avoidy talk

[roxy]

I'm wanting to post some of the very older SV stories at AO3. I'm looking at Boys of Summer right now and ouch--there's some rough spots there. For those of you who repost older stuff, how much editing do you do? I've never really done much more than correct spelling mistakes (or the bane of my life, it's/its), but rereading this story I see some character mistakes...mind you, it was written in 2004--started in 2004, that thing was HUGE. What I'm wondering is, how much correcting would you do if it was your story? *g*

I can't stop myself from fixing major yaks, but I feel kind of shifty about it, like I'm trying to whisk my mistakes under the rug. Yeah, obsessing to keep from thinking about real stuff. *g*

Comments

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

In my SV fic, I'm mostly going through and pulling out epithets and adverbs (I used 'slightly' almost every other sentence), shortening sentences, replacing passive verbs, etc. It's mostly grammar and spelling I'm hitting. I did rework a couple scenes, but I kept it mostly intact (I added stuff to a Clark/Lionel scene).

However, my SPN Mary Sue fic (don't judge) has had some major rewrites (I figured no one would care). I also have an Angel fic that I've been rewriting for years. I have a feeling I will never end up posting it, but I feel a lot better about it than I did for years after I posted it.

Long story long, I say if something bugs you enough that you want to fix it, go for it. It's your story and if it makes you happy, go for happiness.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I guess I was looking at it as a time capsule of my stuff, sort of 'my, how I've grown' except some things really BUGGED THE HELL out of me, lol!! So, I'm gonna go with a little light editing! :)