How long do you have to wait on this site ?

[jessbb]

I thought, ok Ill submit a story to go onto the Literotica site
thinking one or two days and it should be up there

so I submitted my Emma Watson story

Im now into week two of endless waiting.
no communication atall, except for replies in this forum.

surely someone could let me know whats happening ?

 

[HandsInTheDark]

My record was about 3 weeks.

People here can't answer your question. There's one person who reviews posted stories and she gets to things as she gets to things. Try to cultivate patience.

 

[sr71plt]

The one I have waiting will take three days (it now lists a posting date). Most of the time it's two days. Two weeks means it's hung up (or it's been rejected and you don't understand how to see that it has been rejected)--but you give us no particulars to help you on why that is. If you've been sending admin e-mails, they don't open or answer them. That's their bad, but they obviously don't care. Send Laurel, the sole submissions editor, a direct PM (private message--message system at the upper right of this page), if you haven't done so already. You give us no clues on what is wrong, so only she can help you.

 

[Misshotndeep]

I thought, ok Ill submit a story to go onto the Literotica site
thinking one or two days and it should be up there

so I submitted my Emma Watson story

Im now into week two of endless waiting.
no communication atall, except for replies in this forum.

surely someone could let me know whats happening ?

There are a lot of stories submitted in a day and few to read them. I think ultimately under 3 people do this task. So yeah, it takes time. This is a non pay site so there aren't exactly a lot of folks lining up for that job. Relax. To many people are in instance gratification mode. This will be a learning experience.

 

[_Lynn_]

There are a lot of stories submitted in a day and few to read them. I think ultimately under 3 people do this task. So yeah, it takes time. This is a non pay site so there aren't exactly a lot of folks lining up for that job. Relax. To many people are in instance gratification mode. This will be a learning experience.

Laurel, the site owner, is the only one who reads submissions.

 

[Misshotndeep]

Laurel, the site owner, is the only one who reads submissions.

So she has read every one of the thousands of stories that has ever been posted. Yeah. Waiting is not a bad thing. I mean she could get sick. Just wait.

 

[sr71plt]

There are a lot of stories submitted in a day and few to read them. I think ultimately under 3 people do this task. So yeah, it takes time. This is a non pay site so there aren't exactly a lot of folks lining up for that job. Relax. To many people are in instance gratification mode. This will be a learning experience.

There's only one submissions editor here. Laurel. That said, the stories have normally been posted within two days for years. If it's an illustrated story, they bunch up a bit before posting, but the OP hasn't said it is--hasn't actually said enough about it for anyone to speculate what the problem is (although chances are good that if it defames Ema Watson, it was rejected).

If it's been two weeks, something is wrong, and it's probably not going to change without getting in contact with Laurel (via PM). Just wait advice isn't likely to help anything.

 

[sr71plt]

So she has read every one of the thousands of stories that has ever been posted. Yeah. Waiting is not a bad thing. I mean she could get sick. Just wait.

Might also not give advice without knowing what you're talking about. Not if you want to be helpful.

Laurel might be sick, but she's pumping the stories into the file per usual. That is easily checked before giving speculation.

 

[Misshotndeep]

Might also not give advice without knowing what you're talking about. Not if you want to be helpful.

Laurel might be sick, but she's pumping the stories into the file per usual. That is easily checked before giving speculation.

Don't get you dick in a twist asshat. I said they needed to be patience. WFT crawled up your shit hole? And I said under 3. Still counts.

 

[_Lynn_]

This was from another thread, some time ago:

Originally Posted by Laurel

Hi writers!

For clarification and future reference: we do allow characters under the age of 18 in stories. What we don't allow are stories in which characters under the age of 18 are involved in sexual situations. This includes as voyeurs, as the object of a voyeur, masturbation, having sexual thoughts, and so on.

We do allow references to past activity in stories so long as it is not explicit. For example, an adult character referencing his or her history - "I lost my virginity when I was 15" - is fine. Explicit and/or salacious details are not.

These are not new rules nor have our content rules changed in many years.

As far as things slipping through: one thing to realize is that the stories are not approved by a robot or script. They are approved by human eyes, which tire easily as I age. Every story must be formatted; tags, title, and description checked; and skimmed for content issues. The daily update takes hours. If I could find a way to do all this properly with a script, I would. But in the last 12+ years, the only way to do things right is to do it by hand, so to speak.

Mistakes happen. The site has been on a huge growth streak in the past year, with readership & unique visitors up nearly 20%. This means a corresponding growth in submissions. We want to post stories to the site as quickly as possible for you authors. We also want to make sure that the updates are as top-quality as they can be - with a minimum of formatting errors and no forbidden content inadvertently posted. Thorough checking of stories and timely posting is a balance we will continue to work to get right.

