Re: post-reveals (minor) edits

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

I'm just saying that the word count is a bad indicator for change, that's all.

Not to mention it requires that you kept the gift notification. Which someone who comes back to reread after a while would likely not have.

Like the coalie upthread said, if you do make significant changes on your fic for some reason, a short line or two in the author's notes is helpful. Not just to let the recipient know they didn't imagine things, but also because a note would potentially make the recipient more inclined to assume good faith than the author stealthily working on their fic after the deadline and acting like it's not happening. A 'oh damn, I uploaded the wrong word document, sorry!' may or may not be actually true, but I'll probably believe you had a complete fic all along.

Re: post-reveals (minor) edits

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
A 'oh damn, I uploaded the wrong word document, sorry!' may or may not be actually true, but I'll probably believe you had a complete fic all along.

+1

I'll be much more forgiving of this than if a new story or major revisions show up. I'd probably go to the mods with that, not asking for a pinch hit but because I'm annoyed that it intentionally wasn't a complete story at the last possible due date.