[ SECRET POST #6935 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6935 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes, when I'm feeling irritable, I go back to a fic where I liked the premise but the sentence-level writing annoyed me, copy-paste the text into a Word doc, and edit/rewrite the shit out of it. I do this because sometimes I literally cannot stop mentally rewriting the sentences as I read them. It's like a compulsion. No one will ever know.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't even need to feel irritable, just that sense of "this fic would be good if it were good." I do it as a gift for future me.

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[(Anonymous)]

"this fic would be good if it were good."

God that is such a mood. Sooomany fic I've encountered leave me with that feeling/thought.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't rewrite anything but I sure as heck copy edit stuff before sending it to my Kindle. One of my very favorites can't for the life of them use apostrophes correctly and doesn't understand how dialogue tags work (this is wrong: "I had a Good day." He said.). It hurts my brain but I adore the stories so I clean up the punctuation.

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[pengilly]

I was wondering who else did this! I usually only do this with fics that I really love, before I import them to my kindle through Calibre. I correct spelling errors and obvious grammatical errors, but otherwise leave the writing style, sentence structure, etc, untouched. I honestly don't see any issue, given that even reprints of classical works of literature get this treatment (typos being silently corrected by the Modern Library reprint). It helps me focus purely on the text itself.

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[(Anonymous)]

Fair. If I've downloaded fic to re-read later I'll correct SPAG errors. Or cut out bits that bored me.

[(Anonymous)]

Have you considered offering to beta?

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, but as someone who did something similar and did offer to beta such a fic, I didn't find that it scratched the same itch at all. Because I did my best to offer good feedback and support and that meant being much more diplomatic and less heavy-handed.

So, yeah, OP may want to try that, but fair warning that it may not be satisfying in the same way.

[(Anonymous)]

Rewriting someone else's fic isn't something betas generally do, though. IME, most people who ask for a beta don't even want actual constructive criticism. At most, they want proofreading and non-critical enthusiasm.

[(Anonymous)]

I've done this. Sometimes rewriting sentences, sometimes adding bits that I thought were missing, sometimes drastically re-editing a piece of smut to fit my tastes exactly.

I found it pretty satisfying and, like you, I'd never share it with anyone else. I haven't done it for a while, but you've got me thinking I might try again. It felt cathartic, but also sometimes like a good writing exercise when I had no motivation to start something brand new.

[(Anonymous)]

I've done the same thing for many years, but it's not a matter of being "irritable." If I like a fic well enough that I know I'll reread it, I fix spelling, punctuation, grammar, misused words, and -- yes -- some awkward phrasing or construction. I also prefer indented paragraphs with no blank space between, and two spaces after ending punctuation. (I'm old, and old-school.) Then I send it to my ereader and, the next time I visit the story, I sail through without my "beta brain" dragging me out of the story.

Some people know, because I've admitted it elsewhere. But since I'm not posting my version, I figure it doesn't affect the fic's author. I leave a kudos, and possibly a comment, then bask in a great story that I've simply "cleaned up" a little.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh same I do this too. It’s usually for fics that I feel have the potential to be something right up my alley and I tweak bits here and there so it’s a readable version for me. If you’re not posting it there’s no harm because the writer will never know.

[bannedbookweek]

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[(Anonymous)]

I think I'd find that too frustrating, but I get why someone might find that satisfying!

[(Anonymous)]

Good idea. I should do this with fics where I sorta like it but certain word structures, grammar mistakes or how it's formatted annoy me too much to want to finish them. Maybe if I do edits in a Doc I can read it there. Obviously, never gonna be shared.

I do this when I have writer's block

[(Anonymous)]

It helps me get back into the swing of writing and will usually end with goving me ideas that jump off whatever fic Im editing/rewriting.

[(Anonymous)]

I do this with stories where the author is British and the fandom is American (i.e changing "jumper" to "sweater" and "car park" with "parking lot".

[(Anonymous)]

I've done this with a few fics. I remember this one author was pretty good at spelling and grammar, just apparently didn't really think about what might happen if you do a Find and Replace All without checking (as an example, if you Find and Replace All 'ten' with '10', you will also get things like 'of10', 'at10tion', 'in10t') and they were one of those authors that either didn't have comments or didn't want any sort of corrective ones.