Sci-Fi, fantasy and speculative Indie Authors Review discussion

It's been a full month and some change since I have been on here. Great news I was doing my books proofing, well first round of it. Second round my partner is doing it. Four more chapters to go and my manuscript is out on the market.
Which brings me to proofings:
Hey I love them, you get to look at your work with a fresh pair of eyes and pick out errors better by reading out loud.
'but" then you fall into land of could've, should've and damn it land. Clarification wishing you should've made a character more vibrant or you should've killed off a particular character earlier.
From what I learned from proofing my own work. And being a hard ass on myself. After reading all 300 plus pages I can honestly say my Manuscript is unpredictable and I exceeded my expectation on the check off list I made for myself.
To me and asking myself why I like my manuscript, my mind still says it's unpredictable and it's mean nasty ride people are going to have losing themselves in it.
Still I want to make changes to some things but it will jeopardize all of the edits. Have any of you went through this, bit your tongue and made a note to yourself on what not to do when you write, your next work.

I'll change it after 10 times through if I think it males it better.

Robert wrote: "I'll change it after 10 times through if I think it males it better."

Same here. Make it as good as it can be.

Imowen...I want to make changes to some things but it will jeopardize all of the edits.

Are you saying the changes will change the entire plot?

Robert wrote: "Imowen...I want to make changes to some things but it will jeopardize all of the edits.

Are you saying the changes will change the entire plot?"

Bingo!
Once you change something then end up changing the entire flow of the book. Consider like eating popcorn, you can't eat one kernel and leave it be can you?
Give you good example:
I wish I could've added more hint to the reader that main characters best friend was exaggerating about her murderous past. If I had changed that the 'entire' chapter would've been re done. It's like mechanics, mess up one cog things go fubar.

Robert wrote: "I'll change it after 10 times through if I think it males it better."

You're talking about revisions.You can do that 100 times over. Proofing I am talking about all the edits are done and I was just looking for errors and answering the editors questions.

I figure if you find a typo, the editors will fix it, but if you want to change a couple of chapters, do the editors charge you by the word, by the hour, or recharge you for all the deal again?

If the editors have too many questions, would you change it then?

I know exactly what you mean about flow. For me, polished writing is always the hardest to change because it's kind of fixed. It's like trying to reshape setting cement.

It's really up to you, but remember those changed sections would have to edited/proofed again which costs money and time. You've obviously spent a long time thinking about your book and getting it edited. Don't end up with 'rough' patches containing typo's and clunk. It's bad for your reputation and the reputation of your editor/proofreader.

Maybe discuss the changes with your editor/beta readers first. Make sure they're critical. Remember you're very close to your work at this stage. You probably see things casual readers would never notice. Conversely, they can see issues to which you're completely blind.