katherynefromphilly replied to your post “It’s difficult, in an extremely specific way, to file the serial...”
Oh wise @copperbadge -- What are your thoughts about rewriting old stories, in terms of posting them? Do you leave the original as-is and post a new version? Maybe as a transformative work of the original? Or do you edit the original (possibly upsetting people who may love every word)? Thoughts? Thanks!
I haven’t done a ton of extensive rewrites, and usually if I did it was on a WIP. I kind of feel like once a fic is finished, it’s okay to let it go. Especially if someone has podficced it, I’m reluctant to alter it, because then the podficcer has to deal with that or not, as the case may be.
On the rare occasions I’ve done significant overhaul, usually I’ve posted the revised verison to AO3 with notes saying “Here are some changes I made”. If I were going to keep both up, I’d probably rename the first one as “Old Draft” and the new one as “Revised version”, the same way they do with textbooks.
perevision replied to your post “It’s difficult, in an extremely specific way, to file the serial...”
Sam this is SO GOOD. Your Remus and Sirius are my favourite because they are ADULTS, not aged-up Marauders, and they may be mischievous and impulsive but they think and they care so, so much. Can’t wait to see what you do with one of my all time favourite fics
Thanks! That’s actually a huge part of a discussion they have right before Dumbledore arrives -- Sirius is like “He’s expecting me to shout and you to be the obedient prefect, but he hasn’t seen us in about seven years and we’ve both done some growing-up. Let’s use that.”
chibi-blue-scapula replied to your post “It’s difficult, in an extremely specific way, to file the serial...”
Where can I find the whole fic? This is awesome
The rewrite isn’t available yet, and won’t be for some time, but the initial fic it’s derived from is available here: Stealing Harry
eimearkuopio replied to your post “It’s difficult, in an extremely specific way, to file the serial...”
I am SO EXCITED. This was the fic that led to us first speaking, lo those many moons ago, and I was always sad that you didn't finish it - but I also really understood why, given everything that happened in canon.
Yeah, it is exciting to revisit it, I just hope I can keep the momentum going. Stealing Harry was such a formative event in my mid-twenties, it’s fun to look back on it. And it’s still a very comforting story to me.