Noob question about story titles

[LucilleCF]

So, I have a story, 'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet', that I'm in the process of writing an addendum to.

Not a sequel, an addendum.

However, I want it to appear as a sequel in my listed works so that readers can easily see that the two stories are connected.

My problem is that I am currently under the impression that the only way to make a story show up as a 'series' is to give all the chapters the same starting title. But if I do that, my addendum will end up having a very long title:

'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet: Micheal's Dream'

Am I wrong in my assumptions? If not, does anyone have any advice on how I should proceed? Should I just bite the bullet and go with the long title?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I didn't see anything when I searched.

 

[oggbashan]

So, I have a story, 'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet', that I'm in the process of writing an addendum to.

Not a sequel, an addendum.

However, I want it to appear as a sequel in my listed works so that readers can easily see that the two stories are connected.

My problem is that I am currently under the impression that the only way to make a story show up as a 'series' is to give all the chapters the same starting title. But if I do that, my addendum will end up having a very long title:

'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet: Micheal's Dream'

Am I wrong in my assumptions? If not, does anyone have any advice on how I should proceed? Should I just bite the bullet and go with the long title?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I didn't see anything when I searched.

Add '02' to the first title and put 'Michael's Dream' as the sub-title.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Try "Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet, Part 02 " and put the subtitle at the front of the short blurb, eg: Addendum, Michael's Dream (spelling?).

Laurel will add Part 01 to the existing story, and join them together on your story page.

 

[Bramblethorn]

So, I have a story, 'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet', that I'm in the process of writing an addendum to.

Not a sequel, an addendum.

However, I want it to appear as a sequel in my listed works so that readers can easily see that the two stories are connected.

My problem is that I am currently under the impression that the only way to make a story show up as a 'series' is to give all the chapters the same starting title. But if I do that, my addendum will end up having a very long title:

'Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet: Micheal's Dream'

Am I wrong in my assumptions? If not, does anyone have any advice on how I should proceed? Should I just bite the bullet and go with the long title?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I didn't see anything when I searched.

If you want it to be formally linked as a sequel, then yes, it needs to repeat the starting title. I'm not certain whether the example you give will work or not; I know "BlahBlah" followed by "BlahBlah Ch. 02" will work, but as you say that could cause length problems.

An alternative is to pick a title that will go immediately after it in alphabetical order, and then avoid creating any titles that would fit between them. So:

Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet
Indecent Proposals Epilogue: Micheal's Dream

This won't tag it as a sequel per se, but it should make it pretty obvious to any reader browsing through your story page.

 

[LucilleCF]

Yeah, after I made the post, I realized that my concern was a little silly. If not completely OCD.

Thanks for replying, though.

 

[oggbashan]

Yeah, after I made the post, I realized that my concern was a little silly. If not completely OCD.

Thanks for replying, though.

If you don't ask you won't get answers.

 

[RejectReality]

Actually, if the series code was working as originally programmed ( which it does not seem to be doing currently, after some of the infrastructure updates ) then Indecent Proposals: Epilogue would have serialized properly.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=525847&page=submissions

It perfectly handled both Danica Prelude and Danica: Epilogue.

Again, I wouldn't make any large bets on it now. The series code has been wonky since one of the major infrastructure upgrades.

Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet
Indecent Proposals Epilogue: Micheal's Dream

This won't tag it as a sequel per se, but it should make it pretty obvious to any reader browsing through your story page.

 

[KeithD]

Try "Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet, Part 02 " and put the subtitle at the front of the short blurb, eg: Addendum, Michael's Dream (spelling?).

Laurel will add Part 01 to the existing story, and join them together on your story page.

Unfortunately, that's too long for the system to take. Not much more than the original chunk of title will fit in the title field here.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If you want it to be formally linked as a sequel, then yes, it needs to repeat the starting title. I'm not certain whether the example you give will work or not; I know "BlahBlah" followed by "BlahBlah Ch. 02" will work, but as you say that could cause length problems.

An alternative is to pick a title that will go immediately after it in alphabetical order, and then avoid creating any titles that would fit between them. So:

Indecent Proposals at 30,000 Feet
Indecent Proposals Epilogue: Micheal's Dream

This won't tag it as a sequel per se, but it should make it pretty obvious to any reader browsing through your story page.

Well said... ^^^^^

I'm currently doing that with one I published a long while ago and thought of to more stories I could write. So the two new titles will have....

- Again
- Once Again

appended to them so they line up correctly.

It actually might. I have two stories that start with A Night Out With xxxxxxx, they are listed as a series and have nothing whatsoever to do with each other.

 

[Voboy]

Try "Indecent Proposals at 31,000 Feet." The third installment could be 32,000 feet, etc. Lit will alphabetize them in sequence.