Renaming published stories

[willendorfer]

Is there some way I can rename some of my stories that I've already published? I wrote one story, then decided I wanted to do more with those characters so I wrote a sequel. Now there's 4 stories in the series, and I'd like to give the series a name. But I see no way to rename or edit a story that's already been published.

 

[NotWise]

Is there some way I can rename some of my stories that I've already published? I wrote one story, then decided I wanted to do more with those characters so I wrote a sequel. Now there's 4 stories in the series, and I'd like to give the series a name. But I see no way to rename or edit a story that's already been published.

You probably need to contact Laurel. I did that once, and she renamed the stories for me. An alternative might be to submit the changes as edits, with a note to Laurel about what you're doing.

 

[RejectReality]

Copy pasta time! ( I keep this around, as the subject comes up frequently. Covers far more than your specific question, but may answer questions for others in the process )

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/chapter, 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 have a lower priority than new stories, and may take longer to process.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list or from the "pending" folder 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.

Keep in mind that infrastructure changes have caused the series code to go a bit wonky. It doesn't always group stories into a series at the moment.

 

[oggbashan]

Is there some way I can rename some of my stories that I've already published? I wrote one story, then decided I wanted to do more with those characters so I wrote a sequel. Now there's 4 stories in the series, and I'd like to give the series a name. But I see no way to rename or edit a story that's already been published.

The easiest way is a PM to Laurel, giving the URLs of the stories you want to be part of the series, and how they should be titled e.g:

My story
The first sequel
Second sequel
End

to be

Story: Chapter 01
Story: Chapter 02
Story: Chapter 03
Story: Chapter 04

You can add subtitles to the request:

Story: Chapter 01 Subtitle They meet...

 

[RejectReality]

PMing Laurel may be the easiest way, but it's not the preferred way.

Doing it via the editing process provides Laurel with a much easier way to access your account and make the changes. There are and always have been disconnects between the forum and the story side.

 

[Kantarii]

I re titled a story of mine recently. I changed it from “The M.A.N.T.I.S” to “The Mantis”. It was fairly easily done. I re submitted the story as if it was titled first - to read “The M.A.N.T.I.S.”- EDIT. Then, I copy pasted the same story I wanted to change the title. At the bottom, there is a section for notes to the admin. I put a short note saying I wanted the title changed to read as “The Mantis”. It took 4-5 days, but Laurel changed it with no problem. This is the fastest, easiest way it can be done.
Kant

Bless her heart She puts up with enough headaches from me without a complaint.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Is there some way I can rename some of my stories that I've already published? I wrote one story, then decided I wanted to do more with those characters so I wrote a sequel. Now there's 4 stories in the series, and I'd like to give the series a name. But I see no way to rename or edit a story that's already been published.

It's in the FAQs, specifically the "Submissions" section: https://www.literotica.com/faq/

 

[willendorfer]

How do I contact Laurel? I've solved the title renaming problem but I've got another problem concerning stories that I wrote under another username.

 

[KeithD]

How do I contact Laurel? I've solved the title renaming problem but I've got another problem concerning stories that I wrote under another username.

Private Message (PM), upper right of this page, addressed to "Laurel".