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small edits

Submitted by judyanne on Sun, 2012-06-24 01:38

sometimes i itch to change just one word, or insert or remove a bit of punctuation in one of my works, but am reluctant to, as an edit would take it to the top of the stream and i feel bad when i've not really edited as such...

is there any way around this?
- perhaps something could be installed to allow us to prevent a poem going to the top of the stream in these cases?

how do others feel i wonder?

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Roscoe Lane

Sun, 2012-06-24 05:56

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I have had the same thoughts, sorry, i have no solutions. I'll have to leave it to the technicians.. Love Roscoe..

Roscoe Llane,

Religion will rip your faith off, and return
for the mask of disbelief that's left.

judyanne

Sun, 2012-06-24 10:34

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i suppose i should've put this in the ideas section - i have only just noticed that there is one lol

i think i will just swallow hard and edit when the urge gets too great :)
love judy
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

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scribbler

Sun, 2012-06-24 07:41

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I know exactly what you mean. When I do these tiny edits I usually do them in bunches late at night so they'll get shoved downstream quickly. The problem is being discussed by the Ac and all if I'm not mistaken but these technical things are often more difficult to accomplish than one would think. I used to place(tiny edit) next to title when such was the case and for now I guess that's the only solution. But you know, sometime even changing one word can make a major difference.............stan

judyanne

Sun, 2012-06-24 10:36

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yes - it would be an idea to do them as you do - in bulk at a quiet time... but lol - i haven't worked out when the 'quiet' time is as, considering the different time zones of the globe, there is somebody up somewhere in the world at any given moment....
:)

love judy
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

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