resubmitting an edited chapter

[karaline]

Hello more experienced authors,

Today the latest instalment of my current work in progress went live, I just reread the final paragraph and ergh! I hate it. I've tweaked it a little, so it's less pretentious and overwritten. How do I resubmit it?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer my question, which I'm sure you've already answered countless times over the years

Karaline

 

[AlinaX]

I think you have to submit the revised version as if it were a new story, but explain in the comments box that it should replace the existing version.

I wish there were an easy way to make minor revisions.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Hello more experienced authors,

Today the latest instalment of my current work in progress went live, I just reread the final paragraph and ergh! I hate it. I've tweaked it a little, so it's less pretentious and overwritten. How do I resubmit it?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer my question, which I'm sure you've already answered countless times over the years

Karaline

When You repost it, make sure to tack '-EDIT' on the end of the title so they know it's a resubmission...

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hello more experienced authors,

Today the latest instalment of my current work in progress went live, I just reread the final paragraph and ergh! I hate it. I've tweaked it a little, so it's less pretentious and overwritten. How do I resubmit it?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer my question, which I'm sure you've already answered countless times over the years

Karaline

Resubmit your revised text (the whole story) with exactly the same title plus the word EDIT. Add a Note to the Editor explaining what you've done, Submit and wait. It'll take 5 - 8 days because edits are low priority. Meanwhile, your current version will travel down the category front page and, depending on category, fall off before the edit goes live. Moral = get it right the first time .

 

[RejectReality]

Because similar questions may find this thread, may as well cover the bases with my copy-pasta

Here's the editing method for Lit.

• Take note of the url of your story/chapter. That's the address appearing in the address bar of your browser when you view the first page of your story. You really only need the last part after the /s/ that represents your title.
• Start a new submission.
• Use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *EDIT*
• Fill in the same category, then fill description and keywords with placeholders, as they don't matter. ( Unless one of these things are what you're editing )
• If editing the story text, paste/upload the new text in the "story text" section. You need to upload the whole story/chapter, not just the edited sections. If editing anything else, copy the "notes" section detailed below in order to fill this section.
• In the "notes" section, say what you are editing. If story text, then put that. If title, then put the requested NEW title here. You can fill in edited descriptions/keywords/category above, but you'll still want to list any such changes here. It's a good idea to list the url that I mentioned in step 1. This is unique to every story/chapter, and can help eliminate the potential for human error. As mentioned above, if you are editing something other than the story text, copy what you put in the notes section to the "story text" as well. This is simply because there must be something in that section for you to submit.
• Click "Preview", then "Submit"

Edits have a lower priority than new stories, and may take longer to process.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list or from the "pending" folder before worrying that your changes haven't been applied. Changes may not all appear at the same time, either. Page 1 may change, while page 2 will remain the same until an hour or so later. Be patient as the system catches up.

If you edit the story in this manner ( as opposed to deleting and re-submitting ) you'll retain your votes, views, comments, etc. The only thing that will be changed is what you say that you want changed. It will not appear on the New List again.

If you wish to delete a story, use much the same method, except put something such as *DELETE* in the title, and say that you want to delete the story in question in the "notes" section.

If you wish to delete all of your stories, an entire series, etc., then use the normal delete process, but explain in the "notes" section that you want to do a mass delete, and what type.

Convoluted, but it does work. It gets a little easier as you get used to it.

 

[GroverLang]

Resubmit your revised text (the whole story) with exactly the same title plus the word EDIT. Add a Note to the Editor explaining what you've done, Submit and wait. It'll take 5 - 8 days because edits are low priority. Meanwhile, your current version will travel down the category front page and, depending on category, fall off before the edit goes live. Moral = get it right the first time .

Dear Karaline,

This is the easy way and it works. I was going to say the same thing but now I don’t need to. Don’t try and complicate the process for yourself.

 

[karaline]

I wish there were an easy way to make minor revisions.

I actually don't wish there was a way to make minor revisions, because I probably wouldn't do anything other than make minor revisions, and my general creative output would grind to a halt!

Moral = get it right the first time .

Yeah, I'm an impatient, dyslexic, perfectionist. Not a great combination.

Honestly I'm not actually changing the direction of the story, just the wording of the final paragraph. So, I don't mind if it takes weeks.

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to reply! -especially RejectReality, for that very comprehensive guide

Karaline

 

[OldHideki]

Thinking about starting up again

I submitted several stories about ten years ago. I am now thinking of starting up again. After re-reading my stories. I now want to clean them up, and resubmit them. My first inclination is to put out a few stories, to improve my writing.

What happens to the rating and comments, when a story is re-submitted?

 

[RejectReality]

I submitted several stories about ten years ago. I am now thinking of starting up again. After re-reading my stories. I now want to clean them up, and resubmit them. My first inclination is to put out a few stories, to improve my writing.

What happens to the rating and comments, when a story is re-submitted?

If you only edit it to replace the old text with the new edits, all of the story stats remain in place.

If you want the stats to start from scratch and the story to appear on the new story lists again, you'll need to delete the existing ones, and then resubmit after the old versions are deleted. Just be aware if you choose to do this that people sometimes attack you for this, and may even report you for plagiarism because they know that they've read a version of the story here before.