Adding tags to a published story?

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

I published a story and somehow forgot the add tags. Can I edit to add them?

I cannot figure out where to go to edit a published story.

I am sure I saw a FAQ page on the "submit" screen but now that the story is submitted I can't get back to that page.

I am using the mobile version of Lit if that makes a difference.

I am sure there is probably big red edit button staring me in the face that I am missing.

 

[ElectricBlue]

You'll have to resubmit the story and add your tags. Resubmit the same text, same title, plus the word EDIT. Add a Note to the Editor that you're adding tags.

Check first, though. Laurel might have tagged the story for you, already.

It'll take a week or two to process. Edits are low priority.

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

So I do it as a new entry?

Same process as if I was going to submit new story but I cut and paste the original text and title into it? And then the new version will overwrite the original with the same URL and stuff?

I don't edit or modify the existing entry?

Am I understanding you correctly?

I don't want to create a duplicate in error.

Thank you for your help!

I seem to have left out the description too. Its my first time. There was a lot going on on the submission screen

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

Also what is the little graph with the 551?

I figured out the heart and the star. But I can't figure out the little bar graph.

 

[stickygirl]

Also what is the little graph with the 551?

I figured out the heart and the star. But I can't figure out the little bar graph.

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Number of times it's been open. To the right, your ranking from 4 votes is 4.25

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

551 people opened that in the 4 hours since it went live?

I must be good at creating enticing titles.

Is 500 views off the bat a normal baseline? Like due to automated bot traffic and crawlers and stuff? Or are there just that many people who click on all the new stories?

And thank you to both of you walking me through this. I am not getting carried away with stats and stars. This is not Pulitzer Prize material here. I don't expect to need to prepare an acceptance speech for the Literotica Writer Awards Banquet.

I wrote if for my own enjoyment and published it in case someone else might like it. If they do...cool. If they don't.... zero fucks are given.

 

[ElectricBlue]

So I do it as a new entry?

Same process as if I was going to submit new story but I cut and paste the original text and title into it? And then the new version will overwrite the original with the same URL and stuff?

I don't edit or modify the existing entry?

Am I understanding you correctly?

I don't want to create a duplicate in error.

Thank you for your help!

I seem to have left out the description too. Its my first time. There was a lot going on on the submission screen

Yes, that's why EDIT in the title is key. Upload the same text, same title (plus EDIT), add your tags (ten is the limit, choose carefully), and the Note to the Editor; preview, and submit.

Usually, edits are for corrections or changes in the content, but to change tags, you've still got to get it in front of the site editor, and this is the only way to do it. Once a story is published, only the edit process can change it, you can't go in by yourself and change things.

Your story does have a sub-title, by the way. If you didn't add it, Laurel (the site editor) must have added it.

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

Your story does have a sub-title, by the way. If you didn't add it, Laurel (the site editor) must have added it.

Yeah I think I did that while not paying attention. I was getting frustrated with the portal late at night for technical reasons and I am pretty sure I deleted my tags and then put the title into the sub-title field.

New guy user error.

Oh well.

Again though....I appreciate your help! It's nice to see folks happy to help out the confused.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Is 500 views off the bat a normal baseline? Like due to automated bot traffic and crawlers and stuff? Or are there just that many people who click on all the new stories?

Depends on category. Some categories get vastly more traffic than others, but Lit has millions of readers, so yes, people clicking in.

Don't assume that Views means they've read it though, there's no single indicator for that. None of us know for sure how many actually read a story all the way through. My rule of thumb (based on a million plus words over the last eight years) is maybe 20%, one in a hundred will vote, and one in a thousand will comment.

 

[TallGlassOfSarcasm]

Depends on category. Some categories get vastly more traffic than others, but Lit has millions of readers, so yes, people clicking in.

Don't assume that Views means they've read it though, there's no single indicator for that. None of us know for sure how many actually read a story all the way through. My rule of thumb (based on a million plus words over the last eight years) is maybe 20%, one in a hundred will vote, and one in a thousand will comment.

I like that about Amazon. It will tell you how many pages have actually been turned (one assumes someone turning pages is actually reading them but....that might be a leap)

 

[Duleigh]

I must be good at creating enticing titles.

An enticing title really helps things along. I wrote a story about a young IR couple who are in Luxembourg to celebrate with her brother and his new wife. The couple has a silly spy vs evil Asian spy game that they play, and they just realized that they were in Europe, they could really play. I put the story in Erotic Couplings and named it Serendipitous Liaison because the couple is very bright (they both eventually earn a doctorate) but it looks like this is above the heads of readers looking for a stroker, I even added an enticing tag line:

The Dragon Lady meets Agent Double Oh Seven and Five Eighths.​

You would think that people would pick up on that, but no, they can't get past the title that with two words burns up eight entire syllables. It's been roundly ignored for eleven months drawing a grand total of 1,661 page views. It's a side story to a multi chapter story named "We're a Wonderful Wife" but since the story doesn't reveal WHY it's called that in the first chapter, the readership drops off quickly when the readers discover that the playful young couple save themselves until marriage.

Pro Tip: You can download all of your story stats in .csv format that will open in any spreadsheet program. In your Control Panel, on the Works page, on the right side of the search bar you'll see an icon that depicts an arrow pointing down into a brick. Click on that to get all your states including up to the minute rating, view count, vote count and more.