Re-Edit Story

[NCostello]

I recently published my first story.
It shows a score of 4.33, which I believe is not bad for my very first story and even 14 "loves"

I want to re-edit it and improve it based on feedback. What's the easiest way to do that?

Apologies if this is in an FAQ somewhere.... a link would be fine!

 

[alohadave]

https://www.literotica.com/faq/publishing/editing-published-work

 

[OnlyHappyEndings]

The approval wait is much longer for an edit. Just be aware of that. Otherwise a painless process.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I recently published my first story.
It shows a score of 4.33, which I believe is not bad for my very first story and even 14 "loves"

I want to re-edit it and improve it based on feedback. What's the easiest way to do that?

Apologies if this is in an FAQ somewhere.... a link would be fine!

Be aware that no-one but you will know your story has gone through an edit (unless in the edit you tell them), and your story doesn't get another run on the first page.

My advice is always, write your next story, don't keep futzing with the last one. That way you have two stories, not one "slightly better" story.

 

[NCostello]

I have another story almost done. I took to heart some of the feedback and I believe its better than my previous one. I do admit I fapped to my own story at least once.

Is there a way for me to share it with certain folks for feedback BEFORE publishing?

 

[alohadave]

Is there a way for me to share it with certain folks for feedback BEFORE publishing?

Google Docs, email. There's nothing at Lit that allows drafts to be shared.

If you do use Google Docs, setup an email address that doesn't link to your real name.

 

[Cagivagurl]

I, and this is solely me...
Forget about trying to fix a posted story based on a few comments... What works for one, won't necessarily work for others.
Your score was great...
My advice, don't let it get you down...
If you made mistakes, or recieved feedback which made you think you could have done better...

Take it in, think about the feedback which resonated with you and use that in future stories...

What's done is done... History is nothing more than lessons learnt.

Advice isn't for the past, it's for the future...

Move on.

You cannot please everybody.

Cagivagurl

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Leave the story alone and save the advice for the next story it's applicable to.

 

[RejectReality]

Most of the time, the only reason to edit is if the story you're improving is connected to one you're about to put out. If you're about to post a sequel, then tidying up the original can reap benefits, because new people will go back and read the first story. Otherwise, lean toward learning from the experience and moving on. New reads of existing stories will come in every time you post a new one, and there's a slow creep of new readers all the time, but you're only going to see significant readership on an old story when it's directly connected to something new.

That doesn't mean you can't drop an edit every once in a while when a mistake makes you cringe every time you think about it. Also be aware that even after the longer wait for an edit to be approved, it won't immediately change to the new version. The public pages we all see are cached, and are updated on a schedule. Until that update happens, the old version will remain live, even though the new version is in the database. It should become visible within 24 hours of the edit being approved.

Multi-page stories may not have all the pages update at the exact same time, either. If you happen to be looking while the cache update is in progress page 1 may be the new version, while page 2 still shows as the old version for a while. It will usually catch up within an hour. If you change the title, description, or anything else that's visible on index pages, those may not reflect the changes for a while either.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I have another story almost done. I took to heart some of the feedback and I believe its better than my previous one. I do admit I fapped to my own story at least once.

Is there a way for me to share it with certain folks for feedback BEFORE publishing?

Thank you for sharing your personal reading habits! Seriously, I have replaced a few stories with new versions (and new titles), but I waited a while - like a year or more - before I did that. As others on this thread have suggested, you just published this story so it's best to leave it as for the moment. You don't want to be jumping around based on the comments you receive on every story. Ponder what was said, and then go on to the next one. Unless there was a serious error, you should tread lightly when it comes to making changes on published stories. As was said above, by the time the new version comes out, the readers will have moved on to something else.