I'd like to be able to read every story through, but I can't. Reading 100+ stories/novels a night - much less formatting, tagging, etc. - is just not possible. So, if while skimming I see something that sends up a red flag and further reading doesn't clarify things, I often send it back to the author. If I stopped and read through each novel we receive to check on whether an underage character is sexually active at any point, I would be even further behind than I already am.

When a story is sent back to you for any reason, this is not a final rejection and it is not meant to be taken personally. This just means we have issues or questions. You are free to resubmit either with corrections - or, if you think we're wrong, an explanation of why we're wrong in the NOTES field.

If you believe your story was rejected in error, please open the submission, respond to the rejection in the NOTES field of the submission, and hit SUBMIT. Please do not add the word EDITED to the title, as that denotes someone editing an already approved story. Since we process all edits after the new stories are posted, adding the word EDITED to a title will cause a delay in the posting of your new story. If you are submitting an edit of a rejected story, simply open the rejected form, make the changes in that form, and hit SUBMIT. Do not start a new submission.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me anytime. PMs are faster than emails.

Thanks everybody, especially those who let me know about this thread - and have a great weekend!

 

[sr71plt]

Don't get you dick in a twist asshat. I said they needed to be patience. WFT crawled up your shit hole? And I said under 3. Still counts.

I don't have much sympathy for disinformation by people who don't know what the hell they are talking about but are anxious to share their disinformation to make others confused and unhelped. That seems more that definition of an asshat to me.

And he doesn't need to be patient. The transaction is dead in the water. He needs a whole lot better information than you have given him.

 

[jessbb]

good or bad ... at least this is some feedback after what has been
8 days of silence

ok Ill go pm Laurel

 

[oggbashan]

I thought, ok Ill submit a story to go onto the Literotica site
thinking one or two days and it should be up there

so I submitted my Emma Watson story

Im now into week two of endless waiting.
no communication atall, except for replies in this forum.

surely someone could let me know whats happening ?

Whatever you do, DO NOT CLICK ON THE BLUE PENDING BUTTON.

That sends it to the back of the queue each time

If the Blue Pending has changed to grey, then your story has been approved and will be posted in the next 24 hours or so.

If you don't have a blue 'pending' or your story is not shown in your personal area, then you haven't submitted the story correctly.

When in doubt about the length of time you have been waiting, send a polite PM (Personal Message) to Laurel. That is the ONLY way to communicate with her.

First time writers are scanned more thoroughly than established authors, so the process will take longer, but not as long as you have waited.

If your story is rejected, you can click on the 'rejected' to get a reason why it has been rejected - e.g. formatting, apparent under-age sex, etc.

 

[sr71plt]

jessbb:

First, is your story submitted to the Audio or Illustrated categories? If so, posting of these take longer. I have no idea how much longer. Those posting to these categories can help you, if this is the case. (Laurel, contacted through the PM system can also help you.)

Otherwise, posting normally is taking two days. Certainly not eight days.

If not in these categories, open your Submission/view page. The last column on the right is the status column. It should read "approved," "pending," or "rejected."

If it reads "approved" and hasn't posted or "pending" and it was submitted eight days ago, there probably is a system's problem that isn't going to work itself out without intervention. Time to contact Laurel via the PM system.

Does it read "rejected"? If so, it's not going to go anyplace either without that being cleared. If it reads "rejected," click on that. A reason will be given. Often it's a reason that you can't see as legitimate. Laurel only scans the stories, so sometimes she "suspects" there's something in the story that it should be rejected, even if there isn't, and she rejects it. If that's the case, you can resubmit the story as is with an explanation in the "Notes" box and maybe it will be posted. If the reason it's been rejected is for something that is in the story, you can adjust the story, resubmit, and put a note the Notes box that you fixed that.

If you don't understand the rejection note, post it here verbatim and someone might help you figure it out.

Keep in mind that if you have Emma Watson (you say it's an Emma Watson story) doing anything that might hurt her reputation that you can't show in public media that she's actually done, both you and the Web site are open to a defamation of character suit, and that might be a reason for having the story rejected. We do have a celebrity category, so there must be an edge of what is tolerated for the Web site (which would be as responsible as the author would be in a lawsuit--and a whole lot easier to touch) to be willing to post celebrity stories on a sex site. That too should be worked out with Laurel via PM.

As far as the varied advice you've been given here, if you check, you find some who have given advice on the time delay of posting stories haven't posted a single story to Literotica themselves (which raises the question of "how the hell do they know?"). Nuff said on that, I think.

 

[jessbb]

Thanks for the advice.... its my first ever submission so Im new to all this ....

here is what I saw......

we've found that we cannot post your submission in its current form. The checklist below may help you in re-examining your manuscript.

1. Kindly fix and submit earlier chapters.
2. Please fix the punctuation of your dialogue. The convention is that you include periods, commas, exclamation points, or question marks inside the quotes. The essay "How to Make Characters Talk" in our Writer's Resources section has more information on the formatting of dialogue if you have further questions.

Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find


Ive just sent an e mail to a volunteer editor... so hopefully... he will respond !

 

[NotWise]

You may have a better chance of getting an editor by visiting the editor's hangout forum.

 

[sr71plt]

Thanks for the advice.... its my first ever submission so Im new to all this ....

here is what I saw......

we've found that we cannot post your submission in its current form. The checklist below may help you in re-examining your manuscript.

1. Kindly fix and submit earlier chapters.
2. Please fix the punctuation of your dialogue. The convention is that you include periods, commas, exclamation points, or question marks inside the quotes. The essay "How to Make Characters Talk" in our Writer's Resources section has more information on the formatting of dialogue if you have further questions.

Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find


Ive just sent an e mail to a volunteer editor... so hopefully... he will respond !

That isn't too bad, considering the rejections that were possible. However, you are walking from one disaster to another. The volunteer editor system here is hopelessly broken, and it will be a miracle if you got through the maze of no response, response but no follow through, and miraculously ending up with an "editor" in that system who, though, knows nothing more about writing than you do. Suggest you ask for help on the Editor forum, query one of the folks saying they are available for editing in one of the sticky threads at the top of the Editor forum, or negotiate a shared read on another sticky thread there.

I have no idea would the "earlier chapters" issue is. Any idea how you got that response?

The punctuation issue is a frequent one here. Sometimes the difference between American and British punctuation (this is an American site and may prefer American style--or not understand when the British style is correct for the British system). Someone taking up your problem from the Editors forum should be able to help you with that without too much difficulty. Be sure to mention what category it is and how many words. If it's short (less than 5,000 words), I could help you with the punctuation cleanup--you could PM me and I'd give you an address to attach it to an e-mail message in Word. You'd have to figure out the Word tracking system to get it cleaned up.

 

[lovecraft68]

The whole thing is a joke.

Look around at some of the horrifically punctuated and formatted stories here. The OP just happened to have the one story out of forty badly punctuated ones the site felt like looking at.

Just keep hitting submit it will go through. Or create another pen name and see what happens. Odds are it goes through.

 

[sr71plt]

Just so "no one" missing what happened here. The OP's story was rejected, but the OP didn't know how to know that (understandably. It's not exactly clear). Soooo, the OP could have waited patiently until the dinosaurs came back to New York's Central Park, and nothing was going to happen.

 

[Learin]

The whole thing is a joke.

Look around at some of the horrifically punctuated and formatted stories here. The OP just happened to have the one story out of forty badly punctuated ones the site felt like looking at.

Just keep hitting submit it will go through. Or create another pen name and see what happens. Odds are it goes through.

This story would be a fine example:

https://www.literotica.com/s/boat-shopping-ends-up-in-mfm-sex

 

[KingsWoman]

I hope you get your story edited and published again soon.

Audio stories can take a lot longer. I once waited three weeks for one to post. I've been waiting ten days for my latest story. Hopefully next week it might upload. (It's an illustrated audio story so I understand I might have to be more patient.)

If there's a competition and you are entering an audio story, Laurel gets it sorted out more quickly for you.

 

[49greg]

Thanks for the advice.... its my first ever submission so Im new to all this ....

here is what I saw......

we've found that we cannot post your submission in its current form. The checklist below may help you in re-examining your manuscript.

1. Kindly fix and submit earlier chapters.
2. Please fix the punctuation of your dialogue. The convention is that you include periods, commas, exclamation points, or question marks inside the quotes. The essay "How to Make Characters Talk" in our Writer's Resources section has more information on the formatting of dialogue if you have further questions.

Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find


Ive just sent an e mail to a volunteer editor... so hopefully... he will respond !

That's very similar to the rejection notice I got on my first story. I didn't get the "1." note about earlier chapters, but did get the "2." note. And I had horribly botched the punctuation.

Good luck and don't let it get you down.

 

[Boxerwing]

This story would be a fine example:

https://www.literotica.com/s/boat-shopping-ends-up-in-mfm-sex

Whoa. That's...interesting to say the least.

 

[sr71plt]

The scanning is hit or miss on the site, which is understandable considering only one person is doing a great volume of it day in and day out. What is preventable is the insult of marking something you didn't really read as "rejected" on the supposition that something is there that you didn't spend the time to find. It would be far more respectful to mark it as "query" and not to set the author's teeth on edge from the get go.

 

[Gorza]

2. Please fix the punctuation of your dialogue. The convention is that you include periods, commas, exclamation points, or question marks inside the quotes. The essay "How to Make Characters Talk" in our Writer's Resources section has more information on the formatting of dialogue if you have further questions.

This is odd. You're British and I'm British. I've published here with British-style punctuation without problem. Perhaps you need to reply that you're British and you're using punctuation that is correct in the UK. However, if your punctuation is a bit messed up, then there is something that needs to be fixed.