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How To Revive Old Stories and Why You Should
When it comes to writing online, never invest and forget
There are many benefits to writing online, but one of the main ones is something many writers don’t think about: the ability to edit your story after you publish it. You can revive a story that’s been languishing unread for months and get it moving again. You can also “re-write your wrongs” by correcting misspellings, errors in grammar and formatting, and inaccurate statements. It’s an advantage print writers can only dream about. Use it!
Fix spelling and grammatical errors
The most obvious reason to edit after publishing is to correct an error. A few months ago, I wrote a story about ancient Rome. It was pretty popular with close to 2,000 views, but it wasn’t until two months after I published it that I found out there was a glaring error in the text.
As a writer, your reputation is precious, so protect and nourish it.
A reader pointed out that I had misspelled “Colosseum.” Spellcheck missed it because the way I originally spelled it in my story (coliseum) would have been perfectly acceptable if I had been speaking about someplace else. It’s just that the name of the famous landmark in Rome has a…
