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Just kind of a random question for fic writers -- if you run across a minor mistake (or, hell, a major one) in an old fic, do you go back and fix it?
I'm rereading Somewhere That's Green and I realized I mentioned something about them buying props at the Pottery Barn (an upscale furniture and decor place) when I meant to say Old Time Pottery (a dirt-cheap decorations and knick-knacks warehouse). Though Old Time Pottery doesn't really work, either, since they only have stores in a few states in the south and in my head the fic is set in California. So the line doesn't really make sense as it is, but I feel like if I start fixing things in old fics, I'll never stop.
Aside from little grammatical things and typos, I try to leave old fics alone -- once they're posted, they're done. Plus, if I fiddle with it, I have to go back and change the word count or make sure it's the same number of words... yeah, that's the kind of thing that will bother me if it doesn't match up. So I'm just curious what other people do.
In this case, I think I'm going to change it, and just make sure I replace it with an equal number of words. IT IS SLASH FIC, SO I CAN GET ANAL IF I WANT TO. Hurrrrr.
I'm rereading Somewhere That's Green and I realized I mentioned something about them buying props at the Pottery Barn (an upscale furniture and decor place) when I meant to say Old Time Pottery (a dirt-cheap decorations and knick-knacks warehouse). Though Old Time Pottery doesn't really work, either, since they only have stores in a few states in the south and in my head the fic is set in California. So the line doesn't really make sense as it is, but I feel like if I start fixing things in old fics, I'll never stop.
Aside from little grammatical things and typos, I try to leave old fics alone -- once they're posted, they're done. Plus, if I fiddle with it, I have to go back and change the word count or make sure it's the same number of words... yeah, that's the kind of thing that will bother me if it doesn't match up. So I'm just curious what other people do.
In this case, I think I'm going to change it, and just make sure I replace it with an equal number of words. IT IS SLASH FIC, SO I CAN GET ANAL IF I WANT TO. Hurrrrr.
