I just noticed I made a ridiculous mistake

cranappleberri

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I was just looking through my chapters and noticed in the first 3 chapters, I used first person, then on the fourth chapter, I switched to third person.:blob_facepalm: Time to go through my writing and fix it all:blob_frown:

What's the most embarrassing mistake you've made and published?
 

cranappleberri

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17K words of telling instead of showing. I'm still learning, but my first pass was bad.
*wince* It's great that you realized that! I've read books from veteran published authors who continue to make that mistake and it's disappointing!
Wrote like 240 KWords in the wrong PoV.

Thankfully never published, but it was a near thing (almost sold the story to Baen)
oops!:blob_sweat:
 

SirContro

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Nothing because I'm
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Other than posting chapters to the wrong story, the same one you did (except it was chapters seven and eight in third person in an otherwise first person story - caught it as I was about to upload 8)
 

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I was just looking through my chapters and noticed in the first 3 chapters, I used first person, then on the fourth chapter, I switched to third person.:blob_facepalm: Time to go through my writing and fix it all:blob_frown:

What's the most embarrassing mistake you've made and published?
Princess Rosalynd's eyes are light green.

Twice I described them as dark green. I hate when I do that.
Then I have Ranía wearing a blue dress at the end of one chapter, and at the beginning of the next chapter it's white.
 

cranappleberri

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Princess Rosalynd's eyes are light green.

Twice I described them as dark green. I hate when I do that.
Then I have Ranía wearing a blue dress at the end of one chapter, and at the beginning of the next chapter it's white.
Ahh, the classic continuity errors💔
 
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