Editors: completed stories or ones in progress?

[AuroraIncident]

Do you prefer to edit stories that are completed or ones that the writer is currently working on?

I ask because I'm in need of an editor for a First Time story that I'm working on.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=3744375

 

[_Lynn_]

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[AuroraIncident]

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[sr71plt]

I'd do a cursory content review of something that wasn't finished, but I wouldn't edit anything that wasn't finished. In terms of content, everything that comes before should serve the ending. If you don't have the ending, you don't know where the rest of it is (or should be) heading. In terms of technical editing, decisions need to be consistent through to the end. No end, no chance of consistency.

There certainly are others who don't mind doing partials.

 

[AuroraIncident]

Thanks for the insight. I'll finish up the story and come back looking for an editor.

 

[LadyMireille]

I only edit on a person to person basis at this time, so I am not listed as a "volunteer editor." This is due to my own time constraint. I would rather spend my time writing than editing, or editing reciprocally with another writer.

That said... I would never give a full editorial to a story that wasn't complete. The biggest reason for this is: Why would I want to spend my valuable, very limited free time editing a story that may never be finished or published? Answer: I would not. However, if a writer needed some feedback about a story, or had like three pages that they wanted feedback on when they are getting started, I *might* agree to something like that. From conversations I have had with other editors, they prefer finished stories (or finished parts of a story if the story is multi-chapters).