Speed of rejection

[Writer61]

I just had my first rejection for dialogue formatting (it was a fair cop). What surprised me is that the rejection came within a couple of hours of submission, which led me to think that there must be some automation involved.

The corrected version has not come straight back. Can I assume that it is now error-free?

The odd thing is that the submission is an edit, and the errors were not picked up when first published.

 

[TheLobster]

The odd thing is that the submission is an edit, and the errors were not picked up when first published.

If this was the old mistake, was it in the vicinity of the sections you have edited?

My guess is that someone is looking at edits using a diff tool, to see if you haven't just replaced half a story with a new one, and you caught a stray because the existing error was easy to spot.

 

[lovecraft68]

If this was the old mistake, was it in the vicinity of the sections you have edited?

My guess is that someone is looking at edits using a diff tool, to see if you haven't just replaced half a story with a new one, and you caught a stray because the existing error was easy to spot.

Might be checking new edits of old stories for AI as well which means they're getting closer looks.

 

[Writer61]

If this was the old mistake, was it in the vicinity of the sections you have edited?

My guess is that someone is looking at edits using a diff tool, to see if you haven't just replaced half a story with a new one, and you caught a stray because the existing error was easy to spot.

The main change was to combine two published parts into a single one. There were a couple of errors in both original parts so, they would have been in scope for a comparison tool.

As you suggest, it must be a different one than before.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The main change was to combine two published parts into a single one. There were a couple of errors in both original parts so, they would have been in scope for a comparison tool.

As you suggest, it must be a different one than before.

I've always thought the first time rejection was a word bot triggering off a key words list, no human eyes. Following the AI furor last year, I'd say the site is using more sophisticated tools which trigger faster, but still no human eyes on the first pass.

 

[Comshaw]

I just had my first rejection for dialogue formatting (it was a fair cop). What surprised me is that the rejection came within a couple of hours of submission, which led me to think that there must be some automation involved.

The corrected version has not come straight back. Can I assume that it is now error-free?

The odd thing is that the submission is an edit, and the errors were not picked up when first published.

It might be that Lit is using a two-layered inspection system: AI for a first sweep to look at formatting and sytax, then a real, live honest to goodness person checking it for conformance to the content rules. Just a WAG on my part but it fits.


Comshaw