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

[portraitofafool.livejournal.com]

I edit like an editing thing, so I say go for it if that's what you feel like you want to do. I have fics that I am still editing years after having finished them, it's just a... ah... thing with me. Like--for an example--I rewrote the end of my latest fic about four times, the last time being only a few days ago and I did it in the entry box right on LJ. So, maybe I am not the best giver of advice in this situation. I do stick by my first reaction though: If you feel it needs editing then go for it and sometimes it's a matter of perspective in that you've been through with that fic for a few years now and because of that, you're looking at with fresh eyes. That can be really beneficial I think.

AO3 is also a bigger forum for sharing fic than say, LJ or DW, so yanno, doing a little extra clean up on fics is also like... making the kids dress nice for company or something. (Oh, my at how bad that example probably is.) I post in drips and drabbles over there and so far, I have only posted my favorites, but I think I will eventually end up posting all of my stuff (aside from my bandom writings because just. no.) there since I like to have it all archived and easy to find.

So get out your red pen o'doom and show that SV fic who's boss. That, I do believe, was my point all along. Prolly should've just said that to begin with, huh? /rambling :D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I usually go over something a few times myself--I've been trapped in the sticky pit of rewrites on many stories--there's always room for improvement, but sometimes I go overboard.

This fic is an interesting reread. At the time I finished it I thought, wow, this is really pretty good. And now I'm mostly wincing. Still, I think I'll leave some of the clunkiness and post the date it was written and pretend like Lawks, yes, I've gotten soooooooo much better! 'Cause you know, heck yeah, I got better.

Rambling comments are like chocolate truffles, tasty and happy making.