Shared works....erm. Tech Q

by A Fox
27th June 2013

Hello. I just shared another piece of my work, part 2 of the chapter I had previously shared....but it seems to have replaced the original body of text rather than creating a new 'share'. Is this correct? Or have I/the site malfunctioned?

Help most welcome, cheers ;)

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I did. I don't read fantasy, so won't comment on the story as I probably wouldn't be objective, which isn't really fair.

On the technical side, though, and assuming the piece is 'fantasy medieval' period, you might want to look at contractions in the narrative. Fine in speech, I'd say, but my own view is 'apparent period' makes them look wrong to a reader.

The other thing to watch is anachronisms. Regular fantasy readers might be happy with 'brat' (one example) but its use rather grated on me.

Hope those might be some help. Or not :)

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That's what I've done....feel free to have a gander ;)

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A Fox
28/06/2013

If you copy and paste the new piece over the old, you'll retain the original comments, too. You can only get rid of those if you 'delete' the piece then refresh the page before adding new stuff.

Unless they've changed the latter since I last posted work :)

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