[ SECRET POST #3504 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3504 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Comments

[ariakas]

I'm genuinely surprised you manage to do this without hundreds of hours of effort. Most bad/OOC fics are unsalvageable, so you'd be better off just writing your own. I can't think of a single fic that would be drastically improved by simply removing a paragraph or switching some things around. The writer either has talent, puts in effort, and stays true to canon characterization... or they don't.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure that I agree with that. Because it would imply that betas are generally useless as well, and I don't think that's true.

[ariakas]

I thought betas mostly caught typos/poor constructed sentences/whatnot.

Or if they were to say "hey, this whole chapter doesn't work" or "this isn't going in an interesting direction" the author would put in the time and effort to rewrite the whole thing because it's their creation.

I can't imagine someone else putting in the time and effort of a total rewrite to make a shitty fic good and not just, say, writing their own good fic in the first place.

I mean, people write their own takes of a general narrative all the time. Even if you were in love with the author's idea but hated their execution, writing your own "version" of that idea is still your own fic.

[(Anonymous)]

I think OP is kind of talking about a fic where most of it is good and there's some moments that need patching or reworking? There's space between just fixing SPAG and doing a total rewrite.

[(Anonymous)]

"I thought betas mostly caught typos/poor constructed sentences/whatnot."

Most betas do only that, but then most betas aren't very good, IMO. A good beta will do more than just proofread your fic, but that's a lot of work and takes a good eye for editing... which is why there aren't many good betas.