Deleting stories

[Kefir]

Don't know if this is the right place for this kind of questions, but I will try. A few years ago I published the beginning of a series of stories on Literotica (they are the only published stories on my profile). I never continued the series because comments rightfully suggested my English was quite poor and readers had difficulties reading them. But actually I think that was a nice overall story, if I could continue it. Now that I want to continue the Dare Ring series, I actually want to delete the previous attempts and rewrite them, so that they are easier to follow and more in line with the next chapters I have in mind (that, hopefully, would have better style). My problem is that I found no way to actually delete the stories I've published, so, is there a way to do that? Also, do you know any means I could procure myself a benevolent English native speaker just to have my rewritten versions and new chapters proofread? My English is quite better than it was in 2024, but still literary English is not my cup of tea.

 

[BeechLeaf]

The FAQ/help here is often hard to navigate. But if you go to Help, and look under Publishing, you'll find the last link is
How do I remove a work that I’ve published on Literotica?

Your English is very good. There's almost no sign, from what you just wrote, that you are not a native speaker. Don't worry too much about that.

 

[Kefir]

The FAQ/help here is often hard to navigate. But if you go to Help, and look under Publishing, you'll find the last link is
How do I remove a work that I’ve published on Literotica?

Your English is very good. There's almost no sign, from what you just wrote, that you are not a native speaker. Don't worry too much about that.

Thank you so much! I think that despite your praises, I will still delete the series in its current form, because I'm not quite so happy with it.

 

[BeechLeaf]

By the way, deleting a story is like editing one: it's very low priority for the site administration. Expect to wait a month or more before anything happens.

 

[yano2mch]

In my humble opinion, unless there's a real good reason to remove something, you shouldn't. Certainly put/add a footnote of it being depreciated or has been superseded by a better rewrite; Or if there was an option in Literotica to 'archive' something (putting it in a separate tab where it's still available but a lot of people probably wouldn't look at).

I remember helping someone translate their story/fanfiction from gargoyles some... 25 years ago at least. A lot of it is grammar adjustments to make something that feels clunky and semi-broken to flowing correctly.