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[nhocvy12]

Hi! I'm a new member on the site. I really enjoy reading stories on literotica.com and have write some of my own. I really in need of an editor as I'm not that good with grammar (especially when it comne to tense). Don't mean to being offensive, but I wonder if the editors will stole my story and claim it as their own, I mean I really appreciate what the Volunteer Editors doing for all of us, but this has happen to me before on other site, so I just wonder. Again, I mean no offensive, disrespect or anything, I'm just asking. I'm new so can you help me answer.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... Don't mean to being offensive, but I wonder if the editors will stole my story and claim it as their own ...

I have been around this site for most of this millennium (ie a dozen years) and have never heard anyone complaining of this.

If it did happen, I fervently believe that the powers that be (known as "laurel" and "manu") would take very drastic action.

 

[nhocvy12]

Thank you

Thank you so much for reply and clear it up for me. I'm looking forward to work with the Volunteer Editors on literotica.com

 

[PennLady]

I've never had that happen either, or heard of it. I would recommend you go to the list of available editors for this month - the first "sticky" in this forum - and see who is available. Perhaps you can exchange a few emails and get comfortable that way. To a degree, it's just a risk you take, but should it happen, you could send a private message to Laurel and/or Manu, who run the site, and explain.

I don't know what else to say except that again, I've never heard of this happening here.

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, I think that it ever happened to someone obtaining an editor through this board, the forum will have heard the screaming afterward. I don't remember anyone ever having complained about it.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

There are many brickbats thrown against editors here but I've never heard a claim they steal other people's stories.

From their experience, why would they want their name associated with what they would see as writing in need of improvement.

Reckon the problem is more who you choose to edit rather than the risk of being plagiarised. From the experience of 14 years of the site, I don't think anyone has complained about the editor stealing their story.

Biggest problem usually seems to be finding a willing volunteer editor. It's a pretty thankless task.

 

[nhocvy12]

I appreciated all the answer to clear up my question. I did not mean to offend anybody. If I did, I'm really sorry, it's not my intention. I'm on my way to complete two chapters of my first story and I thinking about asking for an Volunteer Editor help. I hope the VEs still like me.

 

[sr71plt]

Yaw. It was a common sense question.

 

[BONNIEBREA]

Hi! I'm a new member on the site. I really enjoy reading stories on literotica.com and have write some of my own. I really in need of an editor as I'm not that good with grammar (especially when it comne to tense). Don't mean to being offensive, but I wonder if the editors will stole my story and claim it as their own, I mean I really appreciate what the Volunteer Editors doing for all of us, but this has happen to me before on other site, so I just wonder. Again, I mean no offensive, disrespect or anything, I'm just asking. I'm new so can you help me answer.

I'd encourage you to better learn the grammar you say you're not good at. There are many good reference works dealing with the conventions of English language grammar and usage.

I mention this because you really shouldn't view an editor in the role of proofreader. I've done a bit of volunteer editing here, and in that role I received a couple stories that were ready for editting: mostly polished grammar, punctuation, and the like. But most of the stories I saw were a mess in those ways, and they were not anywhere near ready for editting. Those stories really needed proofreading, and the grammar and usage mistakes were so many that even proofreading and correcting those issues would have been an overwhelming task. I ended up sending them back to the authors.

I'm not saying you have to be a grammar expert in order to write fiction, but you should have at least a decent grasp of how nouns, verbs, clauses, prepositional phrases and the like are used and put together. That way when someone edits your story he/she can do what an editor really should be doing: catching the occasional error or misusage, but mostly providing a second opinion on issues like plot, character, pace, flow, descriptions, redundancies, inconsistency, lack of continuity, and the like.