Opening a rejected story

[Fran_cd]

I've had a story rejected with a note that the editor's notes are still in the submitted text and that I should open that text to review the notes. BUT, I cannot figure out how to open the submitted text. I uploaded it as a file. Help Please!

 

[SyleusSnow]

The file you uploaded might have embedded comments.

Open the file you originally uploaded when you submitted the story. Embedded comments should appear in the margins.

If you're using MS Word, showing comments might be turned off. You can see them by going to Review and next to where it says Track Changes select All Markup. You might need to also open "Show Markup" and put a check next to every option ("Insertions and deletions", "formatting" etc).

If you've been working with an editor and hadn't seen all those comments before, you might want to review them.

To remove embedded comments and other markup in MS Word, go to File > Info > Check for Issues then select "Inspect Document". Inspect the document for "Comments, Revisions and Versions". If there are any, it'll say so. You can then select "Remove All" to remove them, along with other markup. Then save the document.

The process is similar for other editing tools... google docs, etc. There are many tutorials on Youtube and elsewhere describing how to see comments and remove them.

 

[Fran_cd]

Thank you! It took me a minute to figure out that the imbedded comments were from my end. I thought they were comments put in by an editor at Literotica.

I have removed the comments and will resubmit.

Thank you for your response!

Fran

 

[MillieDynamite]

The only drawback will be how long the second go-round might take. However, since it was a simple cure, they might expedite the posting.

 

[Fran_cd]

The only drawback will be how long the second go-round might take. However, since it was a simple cure, they might expedite the posting.

Thank you for being supportive! Fellow Oklahoman here.

 

[Fran_cd]

I wouldn't remove all the comments. Instead, I'd copy-paste the text to a new file and leave the first draft for historical reference.

Good advice... thank you!

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thank you! It took me a minute to figure out that the imbedded comments were from my end. I thought they were comments put in by an editor at Literotica.

That doesn't happen. The site doesn't "edit" in that sense. The site either reads (scans) your story and publishes as Is, or scans and sends it back, with only the rejection comment. You then need to work from your original file, fix that copy.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I wouldn't remove all the comments. Instead, I'd copy-paste the text to a new file and leave the first draft for historical reference.

Why bother doing that? Would you separately save every draft of a story as a separate file? Who is the historical reference being keptfor? They're the author's comments only, not anyone else's.

 

[Bazzle]

No, those are beta readers' and editors' comments. Most of us tend to keep them, like cherished family photos, in dedicated files. We hold each suggestion and critique dear, even if we don't ultimately implement them. Some of us actually love our friends. We're silly, sentimental creatures...

Do we?

 

[MillieDynamite]

Transplanted Texican but only I claim to be an OKIE!

Thank you for being supportive! Fellow Oklahoman here.

 

[ElectricBlue]

No, those are beta readers' and editors' comments. Most of us tend to keep them, like cherished family photos, in dedicated files. We hold each suggestion and critique dear, even if we don't ultimately implement them. Some of us actually love our friends. We're silly, sentimental creatures...

Shrug. I don't care how I get to the final, it's only the last version that matters. I bet you've kept a copy of everything you've ever started, "just in case it suddenly gets better", when in fact, if it was on paper, you'd toss it in the bin .

 

[MrPixel]

...if it was on paper, you'd toss it in the bin

Not necessarily. I have a book started 45 years ago that made it all the way to typesetting that year. I have the finished pages still in a box somewhere around here. It was a technical catalog where somebody scooped me just enough to make me re-think the cost of self-publishing. The data compilation is beyond obsolete, but I can't bear to part with it. Gonna happen pretty soon, though, since we're at that "de-clutter" stage in our lives.

As far as keeping electronic copies of past works or iterations thereof, terabytes are really cheap these days!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Lord, do you use AI for every posting?

No, those are beta readers' and editors' comments. Most of us tend to keep them, like cherished family photos, in dedicated files. We hold each suggestion and critique dear, even if we don't ultimately implement them. Some of us actually love our friends. We're silly, sentimental creatures...

 

[alohadave]

Not necessarily. I have a book started 45 years ago that made it all the way to typesetting that year. I have the finished pages still in a box somewhere around here. It was a technical catalog where somebody scooped me just enough to make me re-think the cost of self-publishing. The data compilation is beyond obsolete, but I can't bear to part with it. Gonna happen pretty soon, though, since we're at that "de-clutter" stage in our lives.

As far as keeping electronic copies of past works or iterations thereof, terabytes are really cheap these days!

There are probably historians in your field that would love to get their hands on that.

 

[Fran_cd]

Transplanted Texican but only I claim to be an OKIE!

lol…transplanted Texan, too…from East Texas to Norman in 1976… yep, I’m an Okie!

 

[Devinter]

Shrug. I don't care how I get to the final, it's only the last version that matters. I bet you've kept a copy of everything you've ever started, "just in case it suddenly gets better", when in fact, if it was on paper, you'd toss it in the bin .

I feel personally attacked.