Upgrading Old Stories?

[atenai]

I've rewritten several of my early stories and I'd like to post them, but I feel silly posting "XYZ Revamp" when I would rather edit/overwrite the old ones. Is editing possible? You'd think I'd been around long enough to figure things out, but no.

Thanks for any advice/guidance.

 

[sr71plt]

Have you read the submissions FAQs? They give instructions on editing your posted story.

http://www.literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05313767

 

[Darkniciad]

The FAQs are just a bit vague, though. Copy pasta time

Here's the editing method for Lit.

• Take note of the url of your story/chapter. That's the address appearing in the address bar of your browser when you view the first page of your story. You really only need the last part after the /s/ that represents your title.
• Start a new submission.
• Use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *EDIT*
• Fill in the same category, then fill description and keywords with placeholders, as they don't matter. ( Unless one of these things are what you're editing )
• If editing the story text, paste/upload the new text in the "story text" section. You need to upload the whole story, not just the edited sections. If editing anything else, copy the "notes" section detailed below in order to fill this section.
• In the "notes" section, say what you are editing. If story text, then put that. If title, then put the requested NEW title here. You can fill in edited descriptions/keywords/category above, but you'll still want to list any such changes here. It's a good idea to list the url that I mentioned in step 1. This is unique to every story/chapter, and can help eliminate the potential for human error. As mentioned above, if you are editing something other than the story text, copy what you put in the notes section to the "story text" as well. This is simply because there must be something in that section for you to submit.
• Click "Review", then "Submit"

Edits are subject to the same wait time as a new story. Laurel has said that edit requests have low priority, but I have also seen edits go up in bulk in far less time than a story usually requires to post, though. So, it could be shorter, or it could be longer than the normal wait for a story to post.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list before worrying that your changes haven't been applied. Changes may not all appear at the same time, either. Page 1 may change, while page 2 will remain the same until an hour or so later. Be patient as the system catches up.

If you edit the story in this manner ( as opposed to deleting and re-submitting ) you'll retain your votes, views, comments, etc. The only thing that will be changed is what you say that you want changed. It will not appear on the New List again.

If you wish to delete a story, use much the same method, except put something such as *DELETE* in the title, and say that you want to delete the story in question in the "notes" section.

If you wish to delete all of your stories, an entire series, etc., then use the normal delete process, but explain in the "notes" section that you want to do a mass delete, and what type.

Convoluted, but it does work. It gets a little easier as you get used to it.

 

[slyc_willie]

If you wish to delete all of your stories, an entire series, etc., then use the normal delete process, but explain in the "notes" section that you want to do a mass delete, and what type.

I just did this on an unfinished series that's been languishing for the last several years. It's been about three days already, and I don't anticipate that they'll be gone tomorrow. I submitted only a single DELETE "story," with an explanation in the notes field stating that I wanted all six chapters removed. I wasn't sure if that's how it was done, but after reading your post, I think I more or less did it right.

 

[atenai]

Thank you both for your link and explanations. It didn't occur to me to check submission details, since I assumed I was looking for an edit button that didn't exist. Now I need to decide if some of the series that have edits deserve total overhauls... but that can come next.

Many thanks, if only I'd asked sooner!
~A