Rewrites

[Artee]

Sorry for using this subforum as a Q&A board, but what does this forum think about rewrites of an old story? Say for example I've written a story called Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-Woman, and it's been a while and I feel I wrote it like shit and I want to rewrite it, maybe to change a few parts of the world building, to fix plot holes and characters, etc.

Would it be bad to repost it as a new story and delete the old, or edit the old story?

[Bert]

Bit of a slippery slope, no? Where do you draw the line and who decides?

[CJS]

Just my two cents, but I’d probably leave the old one up, write the new one, and spell out at the start of the new that it is a rewrite. But it is certainly your prerogative to take down the old one if it really bugs you.

[tallyho]

I would say it's fine to repost it as new depending on what you are changing and how old the original is. I would just state that right at the start. If the original had comments then I would leave it for others to learn from - you can always edit the first and last post and say 'look guys I wasn't happy with the way I did XYZ So I have re done the story, you can find it here' and post a link

[DrDominator9]

What that airplane guy just overhead said, I second that.

[Mlod]

Sometimes I've not read rewrites, and sometimes I've happily read them, but either way I third what the ones above said, would seem preferable to keep (and link to and from) the original

[Artee]

Bit of a slippery slope, no? Where do you draw the line and who decides?

Exactly, that's why the forum decides, not me, which is why I'm asking here to gauge the general consensus before risking anything that breaks forum rules or something.

But alright, I'll do what everyone said if I did somehow hypothetically encounter the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-Woman rewrite scenario :L

[Bert]

All good. I just had visions of some writers making minor tweaks and reposting just to get their stories back into circulation on the front page, but it seems like that isn't worrying people.

[DrDominator9]

All good. I just had visions of some writers making minor tweaks and reposting just to get their stories back into circulation on the front page, but it seems like that isn't worrying people.

Sir, you cut me to the quick! That said, I think I need to rewrite a scene from my Batgirl: A Clear Loss of Dignity story. I think I left a dangling participle at the end of a crucial scene. Can't have that!

[ksire_99]

If it is your story, do as you please.