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Apparently some writers don't like to reread their old stories, since they either get bored (knowing everything that happens, and then some), or they wince at how (comparatively) awful they were X number of years ago.

I am... hmm... stuck-up enough, perhaps? Anyway, I like my writing well enough that I occasionally read my stories for entertainment -- though, granted, not for at least a month after I post them, so as to give myself time to recover from being thoroughly sick of editing them -- and I have yet to really wince at any major issues.

But I do find myself wanting to tweak some of the paragraph divisions. And the typos. Oh my god, the typos. It's like nails on a chalkboard every time I run into one, especially since I try so damn hard to root them out before I post anything.

I was just skimming over "Paint the Town" on ff.net, and there are two minor little typos (one switched word order -- 'he was' instead of 'was he' -- and one wrong word -- 'again' instead of 'against') that are going to itch at the back of my mind until I find some free time to go fix them.

Maybe I should stop rereading my stories. It just makes extra work for me.

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In more productive news, I wrote another 200 words of "Locked Room Problems." Giles and Indiana Jones have flipped a coin to choose positions, and are now negotiating with the demonic fertility goddess over just what counts as sex, and how long they have to keep at it before she'll let them go.

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I should probably stop paying attention to plot bunnies that come with sex scenes attached. I'm not very good at them, and they embarrass the hell out of me while I'm writing. That slows everything down.

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