Funny things we discover when editing...

[FifthEstate]

On occasion I like to have a drink or two at night before writing. I find that sometimes it spurs my creativity and I produce some of my best work--as long as I do it in moderation. Today I reviewed what I wrote over the weekend and some of my word choices suggested I must have exceeded my own moderation rule. One in particular made me actually bust out laughing. I had written a sex scene between husband and wife and the next sentence after describing the wife's orgasm I wrote: When it finally subsided, we both collapsed onto the sheets, bodies covered in sweat. I let her decompose for nearly a minute before I finally spoke...

Lol...I'm not sure if I meant to write decompress or recompose, but I certainly didn't intend to write what I did. Any good recollections you could recall about hilarious things you've discovered when editing?

 

[Trionyx]

At least she died happy…

 

[alohadave]

Nothing specific, but sometimes autocorrect will mangle a couple words enough that I have no idea what words I originally meant to type.

 

[gunhilltrain]

At least she died happy…

Yeah, but it does take a little while before decomposition sets in.

https://www.cleansceneservices.com/blog/do-you-know-the-four-stages-of-human-decomposition

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

For whatever reason, my phone will auto correct to Duck.
It's frustrating as duck.

 

[KeithD]

I had "turgid" and "flaccid" mixed up there for a while, which, I sure, led to some interesting reading.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I let her decompose for nearly a minute before I finally spoke...

Paging Doctor Frankenstein, your services are required in the lobby.

Or: Hey, have you heard the one about music being played backwards? That's Beethoven, decomposing.

boom, tish.

 

[THBGato]

Pubic and public, all the damn time.

 

[CarmineBlancheJr]

I have to laugh at the suggestions that Grammarly will sometimes come up with when I forget to turn it off while writing erotica. I do not have any specific examples, but I do recall a few times I looked at a sentence and thought, "What the actual FUCK!"

 

[AllenWoody]

In my recent story Love Language Live I wrote:

Trixee leaned in close, her breath and perfume caressing my neck as she pressed the adhesive pad of the compact microphone next to my jugular.

Except I wrote ‘juggler’. Must have read over that paragraph half a dozen times before the error popped out at me.

 

[CarmineBlancheJr]

In my recent story Love Language Live I wrote:

Trixee leaned in close, her breath and perfume caressing my neck as she pressed the adhesive pad of the compact microphone next to my jugular.

Except I wrote ‘juggler’. Must have read over that paragraph half a dozen times before the error popped out at me.

Makes for a very interesting visual when reading. HAHA

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

My most common egregiosity(other than making up random words) is changing character names halfway through stories. I've republished three stories lately when my readers called me out. Funny thiing is I am so particular in my editing process, including using Words Immersive Reader, and I still miss it.

 

[FifthEstate]

My most common egregiosity(other than making up random words) is changing character names halfway through stories. I've republished three stories lately when my readers called me out. Funny thiing is I am so particular in my editing process, including using Words Immersive Reader, and I still miss it.

That happens to me a lot too, especially if I’m working on multiple stories at the same time. These days I do a “Find and Replace” search with the other MC names I am using in the other stories before I publish. In my most recent story I found 11 Allie’s that were supposed to be Hailey’s.

 

[jehoram]

When it finally subsided, we both collapsed onto the sheets, bodies covered in sweat. I let her decompose for nearly a minute before I finally spoke...

Well, an orgasm is called the "little death." I would be surprised if in included a little decomposition.