Heh. Yeah, that's the strong disincentive for publishing a story in "write-it-as-I-go" form: it's a whole lot harder to go back and change things once I've already put it out there and someone has read the alt version. ;)

I've actually done some proofing and feedback on some friends who have written fiction, and it can be quite bewildering at times trying to remember what IS and IS NO LONGER true at a given point when major revisions are made to the story's timeline in the course of the writer's attempts to edit it into the form that he wants (due to writing himself into a corner, or major editing to try to cut down to a word-count limit, or response to critical feedback from a potential publisher, etc.).