Changing Story Categories

[cedarlooman]

I submitted a story and labelled it as Fetish since it involved shaving. I see it is not getting many reads, and I think it is because of the label. It is actually more of an erotic coupling, it was just that shaving was the foreplay. Is there any way to change the category for it?

Sorry, first post and all.

 

[Darkniciad]

Cue Copy/Pasta

Here's the editing method for Lit.

• Take note of the Lit ID# of your story/chapter. That's the number appearing at the end of the URL in the address bar of your browser when you view the first page of your story.
• 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. 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 Lit ID# 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. I have seen edits go up in bulk in far less time than a story usually requires to post, though.

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.

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

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Specifics for category change: Change the category to the new one on the new submission, list the category change in the "notes" section. Copy the "notes" section to the "story text" section.

Note that category is one of the places where Laurel takes a little more editorial control than others. If your evaluation of the story is correct, there probably won't be a problem, though. EC is a catch-all category.

 

[cedarlooman]

Thanks! I think I was able to follow. Got something submitted though.