Questioning...
Have you ever written something, posted it, and rather liked it at the time only to look at it again a year or two down the road and said, "Er, not-so-much..."?
I've got a fic that I was happy with at the time, but not so sure about any more. Looking at it, overall it's not completely awful. Some parts still work, but some truly do not.
So the question is, knowing I would probably never get around to re-writing the parts that don't work, do I keep it up, or pull it from the web?
Also, if I pull it, do I make an announcement about it, or just kind of sneak it away? Is it fair to the beta that took the time and effort to go through it and work out the kinks at the time?
Or, do I bite the bullet and force myself to fix it into something I'm happy with, only to look at it again in another year or so and go through this all over again?
Thoughts?
I've got a fic that I was happy with at the time, but not so sure about any more. Looking at it, overall it's not completely awful. Some parts still work, but some truly do not.
So the question is, knowing I would probably never get around to re-writing the parts that don't work, do I keep it up, or pull it from the web?
Also, if I pull it, do I make an announcement about it, or just kind of sneak it away? Is it fair to the beta that took the time and effort to go through it and work out the kinks at the time?
Or, do I bite the bullet and force myself to fix it into something I'm happy with, only to look at it again in another year or so and go through this all over again?
Thoughts?
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I finally decided to do some minor punctuation edits (I hadn't been working with a beta then) and a few little things like that and left them up. In a way, it shows how much I've grown as an author since then.
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For one fic in particular, I'm leaning towards finding a way to fix it, or hiding it all together. For a different one that's a bit... odd, I'm thinking of leaving it as it was an experiment in a different style of writing. It didn't quite work out, but hey, I tried it.
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Seriously, there's one part of one in particular that I would expect to see on
Maybe see if I can think of a way to fix that part? If I find the time?
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I've taken that advice for myself. There are many, many, many stories of mine that I would rewrite if given half a chance (starting with Primer to the Dark Arts (http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/stories/primer_onefile.html)).
*tips hat*
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I've done that with some poems. I can't fix them without destroying what's good. I know this to be true on every level.
I cringe and look away. The words remain.
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