If I Edit A Story...does it completely reset?

[Melyssaha]

So I have a series that I didn't quite pull off. I wanted it to start slowly, and build up like a slow train gradually accelerating. However, instead of chugging along and gradually building up speed, I went from 0 to 100 in the very first chapter.

Anyway, if I start editing and doing re-writes, do I lose my ratings, comments, and number of views for that particular story/chapter ?

Thanks!

 

[Panty Wrangler]

So I have a series that I didn't quite pull off. I wanted it to start slowly, and build up like a slow train gradually accelerating. However, instead of chugging along and gradually building up speed, I went from 0 to 100 in the very first chapter.

Anyway, if I start editing and doing re-writes, do I lose my ratings, comments, and number of views for that particular story/chapter ?

Thanks!

Why not leave it be and take a fresh stab at it?

 

[SyleusSnow]

So I have a series that I didn't quite pull off. I wanted it to start slowly, and build up like a slow train gradually accelerating. However, instead of chugging along and gradually building up speed, I went from 0 to 100 in the very first chapter.

Anyway, if I start editing and doing re-writes, do I lose my ratings, comments, and number of views for that particular story/chapter ?

Thanks!

Nope. Submit a revision and all that changes is the text.

It does take much longer for revisions to get approved, so be patient.

Also, if you change the short description of a story or chapter you need to point that out in the submission notes or it won't get changed. Might be the same with tags too... dunno.

 

[LAHomedog]

So I have a series that I didn't quite pull off. I wanted it to start slowly, and build up like a slow train gradually accelerating. However, instead of chugging along and gradually building up speed, I went from 0 to 100 in the very first chapter.

Anyway, if I start editing and doing re-writes, do I lose my ratings, comments, and number of views for that particular story/chapter ?

Thanks!

No if you submit it properly. Go to the FAQ and there is a section that will tell you how to do it. It involves having "edited" in the title and in the notes section.

I've done it successfully two or three times. Including my Summer Love story and I edited the description on my story "Summer Camp" for the Work Contest.

https://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

 

[ElectricBlue]

So I have a series that I didn't quite pull off. I wanted it to start slowly, and build up like a slow train gradually accelerating. However, instead of chugging along and gradually building up speed, I went from 0 to 100 in the very first chapter.

Anyway, if I start editing and doing re-writes, do I lose my ratings, comments, and number of views for that particular story/chapter ?

Thanks!

No. Resubmit with exactly the same title with the word EDIT. All the metadata stays the same.

Surely it's better, though, to write a new story? Coz then you've got two stories, not one, with edits.

 

[gunhilltrain]

No. Resubmit with exactly the same title with the word EDIT. All the metadata stays the same.

Surely it's better, though, to write a new story? Coz then you've got two stories, not one, with edits.

It depends on how extensive his changes his changes are. If he's just fixing some typos or grammatical errors, then he should edit the existing story. If he's making large changes in content - characters, plot, etc. - then she should submit a new story with a different title.

I've done that, and I left the old story in place. No one has ever noticed any similarities between the two versions, even if something like 80% of the original text is duplicated.

 

[ElectricBlue]

It depends on how extensive his changes his changes are. If he's just fixing some typos or grammatical errors, then he should edit the existing story. If he's making large changes in content - characters, plot, etc. - then she should submit a new story with a different title.

I've done that, and I left the old story in place. No one has ever noticed any similarities between the two versions, even if something like 80% of the original text is duplicated.

My point is the amount of time folk seem to spend futzing with the same story over and over, rather than writing another story, seems such a waste of their time. They'll learn a whole lot more from another story, rather than chasing perfection no-one else cares about. The first batch of readers won't come back to see any changes, unless the story was good enough in the first place to warrant reading again - in which case, edits seem kind of pointless.

But then, I'm a fan of "get it right first time, and don't bother with typos and fixes" (technical balls-ups like html gone wrong excepted - been there, done that, so minimal italics or bold evermore).

 

[Melyssaha]

I want to thank everyone that responded, it is greatly appreciated! Not sure what I'll do, I think I'll just let it stay as-is and move on.
Thank you!

 

[gunhilltrain]

My point is the amount of time folk seem to spend futzing with the same story over and over, rather than writing another story, seems such a waste of their time. They'll learn a whole lot more from another story, rather than chasing perfection no-one else cares about. The first batch of readers won't come back to see any changes, unless the story was good enough in the first place to warrant reading again - in which case, edits seem kind of pointless.

But then, I'm a fan of "get it right first time, and don't bother with typos and fixes" (technical balls-ups like html gone wrong excepted - been there, done that, so minimal italics or bold evermore).

Generally, I'd agree with you. But I went between one and two years before I did that, and then it was only for some early stories that I thought weren't very good. When I thought of better ways to do them, I eventually rewrote about seven of them with new titles. Some went on this site, some went elsewhere. (One turned into a series.) But after that, I was done with them.