AgencyOmega
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I cannot find out how to edit. My story's title is incomplete and one word in my story is confusing readers- misspelled. Please help me?
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FrancesScott
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StillStunned
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Knowing that you *can* edit your story doesn't mean you *should*.
By all means fix the title. That's a big thing. But a misspelled word in your story? Not worth it.
The thing is that edits take a long time. By the time Laurel (the site owner) gets round to it, three or four weeks might have passed. Your readers will have given up caring long before then.
But if you're only editing your title, you can leave the whole text box empty and just explain that you want to change your title. That saves Laurel the effort of running your story through the entire review process again. If you're lucky, the edit will be handled within a few days - and that's far more important than a typo in the story text.
If the misspelled word is really bad, add a comment on your story, apologising to your readers and explaining what it should be. But I really wouldn't ask Laurel to change it. Face it, typos are unavoidable nowadays, even in commercially sold books, never mind in a story on a free website. I'm a professional editor and I still make the occasional mistake. If your readers can figure it out with a bit of intelligence and application, leave it as it is.
ronde
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The best advise I've ever been given about editing is to let the story sit for at least a week, or two if you can hold out that long.
The human brain is somewhat of a miracle in that it will "fill in" things you forgot to write and correct errors you've made It's like setting your self-checker to auto-correct. For instance, what do you see when you read, "I cat'n find my typofragiical fock iups?" Letting a story sit for a while will help you find errors because your brain has forgotten what you intended to write.
As for story titles, search your story for things that repeat in dialogue or that will "hook" a reader into your story, and don't rely on cutesy wording. "She couldn't believe how big I am" hooks a reader a lot more than, "My throbbing twelve inch cock."
The human brain is somewhat of a miracle in that it will "fill in" things you forgot to write and correct errors you've made It's like setting your self-checker to auto-correct. For instance, what do you see when you read, "I cat'n find my typofragiical fock iups?" Letting a story sit for a while will help you find errors because your brain has forgotten what you intended to write.
As for story titles, search your story for things that repeat in dialogue or that will "hook" a reader into your story, and don't rely on cutesy wording. "She couldn't believe how big I am" hooks a reader a lot more than, "My throbbing twelve inch cock."
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