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Question of the day part 7
FrickingKaos:
That's one reason I haven't done it, because I don't like deleting stuff. I think I might just keep it up because I might finish it one day.
RokofAges75:
I would never delete a story. I have moved the discontinued ones to their own page on my site so they're not easily accessed, but they're still there for anyone who wants to read them for some reason. Even my old and embarrassing stuff is online, mostly because I know it's safe there. And it's kinda fun to look back at those and see how much I've grown as a writer since.
It really, really annoys me when writers delete their stories, unless there's a reason they have to, such as publishing an original fiction version. And like Steph said, it's nice to be given some warning before it happens so you can save the story yourself if you want to.
FrickingKaos:
I can agree with that. I've rewritten a whole series into one story when I did Weird World, and I kept the original ones up. I like to look at my old stuff and see how much I've grown.
FrickingKaos:
Something that's been bugging me is this acquaintance of mine who keeps rewriting her story every couple of months, even changing character names and the title of the story.
I am guilty of doing a rewrite but I would not continue to read something that changes so frequently. How does everyone else feel about rewriting?
Sakabelle:
I'm way too lazy to do a rewrite. I have been re-writing a lot of Forever Like This as I post it because when I read over the chapter I find stuff I want to change, or I want to make it more consistent, but once a story posted that's it, I'm done! I'd really rather just concentrate on something new and focus on making a new story better than going back and re-working an old one.
Also, when people rewrite their stuff constantly, or right after it's been posted it can be a little bit jarring. Because sometimes I like to go back and read stuff over again, and if I click on the story and it's different than what I remember... sure the writing's probably better, but I miss the original one that I loved! This has happened a couple times and it kind of sucks.
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