Site Post » Rewriting Stories · 2:53pm Jul 21st, 2012
Since this issue has suddenly reared it's head pretty violently in the last couple of days I thought I'd address it because there seems to be a lot of confusion going on.
Typically, we do NOT accept stories that are reposts or rewrites of existing ones. The reason should be obvious, it's not fair to be given prime position on the frontpage and featured opportunies again when the story is the same (a rewrite is still the same story).
Therefore we ask that rewrites go into the existing story you already have. Just edit the new data into the chapters you already have.
However, despite this, as with most of the rules they're flexible. If you believe you have legit reason for reposting a story then please contact us before-hand. Sometimes these stories go through and are reported and deleted later because we can't know whether stories are rewrites up front or not.
Thanks!
(Back to playing far too many new steam games)
I was wondering why some people were apparently special.
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Everybody is equally unspecial together
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Oh, but we're all special, very special indeed.
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I am a pretty snowflake of blandness and lackluster.
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We are all equal, but some are more equal than others.
Far too many steam games... pffa like that exists
i was wondering when something like this would show up
oh and to spread the message: STEAM-SALES ARE EVIL! (they want my money, and i can't stop them!)
Far too many Steam games? You can't have too many, I say. Well, I do, I have 150.
Knighty, might want to clarify that if people want to rewrite, they should revoke the submission and resubmit when they're done, rather than delete it and create it again.
241697 Truly, truly, truly outrageous?
I see no issue with this.
Carry on good sir.
weee for head rearing!
Nobody is special. Everybody is special. WHY WON'T PEOPLE DECIDE?!
Finally. It's been getting a tad annoying to watch hidden gems fall further away as the featured slots get taken over again.
How dare Steam offer sales!? The horror! The horror
I'm confused - I thought the matter in question had been sorted out weeks ago.
241715 I'm guessing this blog is because of you.
Maybe consider forcing the FAQ as popup every time you open the site? Once a day maybe?
People seem to dodge that FAQ like it's the plague.
I have a question: What is the process for stories that are un-published by the author? I have a story that is in sorry need of revision and I think I might take it down until I can rewrite the thing. How does that work?
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Good gosh. It's Pokemon all over again. Eh heh heh.
I wasn't even aware that people would rewrite something of theirs then submit it as a new story. Is that what this blog is referring to? It would make sense just to rewrite the chapters, then delete/replace old chapters with new ones. But I guess people want that coveted space on the front for people to see. (This is what we have watching for, so people that actually care about you will get the memo.)
241791 This actually isn't a bad idea. You should have to type the FAQ in its entirety in a text-box once a day before you enter the site. (I'm sure that you can stop copy and paste somehow.)
241715 Glad you got the whole FHFH confusion fixed. (Lets hope EqD will hold onto it.)
knighty has a steam? We must get your steam ID!
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That might be overdoing it a bit.
You used the wrong its, shitchin.
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I was honestly expecting Aquaman from Batman the Brave and the Bold....
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Animal Farm reference!
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Hooray for Communism.
Sigh. *Throws gasoline on new guide and sets it on fire.* Damn it knighty, you beat me to it.
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I am pretty sure we still need a guide to make sure everyone understands how this unpublishing thing works.
I blame society. Also Martians and the invisible pirate lobster zombie samurai ninja robots from Planet X.
I hope I'm safe, I revise my stories... Basically I take my shitty old ones that flopped and completely rework them into something else, only the general subject remains, all story elements are changed. Would this still be bad? because I've already done it, my featured story was a major revision of one that flopped...
Knighty this rule is fucking stupid. I demand that you revoke this until you and Poultron have meaningful sitdown to discuss how story rewrites are perfectly accpetable when an author takes a good idea and executes it horrendously.
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One thing that would make rewrites a lot easier, would be the ability to insert chapters instead of just add them at the end. Right now, you can't do that. So that means if you need to insert a new chapter you also have to redo every chapter after that one. Of course, that also screws up the comment threads because the comments no longer correspond to the chapter text.
Of course, depending on how things are designed, I'm not sure how much of a major operation it would be to allow inserting chapters at arbitrary positions.
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242217 If you wrote a novel, and it flopped, got terrible reviews, horrible sales, etc. Do you think the publisher would give you another chance to rewrite it and republish it? Somehow I don't think so.
If you aren't sure something is written well, that's what editors are for. Have some people look at it before you publish it.
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You got to what I wanted to say before I could.
I spent about $200 on steam this past week... so MANY DEALS!!!!!
What drives me crazy is when an author gets halfway through a long story, getting people hooked into reading it, then decides out of the blue to rewrite it all over from scratch. Kind of a slap in the face of the readers if you ask me. >_< I mean, fixing a few details here and there, or rewriting a short story, that's understandable. But a total rehash of a story that's been going for a while and already has a bunch of readers, is kind of jarring.
Hey. Hey, knighty.
"Since this issue has suddenly reared it's head pretty violently in the last couple of days[...]"
>it's
*its
*runs away*
242391 I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/a/ragefaceplz.png
I apologize for rewriting my story. The first time that I wrote it, I was barely comfortable with my own writing style. It will not happen again.
ah man my stories grammar sucked i just finished fixing it an now i have to take out my old one and replace it and now one will know
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I don't quite follow. Staff folks, what should we be doing if we rewrite something?
If my opinion counts for anything, rewrites can mean that an author has put in as much work as would required for a new story, but by no means is that always the case. So I understand making the policy "rewrite counts as an update," even though I think it's unfortunate for those who do put in double effort.
Is that the policy?
I have a question. What about a story that was poor due to inexperience, then a while later you rewrite it with an entirely new style and narrative(going from 3rd person to first). Like, you changed it to be more towards your strengths rather than weaknesses, but you want the old one up for historical purposes(e.g. "Look at how bad I used to be!"). Would that be okay?
241692 Why do I get a Code Geass vibe from that statement?
241700 *cough* torrents *cough*
What...? I didn't say anything about illegal activities...
Anyhoof, good to know, knighty...
Knighy, sometimes I wonder how you have so much free time...
241685 On this site. Yeah, we're all special.
Special like Pinkie!
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can you resist the steam-sale? what kind of unnatural creature are you!?