehow missed a typo that a friend just mentioned.

i am aware that there's a way to submit a revision. could one of you more experienced souls point me in the right way?

ed

You used to be able to go back in and correct those before the piece was posted. Sometime during an update that option disappeared.

Now you have to wait for the piece to post then resubmit it with a EDITED in the title and a not to Laural.

I've never done it but I'm pretty sure that's right.

 

[silverwhisper]

thanks jenny! :>

ed

 

[Lauren Hynde]

From the FAQ:

I've re-edited my story and want to replace the posted version with my new edited one. How do I do this?

No problem! Simply submit the new version as you submitted the old one, only adding the word "EDITED" to the title (ex. "My Sexy Firefighter Ch. 03 - EDITED") so that we know to replace the old text with the new text. We will then replace the original text with the new text. Your story will retain its previous voting score and views.​

 

[silverwhisper]

ah: much obliged, lauren!

ed

 

[CharleyH]

From the FAQ:

I've re-edited my story and want to replace the posted version with my new edited one. How do I do this?

No problem! Simply submit the new version as you submitted the old one, only adding the word "EDITED" to the title (ex. "My Sexy Firefighter Ch. 03 - EDITED") so that we know to replace the old text with the new text. We will then replace the original text with the new text. Your story will retain its previous voting score and views.​

Also, don't forget that in doing so your story will take longer to post to Lit.

 

[silverwhisper]

thanks, charley: that's an excellent point. fortunately for me, i'm already familiar w/ the posting times. ah, well...i've been working on this one for months.

ed

 

[Oblimo]

What's y'all's opinion about using EDIT to break up a single huge-ola submission into more digestible chunks? I posted the start of my novel-length story not to long ago in one swell foop, 7 lit pages. My ego insists that the length is why it's hovering around 16 votes and not getting as many readers following through to the other sections, rather than how freaky weird it is.

So I was wondering if using EDIT to shorten the submission, and then submit the rest of the original posting in two new submissions is kosher and/or good form.

Thanks!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

What's y'all's opinion about using EDIT to break up a single huge-ola submission into more digestible chunks? I posted the start of my novel-length story not to long ago in one swell foop, 7 lit pages. My ego insists that the length is why it's hovering around 16 votes and not getting as many readers following through to the other sections, rather than how freaky weird it is.

So I was wondering if using EDIT to shorten the submission, and then submit the rest of the original posting in two new submissions is kosher and/or good form.

Thanks!

If you think the problem for not getting many reads and votes is its length and want to break it in smaller chunks, it makes more sense to just have it deleted and resubmit from the start. You'll lose the votes you do have, but you'll get a lot more readers on the new (shorter) first chapter.